Senior UX/UI Designer

Welcome to SkillLab

At SkillLab, we envision a world where everyone has a pathway to employment. We enable and lead a radical change - a transition towards skill-based labor and education markets. Our AI-driven technology creates more inclusive and efficient markets by connecting people with jobs and education through the universal language of skills. SkillLab is working with employment and career services in 35+ countries and seeks to transform labor and education markets globally.

SkillLab’s innovative use of AI was recognised with awards like Google AI for Impact, UNESCO Top 10 uses of AI and the European Social Innovation Competition 2021, among other awards.

Your team

You will join our User Experience (UX) team as a Senior User experience/User Interface (UX/UI) Designer. You will be part of an expert UX team who champions user-centered design, driving product success through insightful research and intuitive interface development.

Also, you will work in an international environment of ±65 SkillLabers from ±30 different countries in the heart of Amsterdam.

We are proud of the people we collaborate with and excited to work at a company with a social mission. We hope you will be too!

Your responsibilities

• You will be the UX owner of one or more of SkillLab’s major enterprise clients. You will work with clients and internal stakeholders to align on scope, product definition, and co-create design solutions.
• You will contribute to the development of new features and products by understanding clients' needs through engagement workshops, concept development and iterative user research.
• You will work at different design altitudes to map out user journeys, create end-to-end flows, and produce detailed user interface design specifications for implementation.
• You will maintain and evolve our design system; introduce new components and adapt existing components to accommodate new functionality while maintaining interoperability with existing components.
• You will identify opportunities for foundational user research, and define, scope, plan and execute research with support from a dedicated User Experience Researcher.

Your skills

• A minimum of 5 years of work experience in User Experience Design or a related role, eg. User Interface, Interaction, Graphic, or Product design, etc. Combined experience in building products in-house and working with clients will be highly appreciated.
• Proficiency in Figma design and prototyping.
• Data-informed approach to making design decisions, leveraging usability testing, usage analytics, market research, etc.
• Deep understanding of user-centered design principles.
• Ability to present and advocate for design decisions with clients and stakeholders, ensuring alignment between user needs and business objectives.
• Flexibility and agility to adapt to changing requirements, and the initiative and leadership to create clarity from uncertainty
• Experience working directly with product managers and software engineers to maintain and use integrated design systems

Extra awesome

• Experience planning and executing formative and evaluative UX research.
• Experience working with HR tech, E-learning or matching platforms.
• Expertise in designing user experiences informed by best-practices of designing for ML- and recommender-based systems.

Salary, start-date & location

• We use a salary benchmark for the Dutch high-tech sector to set your salary based on your experience. We expect that the annual gross salary for the experience we are looking for ranges from 55k-65k Euro per year.
• We accept applications on a rolling basis, and we envision a start date as soon as possible.

• You will enjoy 25 paid vacation days per year (20 days as the statutory minimum holiday entitlement in the Netherlands plus 5 extra days from SkillLab).
• You can work flexibly from our office in Amsterdam and home within the Netherlands. You can also extend your holiday stay in a different country and work from abroad for a limited period of time.
• If you don't live in the Netherlands, you will get an extensive relocation support to move to Amsterdam including visa sponsorship, 30% ruling application, your plane tickets, covered real estate agent fees, etc.
• You will have a personal learning budget to invest in your professional development.
• You will have access to mentors & coaches (SkillLab is part of the Google for Startups SDG accelerator).
• You will have access to a monthly flexible budget of benefits via Yourcampus app. You can spend this budget on a large selection of providers, ranging from gym memberships to bike subscriptions and online stores.
• You will join our bi-annual company offsite retreats in different locations like Belgium, the Netherlands etc.

What else to know?

• This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and may be subject to change based on the organization's requirements and priorities.
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• SkillLab is committed to diversity, equality and inclusion at the workplace. We welcome applications of candidates from all backgrounds. Read more about DEI https://skilllab.io/en-us/news/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-skilllab