Senior UX/UI Designer

About Miele How does a family-owned company become the global market leader in the premium segment for domestic appliances and a trusted partner for solutions in commercial and medical technology? By striving to always do better and to keep improving. This mindset defines what it means to work at Miele and drives the success of our products. Our approximately 23,000 employees can rely on one thing: those who embrace our commitment to quality will grow – both personally and professionally.

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Overall objective/Purpose of position

 

The Senior UX/UI Designer is responsible for building scalable design systems that support brand

consistency, ensure usability and workflow efficiency. They also are responsible for the customer journey

and front-end experience of the Miele digital platforms.

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Through collaboration with designers and delivery team members, the Senior UX/UI Designer manages the

digital design system guidelines and lead the implementation efforts across multiple platforms. Through

design thinking activities, conducting usability & A/B tests, and studying data, they continuously refine the

user experience. This role has an end-to-end responsibility for frontend design, from ideating and

prototyping to delivering and optimizing features.

Key responsibilities

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Manage and create digital design system and component libraries. Collaborate with designers to ensure

consistency. Manage cross-team designer workflow. Ensure usability and accessibility of guidelines.

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Create customer-centric e-Commerce customer journeys and translate requirements into brand and

product story.

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Design wireframes and UI assets that consider all use cases and represent the premium brand.

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Conduct Design Thinking workshops to best understand the customer’s decision-making process.

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Create A/B and Usability Tests to gain learnings, conduct competitor reviews and customer surveys, and

monitor website data to gain insights for design decisions

Competencies/Skills for position  

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Ideally university degree in Design, Technology, Marketing, or have similar

experience within a related field

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7+ years’ experience in UX/UI design

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Digital design portfolio with experience managing Design Systems

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Foundational experience working for a premium brand in consumer or FMCG industry

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Have a collaborative team spirit and always striving to learn new things

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Experienced in agile ways of working

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International mindset, and fluent business English

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Excellent prototyping and design skills and a deep understanding of new

software/web technologies

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Have a customer-centric creative mindset and can review both qualitative and

quantitative data to inform design decisions