Product Designer

Join Cafeyn: Where Innovation Meets Inspiration
Cafeyn is more than a platformit is transforming the way people access and experience content. Since 2006 weve grown in a fast-evolving market adapting to become a leading digital reading service with over 2 million users worldwide. Cafeyn gives readers unlimited personalized access to thousands of newspapers and magazines curated to fit their tastes and delivered seamlessly across devices.

Our mission
To empower individuals with access to trusted high-quality content that fosters personal growth and discovery. Whether its through the comprehensive collection of news and features on Cafeyn the digital publishing solutions of Milibris the fun and educative content for children on Kidjo or the collections for manga lovers by Cafeyn stands at the forefront of digital content experiences.

Your team & responsibilities

Were looking for a creative detail-oriented and user-focused Product Designer to join our team in Paris. As an integral member of the product design team youll help shape the Cafeyn experience across platforms by designing features that are both intuitive and visually consistent.

Reporting to the Head of Brand & Product Design youll work closely with product managers developers designers as well as data and marketing teams to bring ideas to life from early exploration to final delivery. Your mission is to translate user needs and product goals into thoughtful elegant design solutions that make staying informed both easy and enjoyable.

This is a hands-on design role where your contribution directly impacts how users engage with the product balancing usability consistency and business value.

Your missions

Thinking

• Contribute to framing product challenges understanding the context and aligning your work with user needs and business goals

• Collaborate with product managers and developers to bring clarity and focus to each design problem

Insight

• Participate in discovery efforts and user research activities to better understand reader behaviors needs and pain points

• Translate insights into actionable design ideas and advocate for users throughout the design process

Craft

• Design intuitive elegant and accessible interfaces that reflect Cafeyns visual identity and editorial values

• Translate complex ideas into simple cohesive interactions across platforms (web iOS Android)

Systems

• Work with our design system to build consistent scalable user experiences

• Propose refinements or new components when needed with input from fellow designers and developers

Collaboration

• Partner daily with Product Engineering Data and Marketing teams to bring features to life

• Share work early seek feedback and contribute to a collaborative and respectful team culture

Iteration

• Prototype your ideas at the right level of fidelity and test them with users or stakeholders

• Integrate feedback with curiosity and pragmatism to continuously improve your designs

Ownership

• Take responsibility across the full product design cycle from discovery and design to QA and delivery

• Follow through on implementation details and advocate for the quality of the user experience post-launch

Who are we looking for

You are at the right place if you have

• 24 years of experience in product design preferably on digital platforms or consumer-facing applications
  
• A solid portfolio showcasing your ability to solve real user problems through thoughtful interaction and visual design
  
• Proficiency in design tools especially Figma and familiarity with design systems
  
• Experience collaborating with product engineering and other teams to deliver complete user experiences
  
• Comfort participating in user research and usability testing whether leading it or working closely with researchers and PMs
  
• The ability to turn insights into design ideas that are both practical and user-centered
  
• Strong communication skills you explain your design decisions clearly and invite feedback
  
  
• A genuine interest in media journalism or digital content and the role design plays in making it more accessible and engaging

You are the perfect match if:

• Youre a curious and creative designer who enjoys building products that are engaging and meaningful

• Youre positive pragmatic and collaborative you enjoy working with others receiving feedback and pushing for quality

• Youre autonomous and adaptable comfortable managing your own workflow while staying aligned with the team

• You care about the future of the press and want to contribute to making quality content more accessible

• Youre excited to be part of a team that balances craft purpose and product thinking

Hiring process

1. HR Interview with one of our Talent Acquisition Manager (30)

2. Hiring manager Interview with our Head of Brand & Product Design Yal

3. Case study that you will present to our Head of Brand & Product Design Yal Product Director Kvin & our Head of Mobile Aymeric

4. Peer Interview with your Product Design team & Product Managers

5. Last Interview with our VP Marketing Clment Jacquin

Perks & benefits of working at Cafeyn

• Classic package

We provide a Swile card for your meal vouchers Alan health insurance and a mobility package to reimburse your transport subscription.

• Sports

We have a partnership with Classpass that gives you access to fitness classes and wellness activities for both exercise and relaxation as you want.

• Hybrid policy

We allow you to work remotely two days per week.

• Cafeyns access

We provide you with a VIP code for Cafeyn giving you unlimited access to all content on our platform.

• Team life

We organize four office meet-ups per year. These occasions allow us to gather with our international offices celebrate company updates and spend quality time together.