Head of Design, Yousign
€75-90k
eSignature solution for SMBs
Open for applications
eSignature solution for SMBs
201-500 employees
Open for applications
€75-90k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To become the European leader in electronic signatures by enabling freelancers and SMBs, to simplify their workflows.
Role
Who you are
- You already have significant experience as a Product and Design leader
- You have a strong background in Design, with the ability to create high-quality experiences and content
- You are proactive in your work and comfortable joining a startup where you’ll drive projects independently
- You know how to work in a team: communicate your ideas, listen to others, and respect decisions
- You pay rigorous attention to detail and high-quality work
- You have a results-oriented approach
- You are fluent in English and French
- Experience in a B2B SaaS or software company is a plus
- A big plus: you can showcase your design expertise through a portfolio (even if it’s a bit dated )
What the job involves
- As Head of Design, your role is to support this transition by ensuring that the experiences offered by Yousign are as simple and high-quality as possible
- This notion of simplicity is a strong differentiator: both in terms of the customer experience and in the philosophy we apply at every level of the company
- The Design team is a key ambassador of this philosophy: both internally and externally
- You will be a member of the Product leadership team and actively contribute to decision-making impacting the life of the Product team
- The Design team is currently made up of 10 people: 3 Brand Designers, 5 Product Designers, one Localization Manager, and a Head of Design
- The Product Designers are embedded within the different Product teams. These teams are cross-functional and autonomous (feature teams and impact teams), bringing together product managers, product designers, and developers
- Their mission is simple: to create the simplest and most effective experiences on the market, while also being strong facilitators within their teams
- The Brand Designers work to make Yousign’s brand shine within our ecosystem. They collaborate closely with the Marketing and Product teams by delivering impactful assets (videos, ads, website, sales decks, …) while ensuring strong brand consistency
- The Localization Manager’s mission is to guarantee a high level of quality in all deliverables across the countries where Yousign operates, with a strong focus on UX writing, copywriting, and translation
- Reporting directly to the Product leadership and working closely with the Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams, your missions will be the following:
- You create the conditions that allow your teams to deliver user-friendly, simple, and impactful experiences. You ensure interdisciplinary collaboration with the Product, Tech, and Marketing teams is smooth, constructive, and aligned with business priorities
- Designers play a key role during the discovery phases of Product teams
- You make sure that our processes, standards, tools, and methodologies are suited to current and future challenges, and that they are consistently adopted across the company. You are the guarantor of Design quality and consistency, whether in Product or Brand
- You work hand in hand with the Product teams to anticipate needs, prioritize initiatives, and ensure Design team capacity aligns with roadmap ambition
- You support your teams in their growth by defining a clear progression framework, fostering skill development, and instilling a culture of continuous feedback, to strengthen their engagement and retention
- While your role is primarily managerial and strategic, you do not hesitate to contribute directly to Design work (Product or Brand) when needed: framing a new approach, building a critical prototype, overhauling a process, or bringing creative inspiration to a key project
Application process
- Step 1: Initial qualification interview with Guillhem, our recruiter
- Step 2: Interview with Mathias, our current Head of Design
- Step 3: Interview with Chris, our Chief Product Officer
- Step 4: Case study to complete and present to the Product leadership team
- Step 5: Culture fit, meeting with peers
Our take
The global electronic signature market is projected to grow to over $35 billion by 2029. Well-known Adobe Sign and DocuSign have been in the game for a while, though YouSign has stepped onto the scene hoping to become the eSignature platform predominantly used by the European market.
The company has two signature products, a web app that is ready to use from anywhere and an API, which can be easily integrated into business softwares. The signatures are eIDAS-compliant and legally binding so clients can focus more on their productivity and teamwork and worry less about paperwork.
The company targets new customers rather than attempting to convert from competitors - SMBs are its target market, hoping to show newer businesses the need for and ease of electronic signatures. Acquiring $ 36.6 million in 2021 in a round of funding meant the company could scale its team and market share. In early 2022 YouSign bought Canyon, a documentation and workflow automation specialist. This means that YouSign is now propelling into a new dimension.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2021
$36.6m
SERIES A
May 2019
$2.4m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $43.1m
Company benefits
- Autonomy with a lot of support: develop your ideas, implement them and solve problems independently
- Opportunity to improve the sales-led motion in a SaaS company and an international environment
- Meal vouchers (Swile Card) for a healthy lunch every day :)
- Regular off-site and team-building exercises
- Hybrid working
Company HQ
Caen, France
Leadership
Luc Pallavidino
(Executive Chairman)Previously Engineer in Training at TBS Internet. Became CEO and Co-founded YouSign in 2011.
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