Senior Product Designer (6-month Contract)

💙 ABOUT BOUNCE... Bounce is building cloud storage for the physical world, starting with the largest global luggage storage network in existence. Bounce’s marketplace connects travelers with 30,000+ small business locations worldwide for hyper-local short term baggage storage. With more locations globally than Burger King, and more locations in New York City than Starbucks, Bounce has served 3M+ users and stored 10M+ bags, and paid over $10M to small business partners in 2024 alone. To achieve this, Bounce is a fast-paced and scrappy team. We believe that experimentation fuels innovation, so we move quickly, testing new ideas and adapting in real time. If you’re ready to make an impact in a high-energy, close-knit, and collaborative environment - Bounce is the place where you can move fast, think big, and shape the future of travel. Join us as we make the world a lighter, more accessible place! Bounce has been named the Inc5000’s fastest-growing travel company in the USA in 2024 and is proudly backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and Sapphire. (Learn more about Bounce's Series B HERE https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/12/bounce-grabs-19m-to-expand-its-traveller-convenience-network/ and also learn about our Japan Expansion HERE https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/12/bounce-grabs-19m-to-expand-its-traveller-convenience-network/) ABOUT THE ROLE… We're looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our design team. You'll work across our consumer product (web and mobile), contributing to the full design process: from early discovery and ideation through to polished, shipping-ready UI. You'll be embedded in a cross-functional pod alongside product managers, and engineers with mentorship from senior designers. This is an ideal role for someone who's sharp, curious, and ready to grow fast. You won't just be executing tasks - you'll be encouraged to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and develop a strong design voice of your own. This is a contract role, not a full-time position. We're hiring for a fixed engagement of 6-months with the possibility of extension depending on how the work evolves. Significant overlap with our Lisbon hours is required. WHAT YOU'LL DO Design & Craft - Use Figma and AI tools to communicate and validate design decisions - Contribute to the UX of Bounce's consumer-facing product across web and mobile - Help maintain and extend Bounce's design system, ensuring consistency across surfaces Research & Discovery - Participate in user interviews, usability tests, and research sessions - Understand how users interact with current flows and where pain points exist through quantitative and qualitative data - Contribute to competitive research and stay curious about how leading consumer products solve similar problems Collaboration - Work closely with product managers to understand problem framing, constraints, and success metrics before jumping into design - Partner with engineers to understand technical constraints and ensure design feasibility - Present your work in design jam sessions, and articulate the reasoning behind your decisions WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 6+ years of experience in product design - A portfolio that demonstrates UX thinking - not just polished visuals - Solid working knowledge of Figma - A genuine interest in user-centred design: you think about the person using the product before you think about the pixels - Strong attention to detail - you notice when something is 2px off, and you care - Clear communicator who can explain design decisions without jargon - Comfortable receiving feedback and using it to improve your work, quickly