Exciting and challenging - Design Lead Bending Spoons Employee Review

5.0
May 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I've been working here for 7 years as a designer. Three things that stand out: - You're not stuck on the same product. As a designer, we work across a huge variety of products, tasks, and challenges — and switching teams is easy. Vimeo, Eventbrite, komoot, WeTransfer, and beyond. - You're not stuck on the same skill. We operate as a startup, and the belief here is that a T-shaped designer is far more impactful than a hyper-specialized one. E.g. Product designers work end-to-end interviewing users, designing, testing, and shipping real piece of code through AI. E.g. Media designers own the full pipeline building a brand, to designing campaign materials, to releasing a motion video. No paper-pushers. - Countless benefit Top-of-market compensation for Italy and Europe, remote work, yearly retreats (Bali, Seychelles, ...), relocation support, private insurance, €10k parental budget.

Cons

The challenge is real – many products, small teams, high talent density, and startup speed. Not for everyone, and that's intentional.

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Cons

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