About us

Bakken & Bæck is a technology-driven design studio working out of Oslo, Amsterdam, Bonn, Barcelona and London. Building digital products, brands, and businesses, we help ambitious companies identify, explore and respond to new opportunities.

From defining the future home with IKEA to building decentralised platforms with Coinbase; we are in the business of breaking new grounds. As one international team across offices, we have all the skill-sets needed to help businesses adapt to an increasingly complex world.

We’re committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels comfortable, regardless of their identity, experiences, and beliefs. We want BB to be a place where you can try out new things with the risk of failing, where you can take ownership over your own work without being micromanaged, and where there’s a low barrier for coming up with ideas — no matter your job title or discipline.

Work-life balance shouldn’t be a perk, but a given. We strongly believe in flexibility, knowing that creativity doesn’t always happen between 9 and 5. At BB you’ll be given a lot of freedom, which means managing your own priorities, trying out new things, and working a flexible hours scheme.

About the role

We are looking for a Lead Product Designer to join our design team. Here you’ll be responsible for concept development, researching user and business needs, and designing elegant, easy-to-use solutions to meet those needs. You'll play a key part in multidisciplinary, integrated teams, and see a project through from the very first brief to launch (and beyond).

Your role will focus on all parts of the digital design process — right from defining the product through to crafting beautiful, easy-to-use interfaces and prototypes. We’re looking for someone who enjoys tackling complex problems, and designing smart and simple solutions for digital products.

You excel at your discipline and skillfully lead project teams to deliver high-quality work that delights clients and stakeholders. In projects you create a sense of direction and momentum, act as a bridge between the client and the BB team, and facilitate meaningful conversations that push the project forward.

It’s important to us that you’re a team player who can collaborate well with developers, clients, and other designers. As as an experienced member of the team, you’ll provide feedback and mentorship to the design team, while producing high-quality design work that inspires others.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience with high quality digital product design on multiple platforms

• Ability to turn business requirements, stakeholder goals, and user needs into solutions

• Experience taking a lead design role on a project, and working collaboratively with your team and client towards a solution

• Experience leading end-to-end digital product design: from customer journeys to novel interactions, and from prototyping to development handoff

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative cross-disciplinary teams

• Strong communication skills: you can articulately explain and document your process, present your work, and communicate your design decisions to team and client

• Proficiency in the current design tool landscape; but above all, the ability to decide what tools fit the job

Nice extras, but not a must

• Excitement about ML/AI applied to product design

• Experience implementing data-driven strategies

• Storytelling/comms skills relating to products

• Experience designing for custom devices

What you can look forward to

• Independence — BB is an independently-owned studio. We have the freedom to orient towards the projects we believe in, create a culture that is driven by people with small egos and huge hearts, and invest in long-term relationships with partners whose ambitions match our own.

• Autonomy — Our culture is built on autonomy, responsibility and mutual trust. Instead of being prescribed a way to do things, we have the freedom to explore and develop our own methods and approaches, and to learn by doing.

• Flexibility — We all have different needs when it comes to how we work. We are flexible on working hours, open to workations, and can provide opportunities to relocate to one of our other offices, as long as it doesn't hinder our projects and our team’s progress.

• Continuous Learning — We want to invest in your growth. You will receive an annual allowance to invest in a course, class or conference — whatever you need to stay inspired and learn new things.

• Doing things together — Collaboration lies at the core of our culture. Whether through trips or team dinners, we prioritise bonding experiences across offices when we can, fostering camaraderie and creativity.

• Our offices — We have invested in creating welcoming spaces that provide our teams with what they need. Beyond the day-to-day, we use our offices to host team events, talks and parties.