UX/UI designer for internal tools

Aquent is partnering with a global leader in retail and home furnishings, a company dedicated to creating a better everyday life for many people. This organization is embarking on a significant journey to unify and enhance the development experience for its vast engineering community.

• Translate complex research insights and user needs into tangible design concepts and compelling experience visions for critical platform products, including developer portals, onboarding flows, service catalogues, and dashboards.
• Establish and champion shared design patterns to bring coherence and consistency across a diverse portfolio of internal platform products.
• Design innovative AI agent interaction patterns and envision future-state experiences that leverage emerging technologies.
• Create impactful prototypes at various fidelities to validate design concepts directly with engineers, gathering critical feedback for rapid iteration.
• Support crucial stakeholder alignment by crafting compelling visual artifacts that effectively communicate future possibilities and secure buy-in.
• Work in fast, iterative cycles, collaborating closely with Service Designers and product teams to deliver impactful solutions quickly.
• Review research findings and journey maps to proactively identify design opportunities and areas for improvement.
• Define and document reusable UI patterns and design system components, contributing to a scalable and consistent internal tool ecosystem.
• Conduct usability testing and design validation sessions with engineers, ensuring solutions are user-centric and effective.
• Create experience vision artifacts such as storyboards, flows, and prototypes to facilitate leadership alignment.
• Collaborate daily with the Service Designer and Design Lead to align on priorities, direction, and strategic design decisions.
• Present design rationale and concepts to Senior Product Owners and engineering leads, advocating for user needs and design excellence.
• Iterate designs rapidly and pragmatically based on user feedback, embracing a culture of continuous improvement.

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in UX/Product Design, demonstrating a strong portfolio of end-to-end design work.
• Exceptional interaction and visual design skills, capable of taking concepts from initial sketch to high-fidelity prototypes.
• Proven experience designing complex, data-rich interfaces, such as dashboards, admin tools, or other developer-facing products.
• Strong systems thinking, with the ability to create coherent and unified experiences across multiple, interconnected products.
• Experience working effectively within agile, cross-functional teams, collaborating closely with engineers and product owners.
• Proficiency with industry-standard design tools including Figma and Miro, along with experience leveraging AI in design workflows.
• A self-driven mindset, proactively identifying opportunities and taking action without requiring detailed briefs.
• A pragmatic approach to design, understanding how to apply the right fidelity at the right moment to achieve project goals.
• Due to the contracting nature of this role, only candidates with unrestricted rights to work in The Netherlands will be considered.
• Будет плюсом: Prior experience specifically designing developer tools, internal platforms, or B2B/enterprise products; Familiarity with design systems, including experience building or contributing to their development and maintenance

• This is a 6-months fixed term salaried position contracted via Aquent on behalf of our client as a third party. There is the possibility for extension.
• The role offers up to €61.5K /annum (pro rata), based on experience – 40 hrs/week.