Senior UX Strategist (f/m/d) – Freelancer (part-time)

Position Description

As a Senior UX Strategist at Cinemo, you will play a key role in auditing, shaping, and elevating the user experience across Cinemo’s multi-platform ecosystem. You will lead a structured UX assessment across consumer-facing and partner-facing products, define a clear UX vision and roadmap, and drive the execution of validated UX improvements in close collaboration with Product Management and Development.

This is a 4-month freelance role. The successful candidate will be expected to work on-site at our Karlsruhe office two days per week.

In this role, you will:

Ability to conduct an independent UX assessment, including review and prioritization of existing improvement items and gap analysis against best-in-class consumer platforms
Experience assessing UX maturity across internal stakeholders and identifying structural friction points from both product and organizational perspectives
Proven capability to plan and run rapid user interviews and usability testing to validate findings and inform prioritization
Strong track record of producing structured UX audit reports, including quick-win recommendations, UX strategy, relevant KPIs, and a 6–12 month UX evolution roadmap
Ability to define and deliver a UX vision aligned with overall product vision and business goals
Experience proposing, documenting, and communicating UX implementation guidelines for development teams, and translating validated roadmaps into prioritized delivery plans with PM and Product Development (scope, milestones, ETA)
Hands-on execution mindset with experience contributing to delivery, leading small UX teams (e.g., 2 headcounts), collaborating closely with Product Owners and development teams, and providing regular progress reporting

What you will need to succeed:

Proven track record designing and scaling UX for multi-touchpoint consumer digital ecosystems and two-sided platforms
Demonstrated experience defining and delivering UX strategy, challenging assumptions, and balancing user value with business impact and market fit
Strong ability to measure UX success through meaningful KPIs and validation frameworks
Experience setting up incremental UX improvement approaches that balance UX ambition with engineering constraints and technical feasibility
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively at both strategic and operational levels
Excellent English communication and technical skills