About the Role
- UX/UI Designer responsible for envisioning and shaping innovative digital touchpoints and bringing new ideas to life for clients.
- Acts as the link between business goals, user needs, and technical implementation, collaborating closely with CX strategists, other designers, and developers.
- Lisbon, Leiria, Guarda and Vila Real hybrid
- Work visa sponsorship is not available.
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop unique, digital user interfaces and applications for reputable clients.
- Transfer visions and ideas into working design concepts and implement them independently.
- Work on exciting and complex problems in interdisciplinary teams together with software developers, consultants, and researchers.
- Monitor projects from ideation through implementation and beyond.
- Carry out presentations and discussions of concepts and designs with colleagues and clients.
- Collaborate closely with other UX/UI designers to brainstorm concepts, sketch ideas, and create low- and high-fidelity prototypes.
- Design accessible, intuitive, consistent, and delightful digital experiences, with strong attention to detail and pixel-perfect execution.
- Work with designers and developers to create responsive layouts, including interactive states, motion, and animation.
- Contribute to and work within Design Systems, ensuring consistency and scalability across products.
What You'll Bring
Passion for digital creation and deep expertise in Interface Design, interaction design, and usability.
A completed degree in Design, Interaction Design, Service Design, HCI, Computer Science, or a comparable qualification.
1-3 years of initial work experience in conceptualizing and designing digital products and applications, preferably in an agency environment.
Creative and analytical thinking, with the ability to understand complex systems and processes and translate them into compelling visual designs.
Basic knowledge of core UX principles and methodologies (Usability, Accessibility, Information Architecture, Inclusive Design, etc.).
Experience with industry-standard tools such as Figma, Miro, and other prototyping and collaboration tools.
Good understanding of UI design principles, interaction design, and responsive design best practices.
Hands-on experience building, maintaining, and contributing to Design Systems.
Experience across B2B, B2C, and e-commerce projects.
Experience working closely with development teams in Agile environments.
Ability to leverage AI tools to support and enhance daily design workflows.
Passion for staying up to date with the latest UX/UI trends, tools, and technologies.
Good communication and presentation skills.
Comfortable collaborating within cross-functional teams.
Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
Portfolio showcasing your design and problem-solving process, research insights, wireframes, prototypes, final designs, project duration, challenges, and outcomes.
Compensation & Benefits
- 25 vacation days.
- 2 additional volunteering days to support your passion project.
- 3 extra wellness days on top of your vacation days and a Mental Health First Aider and Employee Assistance program to support your well-being.
- Health insurance (also possible for family members).
- Cutting Edge Technology & Latest IT tools.
- Software-house environment.
- Agile and Flexible working hours.
- Hybrid working: combines flexibility with in-person collaboration, with an expectation of 1 day per week/ 4 days per month in the office.
- Digital nomad policy.
- Focus on career development.
- Full access to Dentsu Academy, a global online learning platform.
- Beers, foosball, and ping-pong.
- Free breakfast every second Wednesday of the month.
- Employee discounts.
- Team & Company events.
- Referral bonus program.
About Merkle
- Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy through building apps, running CRM at scale, delivering technology architectures, and providing data, identity, and insights solutions.
- Backed by dentsu's legacy of innovation and creativity originating in Japan, with over 35 years of experience helping brands build loyalty and drive growth.
- Named a global “Leader” by top industry analyst firms in digital transformation and commerce, experience, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management.
- Part of dentsu’s global network, pushing the boundaries of customer experience by integrating creativity, technology, and data.
- Over 16,000 employees across 30+ countries, as part of a 70,000 employees’ network at dentsu.
- Collaborative culture that fosters innovation, collaboration, and creative problem-solving on impactful international projects.