Design Lead, elvah
€78-90k
App for locating electric vehicle chargepoints
Open for applications
App for locating electric vehicle chargepoints
21-100 employees
Open for applications
€78-90k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To leverage live data and community feedback to help people find working and suitable charging stations for electric vehicles.
Role
Who you are
- You have proven experience as a UX/UI Design Team Lead, with a track record in recruiting and developing design talents
- You are skilled in UX strategy, aligning design goals with overall business objectives to drive product success
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to take ownership and lead projects from concept to execution
- Expert in ideation methods and running workshops, such as Design Sprints, to generate and refine creative ideas
- You have a deep understanding of design systems, including their creation, implementation, and maintenance
- You excel at concept development and storytelling, delivering impactful presentations that engage and inspire stakeholders
- You’re passionate about contributing to a fossil-free future and excited to make an impact in the clean energy space
- You’re driven to lead a team of talented designers across Europe and create a strong, collaborative design culture
- You thrive on advancing creative practices and sharing your design expertise with an ambitious team
- You’re excited about scaling a design team, guiding recruitment, and developing design talents
- You can easily switch between high-level strategic design thinking and detailed project execution
- You’re a natural leader with an engaging personality that energizes and motivates those around you
- You excel at conflict resolution and maintaining harmony within a team
What the job involves
- As Design Lead you’ll play a critical role in shaping the future of elvah’s products by leading and inspiring a small, dynamic creative team
- You’ll help define our brand’s visual identity and guide the overall design direction
- This is your chance to elevate our design practice, ensuring that we create seamless and impactful user experiences in the rapidly evolving EV industry
- Lead and inspire a small but growing design team, ensuring consistent high-quality work and fostering a creative culture
- Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and General Managers in a cross-functional organization to drive continuous discovery and UX strategy
- Shape and implement UX strategy, aligning it with business goals and ensuring the design function contributes to overall company success
- Recruit and develop top design talent, supporting the growth of the team through thoughtful recruitment and mentorship
- Facilitate ideation workshops and design sprints, using tools like Design Sprints to foster creativity and collaboration across teams
- Maintain a consistent brand identity across all projects, ensuring alignment with elvah’s vision and values
- Manage external contractors or freelance designers as needed to ensure the success of projects and timely delivery of designs
- Regularly plan and lead creative workshops to inspire innovation and explore new design possibilities
Application process
- Application Screening: Our People & Culture team, along with the design and product teams, will review your application
- P&C Screening Interview (30 min): Meet your recruiter to discuss the hiring process, company culture, and any questions you may have
- First Interview (45 min): Get to know your future colleagues and discuss how your expectations align with the role
- Case Study Interview (1 hr): Work on a real or hypothetical business scenario, propose solutions, and present your approach
- Culture Add Interview (1 hr): Meet more of our team and showcase how you can bring your unique perspective to elvah
Our take
People around the world are beginning to switch from diesel and petrol to electric vehicles, but cutting-edge technology does have pitfalls. Charging stations can be scarce and it can be difficult to find out which stations nearby are available, which can be risky for electric vehicle owners and ultimately prevents many people from making the switch.
Elvah provides a mobile app for locating electric vehicle charge points, leveraging live data driven by community feedback to help users find suitable stations. The service is integrated within the charging stations it provides and operates based on a monthly energy subscription, also giving users the option to get e-car breakdown assistance and onward travel insurance.
While the number of electric vehicle charging points across the world is increasing rapidly every day, Elvah has been wise to identify that the problem is often not just finding one, but finding a suitable one. Its approach has clearly made an impression, as utilities giant E.ON acquired the company in 2023. Together with E.ON, so says CEO Gowrynath Sivaganeshamoorthy, Elvah will "further develop the platform and make charging e-cars even easier and more reliable."
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2021
$3.4m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $3.4m
Company benefits
- Work on a product with a strong vision and the purpose of creating a more sustainable future of mobility
- Take on responsibility from day one and gain a comprehensive insight into a rapidly growing start-up
- Remote work with off-site team events around once a quarter (most often this will be in the Berlin area)
- Budget for co-working spaces that you can use through the platform independesk
- 30 days of vacation combined with time-keeping to assure that no one is working over-hours
- Flexible working hours to fit your individual schedule
- State of the art hardware and a budget for further equipment you need to work from home
- Monthly budget of 50€ for our benefits platform benefitsy that you can spend for the perk that you like most
- If you would like to save additional money for your pension, we support your company pension (bAV) by doubling the amount you save into your bAV every month
Company HQ
Esch, Grafschaft, Germany
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Leadership
Experience as Co-founder and Head of Development for Televised Revolution from 2005 to 2008. Co-founder and Managing Partner of kreait GmbH from 2011 to 2020.
Wilfried Roeper
(CTO)Experience as Head of Development for tape.tv from 2009 to 2010. CTO and Co-founder of kreait from 2011 to 2020.
Sören Ziems
(CPO)Experience as Interim Manager and Consultant for SZ Consulting from 2017 to 2018. Managing Director of kreait from 2018 to 2020.
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