The role of an Eli5 Product Designer

Design is one of the core pillars of the company. As a Eli5 Product Designer you'll be at the spearhead of every trajectory, leading the design driven approach on product development. You'll be responsible for translating business logic into product logic, designing intuitive digital solutions around its users, and orchestrate development sprints with developers. Next to Product Design you'll be playing a big role in validating solutions on users, customer development, prototyping, and Front- and Backend Development.

Eli5 offers you the opportunity to work in a fast-paced company and grow your skills and experience within the fields of technology, (corporate) startups, and design.

You will be responsible for:

• Designing simplistic User Experiences for complex products;
• Designing clean, smart, and intuitive User Interfaces;
• Aligning organisational goals with user needs;
• Rapid prototyping for our Validation Unit; and
• Alignment with developers and other designers.
  

Your competencies - Essential:

• Experienced in designing UX and UI for complex and technical use-cases
• Interested in psychology, human behavior, cognition, perception and how this all relates to design;
• Eye for detail and understanding the power of typography, proportion, color, form and movement;
• Experience with Sketch;
• Experienced with version control (Abstract);
• A flexible mentality and a genuine desire to ensure the quality of your team’s output;
• An organized and self-motivated approach, with a strong attention to detail and the ability to work efficiently to meet both short and long-term deadlines;
• You hold a degree in Design or you can show equivalent work experience.
  

Your competencies - Bonus:

• Knowledge of customer development methodologies;
• Knowledge of front-end development. Preferable Javascript based framework Vue.js;
• Knowledge of business and strategic design; and
• Experienced in communicating and presenting to clients and their teams.
  

The perks of Eli5:

• You won't be working in a boring office space in the outskirts but in a well designed office in the middle of Amsterdam;
• Visit (and present on) tech events in the Netherlands and the rest of the world;
• Develop yourself through on- and offline courses you can pick yourself;
• Get a gym membership at high-end gym Gustav, who have a city gym next to our office and a gym on Zuidas;
• Moving to the Netherlands for this job and you're an EU citizen? We'll help you move to our lovely flat little country;
• Work within a team of skilled and experienced developers, designers, and strategists;
• Have a great and free homemade lunch every day.

Our studios have unlimited potential and there are a tremendous amount of opportunities to be tackled. Do you have the courage to get on them? We’ll open the door wide and let you show your magic!

Applications without a CV will not be taken into consideration. Providing motivational letters and a portfolio of previous projects/designs is recommended. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.