Senior UX/UI Designer – Head of product design

Salary Competitive

Our vision is to empower the households in the race to reach net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 by creating a positive domino effect through active engagement, insights, and the power of green technology. In a future of 100% renewable energy, we need to make optimal energy use easy and accessible for everybody.

The Watts platform is built on cutting-edge soft- and hardware with differentiation in mind, providing our partners with endless capabilities to engage with their customers in creative and meaningful ways. The Watts AI platform is at the core, powering the future of energy where electrons and bits are closely orchestrated.

We are an agile scale-up green tech company with an ecosystem of great partners around the world. We are backed and powered by Andel, the largest cooperatively owned energy company in Denmark.


About Watts

At Watts we are building the energy technology of tomorrow. Currently our digital energy assistant app has more than 225.000 users in Denmark alone. We engage with utility companies and energy companies around the world. Our suite of products includes the digital Watts AI platform, Watts Live - a real-time insight into energy, Watts Home - the future of decentral and democratic green energy including local energy production, EV charging, household, and community optimisation.

We have partnerships & dev operations around the world including Lithuania, Poland, Norway, US, and Australia. in 2021 we were awarded Microsoft partner of the year in the enabling sustainability category.


How will I make a difference?

Unlocking the potential of distributed energy systems in the green energy transition through technology is close to your heart, and you possess an urge to make the world a better place for coming generations.

The fulfillment of the Watts vision highly depends on intelligent systems for managing the energy of private households – systems to support the personal green transition. Your design choices in terms of interactions and visual design will affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of users and customers across the world.

Your abilities to design and craft meaningful, easy-to-use and simple interfaces – both in the physical and digital world, will be essential for the everyday life of consumers.

You have an open-minded and curious approach to design and can get to the core of jobs to be done in given situations.

You will work closely with product & technology teams to make Watts a world-class product driven by technology visionaries, energy domain experts and users/customers. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring we also bring new market trends to the ecosystem as well as raising the bar for engagement in the green transition.


What skills will I put into action?

  • Partner with Product managers, development teams, researchers, external partners and strategists to understand the domain of green energy and customer needs in order to build compelling value propositions.

  • Design easy-to-use and compelling interfaces across the Watts product line from digital solutions to hardware components (Watts Home product line).

  • Own the design process from sketching, experiments, prototype interactions, testing, and delivery of assets to the implementation team.

  • Lead co-creation sessions with our partners and customers.

  • Create input to the visual identity guide in the corporation with the Head of Comms & branding.

  • Create and own the design system and component library. Craft beautiful and engaging user interfaces in close cooperation with UI designers and developers.

  • Explore and create digital concepts - both pure digital (app and web) but also embedded in energy hardware like EV chargers, home energy control systems, etc.

  • A keen interest in the well-being of our planet by continuously investigating green transition movements, the role of clean energy and consumer behavior.

  • 5+ years experience

  • Design school background or equivalent.

  • Experience with design systems and atomic design.

  • A true team player who cares about high-quality craftsmanship in a collaborative culture.

  • Excellent visual, creative, innovative and design skills

  • Solid communication and presentation skills

  • A user-centered and business-driven mindset

  • Proficiency in design, prototype and animation tools (Figma, Sketch, After Effects, etc)

  • Familiarity with the agile development process


What will you get from us?

  • The opportunity to work in an international-minded green tech company with purpose-driven colleagues who all share the same vision to innovate and deliver solutions that directly contributes to the green transition

  • A flexible workplace located in central Køge with the possibility to work from home


Join us on our journey

We believe in the power of our people, that's why we have a flat organization making it possible to make fast and informed decisions close to the frontline. At Watts, we empower people to have choices around when and where they work.

Our view is the more inclusive we are, the better suited we will be for our mission. Our teams are diverse in experience, skills, perspectives, color & gender and we recognize talent based on merit and potential – not age, gender, or impressive track records.

We know humble people can come with huge potential. So even if you don't tick every box but are passionate about joining us - and think you have much of what we're looking for, we will love to hear from you.

For more information or questions please contact us at per.madsen@watts.dk

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Work life balance
Work life balance

Carve out time for your kids, friends and personal cider projects.

Remote work allowed
Remote work allowed

You know how you perform best. Work from your couch, your favorite cafe or abroad when you feel like it.

Working at
Watts

Watts er en dansk greentech start-up, under Danmarks største og mest innovative energikoncern Andel. Vi skaber energiløsninger for en lysere fremtid og leverer teknologiske og digitale værktøjer til private hjem indenfor energiområdet. Vi drives af en mission om at gøre menneskers energiforbrug mere intelligent, mere økonomisk og mere bæredygtigt, og vi er stålfaste i vores overbevisning om, at denne udvikling fremfor alt skal sikres gennem digital innovation, tekniske løsninger og intelligent dataanalyse.

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