Working Student UX/UI Design

What we do

Lykon is a tech-driven digital health company with the vision to empower more than 100 million people to live healthier lives through personalised nutrition. Today, we are already the market leader in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and help thousands of customers every month to achieve their health goals with the help of our technology, DNA or blood tests and our personalised supplements.

Our employees are alumni of global market leaders like N26, Hello Fresh, Groupon, Klarna, myMuesli, Rocket Internet and many more. Lykon is backed by a team of strong investors and advisory board members who are paving the way for us to build the strongest D2C brand and largest data-driven personalised nutrition platform in the world.

What we are looking for

Are you ready to unleash your creative ideas to carry Lykon's vision and mission into the world and advance our brand? We are looking for a Working Student UX/UI Designer with strong user interface design skills for primarily WEB to create a consumer-oriented and compelling, coherent user experience, ideally with great enthusiasm for wellness, health and nutrition.

Tasks

**PLEASE NOTE**: Only individuals who are currently living in Berlin and are enrolled to a German university will be considered for this role. Applications without portfolio/showreel will be rejected.
- In collaboration with the marketing, design and other cross-functional teams, you will support in elevating the user experience and user interface design of our marketing digital channels; most importantly our WEB SHOP and Special Landing Pages.
- You will be involved with every step of the design sprint process in a support capacity as well as have opportunities to bring your ideas to life.
- You are responsible for the visual implementation of creative briefings from different departments in a ux/ui support capacity.
- You will work closely together with project owners, art directors, designers, copywriters and developers, throughout the entire sprint process.
- You regularly help create and maintain the digital design assets for use team and company-wide.
- Be big support in the development and optimisation of Lykon's design language and style guidelines and take responsibility for consistent implementation through our Global and Web Design System.
- If necessary, you will support the design team in various ad-hoc design projects.

**Requirements**:

- You have a degree in multimedia, product, visual communication or related fields of design.
- You have between 3-5 years of professional experience in web or product and/or related fields which is reflected in your exceptional portfolio.
- You are an experienced user of Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud (esp. Photoshop and Illustrator), Google Suite and internal communication tools such as Slack, Asana and Confluence
- You have great technical knowledge of Human Interface Guidelines
- Reliable companion - you have the ability to delight and guide customers with user problems and decision-making through user experience and interface design.
- Excellent attention to detail — you have a great eye for mood, colour, lighting, pacing, layout, and typography while holding yourself accountable for delivering high-quality work
- Strong organisational and operations skills - you have the ability to run your own processes to achieve the best possible outcomes in relation to time and resource constraints.
- Humility and having a growth mindset - we believe that constructive feedback is part of good design and there is always room for learning new things.
- German, Marketing and HTML/CSS knowledge is a plus.

**Benefits**:
We empower your Health
- You benefit from our internal corporate health programme: Whether it's a free DNA test, blood test or supplements - we support you with an annual contingent to take your health into your own hands.
- On top of that, you get 50% off all Lykon products at any time.
- Your family and friends get 30% off our products.
- You get numerous employee discounts as well as discounts at partner companies such as BECYCLE, Alba Berlin, etc.

We promote your work-life balance
- You benefit from flexible working hours and locations that enable you to better coordinate your professional and private life.

\_\_We value our team\_\_
- You will be part of a diverse and dynamic company culture with 20 different nationalities, in which every single person is valued and which is characterised by a teamwork mentality and a positive spirit.
- You will have the opportunity to design a personalised Learning & Development programme together with your manager based on your professional and personal skills.
- You can expect regular performance reviews, 360 feedback sessions, team events, lunch & learn sessions and varied sporting events.
- You get unlimited access to our health bar (fresh fruit, muesli, nuts, superfoods).