Senior Map Experience Designer
- Role
- Design
- Experience
- Senior
- Employment
- Full-time
- Company size
- Startup
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No BS summary
Senior designer with 5+ years in product/UX/UI, cartographic design, map design, GIS visualization, or spatial information design. Needs strong map/cartography fundamentals, portfolio, MapLibre/Mapbox-style concepts, and ability to work from the İstanbul office.
Core skills
Required skills
Optional skills
OUR STORY
Pointr is the market leader in Indoor Mapping, Location, and Analytics, and the inventor of AI-based map production. Its innovative (20+ patents) Pointr Maps™ platform is used by millions of users across offices, retail locations, airports, hospitals, and more every month.
As the top choice of Fortune 100 customers and billions of sqft. deployed globally (30+ countries), Pointr is always on the lookout for great team members to support its fast growth. Our core values are Ownership, Harmony, and Scale, and we look for Passionate, Kind, and No-Ego team members to join the team.
THE ROLE
Senior Map Experience Designers are the visual and structural architects of how our users interact with indoor spaces. They are creative problem-solvers with strong systems thinking and a deep understanding of cartographic design, accessibility, and visual hierarchy.
At Pointr, we empower Map Experience Designers to own the end-to-end design of our maps, creating beautiful, highly readable, and intuitive spatial experiences for millions of users worldwide. To that end, they are comfortable operating in a flat, fast-paced organization and are energized by balancing aesthetics with complex technical constraints to shape the future of indoor mapping.
At its core, this role requires the Senior Map Experience Designer to combine strong technical and cartographic acumen with deep user empathy, collaborating closely with rendering engineers and cross-functional squads to turn complex spatial data into seamless, accessible, and scalable visual solutions.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own the design of the map experience, with a focus on readability, accessibility, symbol design, and visual clarity for users of all ages.
- Design map symbols, icons, labels, POIs, route visuals, zoom-level behaviors, and visual hierarchy across the map.
- Work closely with map rendering engineers to create MapLibre-compatible design solutions.
- Improve the treatment of 3D buildings and map layers so the map is easier to understand.
- Create map-style guidelines, QA-implemented map designs, and document reusable rules for the rendering squad.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience: 5+ years of proven experience in product design, UX/UI, cartographic design, map design, GIS visualization, or spatial information design.
- Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in map-based products, symbol design, visual hierarchy, readability, or complex data visualization.
- Technical & Design Skills: Deep understanding of cartographic design, symbol/icon design, color theory, contrast, typography, map readability, zoom-level behaviors, labels, layers, and POIs.
- Concepts: Solid understanding of MapLibre/Mapbox-style map concepts.
- Core Competencies: Strong systems thinking, close attention to detail, analytical thinking, and deep user empathy.
- Collaboration: Excellent communication skills with the ability to balance aesthetics and user experience against performance and technical constraints.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Tools & Frameworks: Hands-on experience with MapLibre, Mapbox GL, QGIS, ArcGIS, vector tiles, sprites, or glyphs.
- Advanced Design: Experience working with 3D buildings, indoor maps, and complex wayfinding systems.
- Accessibility: Strong background in designing for accessibility (e.g., color-blind-friendly designs or optimization for older users).
WHAT WE OFFER?
- Competitive base salary and potential for equity
- Ability to learn in a fast-growing global tech startup
- Friendly, helpful, and smart team
- Flexibility to set your own schedule and agenda
- Inclusive, international environment spanning 10 countries
- Cozy office in Bomonti, İstanbul or Mahall, Ankara
- Private complementary health care
- 5 days of paid leave in your first year
- Company-paid parental leave
What you'll do
- Own the design of the map experience, with a focus on readability, accessibility, symbol design, and visual clarity for users of all ages.
- Design map symbols, icons, labels, POIs, route visuals, zoom-level behaviors, and visual hierarchy across the map.
- Work closely with map rendering engineers to create MapLibre-compatible design solutions.
- Improve the treatment of 3D buildings and map layers so the map is easier to understand.
- Create map-style guidelines, QA-implemented map designs, and document reusable rules for the rendering squad.
What they require
- Experience: 5+ years of proven experience in product design, UX/UI, cartographic design, map design, GIS visualization, or spatial information design.
- Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in map-based products, symbol design, visual hierarchy, readability, or complex data visualization.
- Technical & Design Skills: Deep understanding of cartographic design, symbol/icon design, color theory, contrast, typography, map readability, zoom-level behaviors, labels, layers, and POIs.
- Concepts: Solid understanding of MapLibre/Mapbox-style map concepts.
- Core Competencies: Strong systems thinking, close attention to detail, analytical thinking, and deep user empathy.
- Collaboration: Excellent communication skills with the ability to balance aesthetics and user experience against performance and technical constraints.
- Preferred: Hands-on experience with MapLibre, Mapbox GL, QGIS, ArcGIS, vector tiles, sprites, or glyphs.
- Preferred: Experience working with 3D buildings, indoor maps, and complex wayfinding systems.
- Preferred: Strong background in designing for accessibility (e.g., color-blind-friendly designs or optimization for older users).
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and potential for equity
- Ability to learn in a fast-growing global tech startup
- Friendly, helpful, and smart team
- Flexibility to set your own schedule and agenda
- Inclusive, international environment spanning 10 countries
- Cozy office in Bomonti, İstanbul or Mahall, Ankara
- Private complementary health care
- 5 days of paid leave in your first year
- Company-paid parental leave
Pointr is the market leader in Indoor Mapping, Location, and Analytics, and the inventor of AI-based map production. Its AI-based map production platform Pointr Maps™ is used across offices, retail locations, airports, hospitals, and more.