UX Product Designer (Barcelona)

Job Description

Who we are: Want to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us. We believe everyone deserves the unconditional love of a pet—and at Rover, our mission is to make it easier to experience that love. Founded in 2011, the Rover app and website connect dog and cat parents with loving pet sitters and dog walkers in neighborhoods across the US, Canada, and Europe. We empower our community of trusted pet sitters and dog walkers to run their own pet care businesses on Rover with the tools and security of a global company to back them. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, we work closely with our teams in Barcelona, London, San Antonio, Spokane and remote locations. We’ve got a reputation for being a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. We're an agile, fast-growing company, and our leadership comes from some of the world's most respected tech companies. At Rover, our furry coworkers are just as important as our human ones—and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Along with making the joys of pet parenthood more accessible, we’re committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community of pet people—and that starts with our employees. Who we are: We’re Rover.com ’s European hub in Barcelona. A multicultural team boasting +27 nationalities and their gorgeous furry friends. Our product & engineering team builds experiences that improve and simplify life for pet parents globally. Rover.com connects pet parents with the world’s largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers. Our apps and website help you easily discover, book, and manage personalised care for your pets including boarding, pet sitting, dog walking, and doggy daycare. We were founded in 2011 in Seattle (headquarters), on the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to experience the unconditional love of a pet. Our pioneering approach to people and pups alike landed us on the list of GeekWire’s Next Tech Titan in 2019 and the World's Most Innovative Companies in 2018 by Fast Company. Needless to say (but we're going to say it anyway)—we love dogs, and we wouldn't dream of going to work without them by our side. We’ve been around for a while and have recently become a public company! But this is just the beginning. We are on a mission to bring Rover.com and the benefits we spread amongst more pet lovers! Therefore, we are looking for a passionate Senior Product Designer in Barcelona to further improve and contribute to the Rover product’s user experience.

Who we are looking for:

• A passionate Product Designer who will conceptualise and build the experience of our UX, gather and analyse research and feedback to move the product forward, utilise data to evaluate and test theories, designs and behavioural triggers.
• As a business-oriented UX team member at Rover, you will have ownership in designing experiences rooted in trust, quality visual design, and consistent look and feel across our devices. This will always be done in alignment with our design objectives and product requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with product managers and engineers to define product requirements, roadmaps and experiences
• Collaborate with our UX Research team to evaluate user and usability testing across the product lifecycle
• Drive human-centered design decisions mixing intuition and behavioral/psychological thinking with a healthy dose of data and user research
• Proactively bring the voice of our users and user insights to the teammates that you work with
• Own the projects you’ll work on, and action constructive feedback from peers and customers to always improve the Rover experience
• Work closely with your design peers to establish and expand on our design system
• Participate in shaping the long term vision and experience of the platform in a fun, dedicated design team in which you can learn from every day

Background:

• 2-5 years of experience as UX/Product Designer.
• Strong skills in design tools such as Figma, Sketch and other prototyping tools.
• Knowledge in multiple user experience design platform (web, mobile web and mobile native apps).
• Proven expertise and excitement about collaborating effectively with other creative individuals with strong critical thinking skills.
• A passion and proven experience working through data-informed design. You are comfortable informing your work through business, product and UX metrics!
• Curiosity about UX Research methodologies and at ease in partnering up with our growing UX Research team.
• Ease and skills in interacting with stakeholders, managing expectations and accepting constructive criticism of your work.
• Production of polished and professionally finished work.

Bonus skills:

• Interaction Design and graphic animation skills (understanding of animation concepts and practice in creating animated illustrations/icons)
• Illustration skills

Benefits of working at Rover.com:

• Competitive compensation
• Permanent contract
• Stock options
• Private health insurance
• Gym allowance
• Bring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time)
• Monetary help for adopting a dog plus yearly credit to use on our platform
• Flexible work hours, sometimes you’ll need to be in at certain times, but on the whole, we’re pretty flexible when it comes to managing workload and time
• Grab snacks, fresh fruit, in our kitchen to keep yourself going (currently on hold due to Covid19)
• Free Tuesday breakfast and every other Thursday free company lunch (currently on hold due to Covid19)
• Regular team activities, including happy hours, game nights, and more (Remotely due to Covid19)
• A fun, versatile and experienced Product Design team, where you will be able to share your passion for design and product...
• ...while growing your proficiency in many design disciplines, from visual and ui design to design system and accessibility principles

Due to COVID-19, Rover Employees are not required to be in office until Q1 2022 at the earliest. Please submit your CV in English. Rover is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting a diverse, inclusive and inventive environment with the best employees. We’re driven by seeing our people succeed and grow, and we work to ensure everyone contributes to their fullest potential. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We are committed to work with you to look for reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Apply for this job