Junior UI/UX Designer (6 month fixed contract)

Acast is the world’s largest independent podcast company. Founded in 2014, we have pioneered the open podcast ecosystem ever since – making podcasts available on any listening platform. Our role is simple: we provide a marketplace to help podcasters find the right audience to monetize their content. We believe in the power of a world connected through storytelling and want to empower anyone, anywhere to connect through and benefit from podcasting. Today, we host 92,000 podcasts, with more than 430 million listens every month. We operate worldwide and are headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

About the Role

As a Junior Designer, you'll be an integral part of our Product Design team, contributing to the creation of exceptional user experiences for industry-leading clients such as The Economist and The Guardian. You will focus on our design delivery and making improvements to our existing UI. You will assist in the creation of our user interface designs together with the other team members. Join us in shaping the future of podcasting by assisting podcasters in growing their shows, developing cutting-edge podcast-tech creator tools, and being a driving force behind our Product Design team. We offer a chance to run projects with a great deal of freedom in an industry that’s undergoing constant challenges to the status quo.

Who you are

• You have basic understanding of user experience design principles and methodologies

• You have experience with the common design tools, like Figma

• You have a a proactive and adaptable mindset, with a willingness to learn and grow

• You have attention to detail and a passion for creating visually appealing and user-centric designs

• You enjoy working together with the team and make sure you're working on the right problems through the Design Thinking process

Acast is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin or any of the other wonderful characteristics that make us different.

Culture is our number one priority as a business. We believe people come first, and we work every day to enable autonomy, continuous improvement and bring out the best in people. We’re global and have remote teams, so it’s even more important that we strive for an open, inclusive and caring environment where everyone feels visible and welcome. We consider ourselves a modern organization driven by strong values to create the best, most fulfilling and nurturing culture.

We very much look forward to finding the next great person to join our cause!