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Head of Design, AI Builder (all genders)

Hybrid

Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.

Hybrid · Berlin

Employer listed it 4 weeks ago · Added 3 weeks ago

Been open since 4 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.

Salary

Not stated

Location

Hybrid · Berlin

Timezone

Not stated

Contract

Full-time

Experience

Lead

Category

Design

The employer did not publish a salary, and we have too few comparable roles to estimate one.

What the advert says

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Working hours
Not mentioned in the advert
Where you can work from
We are an AI-first, independent company within the Babbel group, based in Berlin.
Contract
Not mentioned in the advert
Experience asked for
Not mentioned in the advert
Pay
A competitive salary.

Remote flexibility

Hybrid

This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around Berlin, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.

What the employer says

  • Source listing states candidate location: "Berlin, Hybrid"
  • Listing mentions "Hybrid"

What Nomaders makes of it

  • Not suitable if you plan to move between countries

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Before you apply

Experience: employer states

Written as a requirement

  • “Learning happens moment by moment, so polished interfaces and purposeful motion are essential to a great learning experience.”

Questions worth asking: Nomaders interpretation

  • This role involves office time, but the advert does not say how often. Ask how many days a week are expected on site.
  • The advert does not say whether this is employment or a contractor arrangement. Ask, as it affects tax and benefits.

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About the role

About Babbel Labs

Babbel Labs is building the future of language learning. We are an AI-first, independent company within the Babbel group, based in Berlin. Our teams bring AI, research and product together to ship experiences that set a new standard for how people learn.

The role

We're a small, fast-moving team rethinking how people learn languages with AI. We're looking for an experienced product designer to take over hands-on design leadership: shaping the product's direction, running discovery, and getting work delivered.

This is a design leadership and mentoring role, not a people management role. You'll guide the craft and direction of the design team. Speed, precision and quality are how we work. You'll set the pace. You'll work AI-first, using various ways to test ideas quickly and turning the best ones into experiences that are ready to hand off.

How you'll make an impact

Lead design across discovery and delivery, owning key design decisions for AI-first language learning experiences.

Design AI-powered learning experiences. Shape how learners interact with AI, from conversation and voice to feedback that stays clear and trustworthy even when the AI gets things wrong.

Work as an AI builder. Use AI tools first to speed up research, exploring ideas, prototyping and delivery.

Prototype in code. Build prototypes in SwiftUI and HTML to test ideas and produce vision prototypes that are ready to hand off.

Design with Claude Code and Figma together. Figma is one tool among several here, not where every project starts.

Coach and mentor the small, experienced design team, who also work as AI builders, and help them share one set of AI-first design principles.

Work across disciplines with engineers, product managers, linguists and language learning specialists.

Your skills and qualifications

Proven design leadership. Solid experience leading product design, with a record of shipping work that users actually adopted.

Excellent UI craft and motion design. Learning happens moment by moment, so polished interfaces and purposeful motion are essential to a great learning experience.

Hands-on prototyping in code. You're comfortable in SwiftUI and HTML/CSS/JS and can build things people can use and test.

AI fluency. You use AI tools like Claude Code as a real part of how you design, not an add-on.

Design systems know-how. A working knowledge of design systems and how they make teams faster and more consistent.

A coaching mindset. Experience coaching designers and raising a team's standards through example, feedback and shared practices.

Clear communication. You work well with technical and non-technical partners, including specialists like linguists and learning designers.

Comfort with ambiguity. You thrive on fast iteration and figuring things out as you go.

What you'll get

Room to learn new tools as they arrive. Try them on real work as soon as they come out, and help decide what the team adopts.

Requirements

  • ·Proven design leadership. Solid experience leading product design, with a record of shipping work that users actually adopted.
  • ·Excellent UI craft and motion design. Learning happens moment by moment, so polished interfaces and purposeful motion are essential to a great learning experience.
  • ·Hands-on prototyping in code. You're comfortable in SwiftUI and HTML/CSS/JS and can build things people can use and test.
  • ·AI fluency. You use AI tools like Claude Code as a real part of how you design, not an add-on.
  • ·Design systems know-how. A working knowledge of design systems and how they make teams faster and more consistent.

Benefits

No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.

How to apply

  1. 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
  2. 2Tailor your CV to the role at Babbel, mentioning your remote working experience.
  3. 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.

Found 25d ago. Last checked today. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.

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