UX Designer

For our internationally renown client, Experis is looking for a UX designer in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Within your new role, you understand the product owners’ ideas and envision system features and functionality. You know how to communicate with developers both frontend and backend. You have (some) experience with working in an agile environment. You are interested in researching activities to identify stakeholders and user requirements. You wish to work closely with the design team to develop concepts for new applications within the platform. You are aware of innovation of technology and you like to learn new stuff. You know how to improve the user experience by iterating on existing features. And you’ll prepare prototypes for usability tests!

Your main responsibilities

• Convert ideas/ concepts into realizable designs

• Brainstorm with the business, designers and product owners to define ideas

• Communicate your designs internally as well as externally

• Support developers where needed

• Excel in working in multidisciplinary team

• Dare to make decisions and know how carry responsibility

About the company

International media company operating in over 10 countries, well-known for its consumer magazines, TV channels, events, customer media, e-commerce, sites, and apps.

To be a successful UX designer, you have the following

• An excellent portfolio to show

• Minimum 1 year of experience

• Junior designer

• Skilled in UX, but also with affinity for visual design

• Expert in Sketch / Photoshop / indesign

• Experience with interface design

• Experience with agile work / scrum is a plus

• Basic knowledge frontend / backend (at least enough to make realizable designs)

• Expert in prototyping tools, such as: Invision, Principle, Framer

• You are creative, driven, assertive and result-oriented

• Affinity with education

• Relevant HBO / Academic education

General Skills (non-technical)

• Must be team player, take the lead and indicate the direction

• Ability to make decisions and be accountable for decisions and actions

• Strong communication skills

• Strong influencing and negotiation skills

• Strong attention to detail

• Effective planning and organization skills

• Drives for results

• Problem solving ability

• Excellent verbal and written communication, time management and organizational skills

• Ability to multi-task and establish priorities

• Strong estimating and risk assessment skills

Some practical information

Please note that this is a temporary job starting in November, for at least 3 months. Salary range indication for UX designer remains between €48.000-€58.000/year for a temporary contract, and hourly rate for an independent contractor is max €60-€65 including travel costs excluding VAT for Experis, depending on the experience and qualifications.