Product Designer

About us:

At Ankorstore, we believe that local independent retailers have a great impact on the soul of our cities and villages, and we believe that they will flourish even more if they are provided with great tools and exceptional shopping conditions. With this in mind, we are building the largest marketplace that connects authentic European brands with thousands of independent retailers. We are extremely proud to be able to support these amazing entrepreneurs every day.
Ankorstore was founded in 2019 and has recently closed a 250 million € Series C funding. We have over 450 employees, already present in 28 countries and want to continue to scale strongly.

About the role:

• Actively participate in building a scalable design language in order to improve consistency, execution, and the overall experience of our products.
• Think about the UX, materialize the complete user journeys, design the final UI
• Follow carefully your KPIs using Amplitude on a daily basis
• Quickly prototype solutions and hypotheses in order to conduct user tests
• Be proactive and creative, put new ideas on the table on a daily basis
• Go into the field, meet our users (and non-users) to learn from them and return the learning to the rest of the team.
• Collaborate with a variety of profiles and expertise: Product designers, UX Writers, System Designers, etc...
• Contribute to building an international brand with ever-evolving challenges (eg. currently working on a rebranding)

The experience we require:

• At least 4 years experience in designing world-class complex e-commerce solution.
• Proven working knowledge of design tools (Figma/ webflow) and on the creation of generic components and prototyping
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English and French
• You have experience and are comfortable in writing product specifications
• Experience in User Research is preferred
• You are a team player - you always demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude and want to work in a team
• You’re comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Flexibility is key to your role and to the design team in general.
• Creativity & proactivity - you can find creative and simple solutions to tricky problems, using new approaches, tools and/or testing new ways of leveraging data

Other qualities that would add value:

• Entrepreneurial experience.
• Experience working with small retailers or brands.
• German, Dutch or Spanish is a plus.

Why work for Ankorstore?

• Working with a very ambitious & mission-driven team backed by powerful VCs (Tiger Global, Bond, Bain Capital, Coatue, Index Ventures, GFC, Alven, Aglae).
• Location 
• Competitive package.