UIUX Designer (mfd)

At Joy we believe gifting should feel personal playful and full of surprise - basically everything todays gift cards are not. Were here to reimagine gifting for the modern world turning it from a transactional experience into a token of love customizable meaningful and radically flexible.

Our universal gift card can be personalized endlessly and redeemed for every product in every online store. That means one gift card the whole internet.

But were not stopping there. Were building the gifting backbone of e-commerce a product concierge powered by AI that turns intent into instant access. Our infrastructure stitches together live merchant feeds intelligent search and instant checkout so brands can offer any product online in real time through a single API.

Backed by industry experts and angel investors weve raised our seed round and are growing fast now hopefully with you.

Tasks

As our UI/UX Designer youll be the creative force behind every touchpoint of the Joy experience from the moment someone discovers us to the instant a gift brings joy to its recipient.

Youll shape how Joy looks feels and works across:

• Consumer experiences - gift card personalization flows redemption journeys and delight-driven touchpoints that make gifting magical
• B2B partner portals - self-serve dashboards analytics views and integrations that feel as polished as our consumer product
• Marketing & brand - landing pages campaigns and storytelling that captures what makes Joy different
• Product infrastructure - building and evolving our design system to scale beautifully across all experiences

Youll work closely with our engineering team to bring designs to life and with our commercial team to ensure every customer touchpoint reflects the Joy promise: aesthetics efficiency and joy.

In short: Youll own the design DNA of Joy - making sure every pixel flow and interaction feels effortless and enchanting.

What youll do

• Design end-to-end experiences - from wireframes and user flows to high-fidelity UI and interactive prototypes
• Build and maintain our design system - creating reusable components patterns and guidelines that keep Joy consistent and beautiful
• Shape our brand identity - ensuring every touchpoint (web product marketing) feels cohesive and unmistakably Joy
• Collaborate cross-functionally - partner with engineers on implementation with founders on product strategy and with commercial teams on customer-facing materials
• Run user research and testing - talk to users analyze feedback and iterate based on real insights
• Balance beauty with usability - design interfaces that are not just stunning but intuitive accessible and conversion-optimized
• Move fast and iterate - ship designs quickly learn from real usage and refine continuously

Requirements

What were looking for

• 2-3 years of professional experience in UI/UX design ideally in product-focused environments (startups agencies or e-commerce)
• Strong UI design skills - you have an exceptional eye for typography color layout spacing and visual hierarchy
• Solid UX foundation - comfortable creating user flows wireframes and prototypes but you shine brightest when crafting beautiful interfaces
• Figma mastery - you live in Figma and know how to build scalable well-organized design files
• Design system thinking - experience building or contributing to component libraries and design tokens
• Collaboration mindset - you work well with developers and can communicate design decisions clearly
• German fluency - youre comfortable working in German and English (our team is international but German-speaking users are core to our audience)
• Portfolio that shows range - from consumer-facing flows to complex dashboards we want to see your versatility

Nice to have

• Experience designing for e-commerce fintech payments or gifting products
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS (you dont need to code but understanding constraints helps)
• Motion design or micro-interaction skills
• Illustration or iconography capabilities
• Experience with user research A/B testing or analytics tools
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG)
• Exposure to brand design or marketing assets

Benefits

How we work & what you get

• Design ownership from day one - youre not executing someone elses vision. Youre shaping ours.
• Small team big impact - see your designs go live fast and directly influence how thousands experience Joy
• Remote-first & flexible - work from anywhere in CET 2h with the freedom to structure your day
• Close collaboration - work directly with founders and a lean senior team that values your input
• Competitive salary meaningful equity - we want you to win with us as Joy grows
• Purposeful product - build experiences that make giving (and getting) gifts more personal sustainable and joyful

How we think

We think like caring jesters - joyful kind clever. We challenge the status quo by staying light on our feet and bold in our ambition. Our compass

Aesthetics. Efficiency. Joy.

We believe gifting is about delight - and delight comes from design thoughtfulness and a little magic. Thats the experience were building: not just easy but enchanting.

Sound like you

Send your portfolio and a quick note. No formal cover letter needed - just show us your work and tell us why Joy excites you.

We cant wait to see what you create.

At Joy we place great value on equal opportunities. We believe that an outstanding work environment should reflect a diversity of backgrounds talents and thoughts. Together we grow as a team based on our individual strengths. Every personnel decision is made solely based on qualifications performance and the requirements of the company.