Sr Visual UI Designer (All Genders)

The role involves being a main contributor to the design system, focusing on elevating the user experience to be more branded, engaging, and usable across web and app touchpoints. Key duties include partnering with data/research teams, executing tangible prototypes, ensuring scalability, and mentoring junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Partner with data and research teams to drive design decisions, applying insights to Design work
• Execute ideas into tangible well-designed prototypes for user testing
• Ensure the work is scalable and modular and helps with automation and personalization of pages across web and app
• Design accessible and inclusive experiences
• Set the standards for good and engaging design for zooplus in web and app experiences
• Ensure designs can be integrated into design systems
• Leads exploration of A.I. and automation tools to scale and optimize design system workflows
• Identifies gaps in design system and proposes scalable, sustainable solutions
• Explores and integrates relevant design trends and user-centric developments
• Actively involve stakeholders in the design process, understanding their needs and tailoring design outputs to align with their expectations
• Maintain alignment with stakeholders to ensure business goals are met and communicated effectively, contributing to long-term project success
• Build a strong relationship and synergy with the brand and marketing teams, to ensure the zooplus experience is consistent and high-quality across all touchpoints both on and off platform
• Mentors juniors on the team through work reviews and day-to-day coaching
• Facilitate design sprints, rapid prototyping, design explorations and lead the workshops needed to go from research to concept to prototype efficiently and collaboratively
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of how design work aligns with team KPIs, contributing to business objectives and ensuring that customer experience initiatives support overall strategic goals
• Use data and research results to drive pro-active decision making and help the company to make customer-centric experiences
• Effectively communicate design decisions and their rationale, translating complex concepts into clear, actionable stories for diverse audiences (stakeholders, team members, etc.)
• Present results and insights in a way that’s accessible and easy to understand for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Help the company to understand and experience the power of design in relation to customer relevancy and growth
• Propose new ideas and solutions to improve projects and their business impact, continuously refining service design strategies to address more complex problems and elevate the customer experience
• Manage the timelines and deliverables for large-sized projects, ensuring that projects are completed on time and meet quality expectations
• Adapt to shifting priorities while ensuring that work stays aligned with project objectives and deadlines

Requirements

• Degree in UX/UI Design, Visual, Interaction Design, or a related field
• 6+ years of experience in visual / UI design
• Proven ability to lead and manage sizeable projects, bringing them from concept to completion while maintaining alignment with business goals
• Strong understanding of design methodologies
• Experience with design tools such as Figma, Mural, SharePoint, Baymard, Creative Suite, and PowerPoint to create deliverables and support collaboration
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product owner, marketing and sales manager, other UX/UI designers, and data analysts
• Excellent English communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions and insights
• Ability to handle competing priorities and manage timelines effectively

Benefits

• 28 Annual Vacation Days
• Private Medical Health Insurance
• Hybrid working model (up to 40% Home Office per month)
• Development opportunities
• Excellent training and support
• Wellbeing offers
• Subsidised transport or bike leasing
• 20% discount across all products

Key Skills