NGO Volunteering - UX Designer (Berlin, Germany) (m/f/d)

About Digital Dignity

Digital Dignity is an NGO working to make the internet a safer space. We build survivor-first tech tools, shape digital-rights policy, and support a global community of people affected by online abuse. Our flagship product, the Intimate Image Finder & Remover, helps people detect and remove non-consensual intimate images online — directly addressing image-based sexual abuse (IBSA), one of the core issues we exist to fight.

We're a volunteer-powered organization: Since our founding, more than 65 volunteers from over 20 countries have contributed their expertise across engineering, design, law, mental health, and advocacy. All contributing toward a digital world where every identity is safe, respected, and free from abuse.

The Role

Our product has just launched in Beta, and we're looking for a Volunteer UX Designer to join our small product team and help take it from launch to a genuinely user-centered, trusted tool. You'll work closely with our Product Designer, focusing on research, usability, and iterative improvement rather than starting from scratch — this is a role for someone who wants to shape a real, live product used by people in vulnerable and sensitive situations.

What you'll do

• Plan and run usability tests on existing and upcoming features
• Facilitate user feedback sessions, synthesizing input into actionable insights
• Analyze product and behavioral data to identify friction points and opportunities
• Improve the overall user experience across the app, from flows to interface details
• Collaborate directly with the Product Designer on upgrades, iterations, and new features
• Help translate research and data findings into design recommendations and prototypes
• Contribute to a trauma-informed, privacy-first design approach appropriate for survivors of image-based abuse and identity misuse

What we're looking for

• Experience in UX design, ideally including usability testing and user research
• Comfort working with analytics and translating data into design decisions
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a small, remote-first team
• A genuine interest in digital rights and digital human rights
• Sensitivity, empathy, and discretion when designing for topics like image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) and other forms of online harm — this product serves people at vulnerable moments, and the tone, language, and flow of every screen matters
• Alignment with Digital Dignity's mission and values

Nice to have

• Experience designing for trust & safety, mental health, legal, or survivor-support products
• Familiarity with EU digital policy or human rights advocacy
• Based in or around Berlin

What we offer

• Purpose & Impact: You are shaping a movement. Our work helps victims of image-based abuse, influences policy, and builds tools that protect dignity online.
• Direct Product Impact: Help improve a live product designed for people affected by image based sexual abuse.
• Meaningful Ownership: Take responsibility for defined UX research and improvement initiatives, from identifying friction points to developing recommendations.
• Startup Spirit with Mission: Become part of a purpose-driven NGO with a social startup mindset. We combine global scaling with deep local impact.
• Growth & Learning: Work closely with an experienced, interdisciplinary team spanning tech, law, policy, and advocacy. Gain exposure to global NGO networks, policy-making, and grassroots initiatives.
• Global Community, Local Anchor: Join our international team while being part of the Berlin community - one of our global hubs as a human rights NGO.
• Flexibility and Trust: Organize your work independently within an agreed scope and collaborate directly with the people responsible for the product.
• Freedom & Co-Creation: Experience autonomy, creativity, and trust. We don’t work in rigid hierarchies but in partnerships and a family feeling, built on openness, empowerment, and shared purpose.

Logistics

• This is a volunteer position, unpaid, but a meaningful opportunity to apply your skills to a mission-driven product with real-world impact. We are growing dynamically and invite you to become part of something bigger. Your contribution changes lives and helps make the world a better place.
• Remote work is fully supported; we're a distributed, international team
• Berlin-based volunteers will have access to a coworking space for in-person work and connection with the local team
• Flexible time commitment, to be agreed based on availability. At least 10 hours per week are required to make a meaningful and impactful contribution to the project.