Product Designer

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Product Designer

Company: HomeExchange

Location: Paris, France

Job Type: FULL_TIME

Category: Product Design / User Experience

Date Posted: 2026-09-29

Experience Level: 5-10 years

Remote Status: Hybrid

🚀 Role Summary

• Drive the end-to-end product design process, from discovery and user research to prototyping and final launch, ensuring intuitive and impactful user experiences.

• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Data Scientists to shape product strategy and identify key areas for improvement.

• Evolve and scale HomeExchange's design system, "Panorama," ensuring consistency and efficiency across the company's platforms.

• Integrate AI tools into the daily design workflow for enhanced exploration, synthesis, prototyping, and creative output.

• Foster a strong design culture by raising the quality bar through systems thinking, craft excellence, and knowledge sharing.

📝 Enhancement Note: This role is positioned as a senior Product Designer, indicated by the 5+ years of experience requirement and the expectation to contribute to product strategy and design system scaling. The integration of AI tools and a focus on "systems thinking" suggest a role that requires not just execution but also strategic contribution to the product's architecture and future development.

📈 Primary Responsibilities

• Conduct user research, analyze usage data, and engage with members to deeply understand their needs and pain points in the home exchange travel experience.

• Translate user insights and business objectives into compelling product strategies and design solutions that address complex challenges.

• Design seamless and engaging user journeys across all stages of the member lifecycle, including search, booking, hosting, and post-travel interactions.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive design system documentation, guidelines, and components to ensure a scalable and consistent user experience.

• Leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude) for ideation, rapid prototyping, and iterating on design concepts, while applying strong design judgment.

• Champion best practices in UX, visual design, and accessibility to elevate the overall quality of the product.

• Collaborate effectively with engineering teams to ensure accurate and high-fidelity implementation of designs.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of design processes and methodologies within the team.

📝 Enhancement Note: The responsibilities highlight a blend of user-centric research, strategic product input, hands-on design execution, and a forward-thinking approach to incorporating AI. The emphasis on scaling a design system ("Panorama") indicates a need for a designer who can think systematically and contribute to long-term product consistency and efficiency.

🎓 Skills & Qualifications

Education: While no specific degree is mandated, a background in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or a related field is typically beneficial for product design roles.

Experience: 5+ years of proven experience in designing and shipping digital products, with a strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end product design capabilities.

Required Skills:

• UX Design: Deep understanding of user-centered design principles, user flows, wireframing, and information architecture.

• Visual Design: Strong aesthetic sensibility, proficiency in creating visually appealing interfaces, and understanding of typography, color theory, and layout.

• Systems Thinking: Ability to understand and design for complex systems, ensuring consistency and scalability across multiple touchpoints and products.

• Design System Management: Experience working with, contributing to, and scaling design systems for consistency and efficiency.

• Prototyping: Proficiency in creating interactive prototypes to test and communicate design concepts.

• Figma: Expert-level proficiency in Figma for design, prototyping, and collaboration.

• AI Tools: Hands-on experience with AI tools (specifically Claude mentioned) for design exploration and generation.

• Communication & Storytelling: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate design decisions, gather feedback, and align stakeholders.

• Problem-Solving: Ability to break down complex problems into clear, actionable design solutions.

• Data Analysis: Aptitude for understanding and interpreting user data to inform design decisions.

• Product Strategy: Ability to contribute to and influence product strategy based on user needs and business goals.

• Language Proficiency: Professional fluency in both French and English.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with other design and collaboration tools such as Notion and Slack.

• Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies to validate design hypotheses.

• Experience in the travel or marketplace industry.

• Understanding of accessibility standards and best practices.

📝 Enhancement Note: The explicit mention of "5+ years' experience designing and shipping digital products" positions this as a mid-to-senior level role. The emphasis on "systems thinking," "design systems," and "AI tools" indicates a need for a designer who can contribute strategically and leverage modern technologies. Professional proficiency in both French and English is a critical requirement, reflecting the company's international user base.

📊 Process & Systems Portfolio Requirements

Portfolio Essentials:

• Showcase a minimum of 3-5 complex digital product design projects demonstrating end-to-end ownership from problem definition to shipped product.

• Clearly articulate your role and contributions in each project, especially highlighting your UX, visual design, and systems thinking contributions.

• Include case studies that detail your process, including user research methodologies, problem framing, ideation, prototyping, and iteration based on feedback or data.

• Demonstrate experience with design systems, showing how you've contributed to or utilized them for consistency and scalability.

• Provide examples of how you have leveraged data and/or AI tools to inform design decisions and improve user outcomes. Process Documentation:

• Detail your