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How to Apply for (Senior) Product Designer (all genders)

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🏢 About envelio

envelio specializes in intelligent grid solutions for a sustainable energy future worldwide, focusing on digital transformation in the energy sector. What makes them unique is their mission-driven approach to modernizing power grids through SaaS applications, offering designers the chance to work on complex, impactful problems at the intersection of technology and sustainability.

About This Role

As a (Senior) Product Designer at envelio, you'll lead design for sophisticated web-based applications within a 'tech trio' (with Product Manager and Engineering Manager), translating stakeholder feedback into user workflows and high-fidelity prototypes. This role is impactful because you'll directly shape tools that help optimize energy grids globally, while contributing to the company's design system and component library.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve collaborating with your PM and EM in the 'tech trio' to plan development priorities, synthesizing feedback from grid operators or engineers into user workflows, and creating mockups or prototypes for new features in the grid management platform. You'd likely participate in design reviews, contribute to the component library, and prepare design solutions for stakeholder evaluation.

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🎯 Who envelio Is Looking For

  • Has 3+ years of product design experience with a portfolio showcasing UX/UI and interaction design for complex web applications, ideally in SaaS or B2B environments
  • Demonstrates ability to lead the full design process from concept to implementation, with experience synthesizing stakeholder feedback into actionable workflows
  • Possesses experience working closely with product and development teams in agile environments, with strong communication skills for presenting design solutions
  • Shows interest or experience in energy, sustainability, or infrastructure domains, or demonstrates ability to quickly master complex domain knowledge

📝 Tips for Applying to envelio

1

Tailor your portfolio to highlight SaaS or complex web application projects, specifically showing how you translated stakeholder requirements into user workflows

2

Include examples of design system contributions or component creation in your portfolio, as this is explicitly mentioned in the job description

3

Research envelio's existing products and mention specific aspects you'd improve or expand upon in your application materials

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Demonstrate your understanding of the 'tech trio' collaboration model by describing past experiences working closely with PMs and engineers

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Prepare to discuss how you've handled stakeholder feedback in previous roles, as this is emphasized multiple times in the job description

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

["Your experience with SaaS or complex web applications in technical domains, and how it prepares you for envelio's intelligent grid solutions", 'Specific examples of leading design from concept to implementation while collaborating with product and development teams', 'Your approach to synthesizing stakeholder feedback into actionable user workflows and design solutions', "Why you're drawn to envelio's mission of creating sustainable energy infrastructure and how your design philosophy aligns with this"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Explore envelio's existing products and platform to understand their current design approach and identify potential areas for improvement
  • → Research the energy grid management industry to understand key challenges and stakeholders in this domain
  • → Look into envelio's company culture through their website and social media to understand their values and working style
  • → Investigate the German energy transition (Energiewende) and how digital solutions like envelio's fit into this context

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through how you would approach designing a new feature for grid management software, from stakeholder feedback to prototype
2 Describe a time you had to balance multiple stakeholder requirements in a complex application design
3 How have you contributed to or evolved a design system in previous roles?
4 What experience do you have with the full product development lifecycle in a SaaS environment?
5 How would you approach learning the complex domain of energy grid management as a designer?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Submitting a portfolio focused primarily on consumer apps or simple websites without complex web application examples
  • Failing to demonstrate understanding of the full design process from stakeholder analysis to implementation
  • Not showing awareness of envelio's specific domain (energy/grid management) or treating it as just another software company

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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