UI/UX Designer

About Us

We are Up.

We design and deliver digital-first employee benefits that transform the workplace experience.

We believe that happy and healthy employees work better and smarter. Our solutions help you achieve this by improving productivity and reducing costs, while consistently delivering an exceptional user experience.

Each offering is shaped around two core principles: simplicity and fun. After all, the best solutions are easy to implement, hassle-free, and enjoyable for everyone involved

Today, we empower tens of thousands of leading companies across Greece to engage and retain their people. We continuously refine the Up experience based on insights from our users, always looking ahead to the future of work.

We have earned a 96% trust index in the Great Place to Work survey

Up Hellas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Up Group, present in 34 countries worldwide.

About the position

We are seeking a talented and experienced UI/UX Designer to join our dynamic team.

Key responsibilities:

• Design wireframes and prototypes: Create wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes to communicate design ideas and concepts.
• Collaborate with stakeholders: Work closely with stakeholders to define and refine key user flows that solve user and business needs.
• Prototyping and iteration: Build and refine low- and high-fidelity prototypes, incorporating feedback at every stage.
• Improve existing flows: Support the redesigning and refining of existing products and features to optimize the user experience.
• UI Design: Apply our brand identity to create clear, consistent, and visually appealing interfaces.
• Design systems: Help develop component libraries, style guides, and design kits for consistency across platforms.
• Data-informed design: Use feedback and data to enhance usability and continuously improve the user experience.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work with developers, testing, marketing and other stakeholders to ensure design solutions align with product goals.

Requirements:

• Education: A degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred (but not mandatory).
• Experience: 2-5 years of experience in UI/UX design, preferably with exposure to fintech or related industries.
• Principles: Knowledge of typography, color theory, layout, and accessibility best practices.
• Complexity handling: Ability to design with awareness of technical constraints and practical implementation challenges.
• Portfolio: Please share your portfolio showcasing the products or features you are most proud of. Work in progress and drafts are welcome

Hard skills:

• Design skills: Strong ability in wireframing, prototyping, and designing user flows. Creating reusable components and style guides.
• Tools: Proficient in Figma and FigJam; Sketch, or similar.
• Basic knowledge of micro-interactions.
• Research methods: Familiarity with usability testing, user interviews, surveys, or A/B testing. Knowledge of research tools is considered a plus. Basic knowledge of WCAG guidelines.
• Persona & journey mapping: Creating user personas, empathy maps, and customer journey maps.
• Data analysis: Interpreting analytics (e.g. Hotjar) and turning data into design insights is considered a plus.
• Front-End awareness: Knowing the capabilities and limitations of web technologies.
• Familiarity with Agile and SCRUM frameworks.

Soft skills:

• Ownership
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Strong organizational skills
• Project management skills
• Hands-on mentality
• Team player who enjoys collaborating across different disciplines
• Curious and thoughtful – always designing with a clear rationale

Language:

• Greek - professional level of written and oral speech
• English - professional level of written and oral speech

We offer:

• A dynamic working environment
• Lots of benefits: GoForEAT, UpGift, Fitpass, Private medical plan, breakfast (yes – you read that correctly)
• A full-time, indefinite contract
• Location: Athens headquarters

All information received will be treated with strict confidentiality.