Experienced UI / UX Designer

About Elements

Elements builds rock solid applications for web and mobile. We create, discuss, adjust, measure and improve to deliver the best products. We strive to find the right balance between business goals, user experience and innovation.

Our pragmatic mindset and down to earth attitude have not changed since our early start in 1996. While our relatively small team consists of people from different backgrounds, a passion for technology and user experience brings us together.

Position

The main focus of a designer at Elements is to envision how people experience products and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined and even magical. In your role, you’ll take on complex tasks and transform them into intuitive, accessible and easy-to-use solutions for lots of different people around the world. From a first-time user to a sophisticated expert.

Achieving this requires collaboration with other designers, developers, project managers and clients throughout the process. From creating user flows and wireframes to building user interface mockups and hi-fi or lo-fi prototypes. At each stage, you will anticipate what the users need, advocate for them and ensure that the final product surprises and delights them.

Your qualification

• Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design, CMD, Media Arts or related field
• A solid background in both Visual and Interaction Design combined with a minimum of 3-4 years of UI & UX design experience
• Have a digital portfolio that demonstrates experience designing (responsive) layouts for both desktop and mobile (web and native) applications. and which also shows excellent use of information architecture, layout, typography, color and imagery
• A passion for creating usable and beautiful products. You create original, rich, aesthetically pleasing designs in a variety of media (primarily, but not limited to, mobile and web)
• A solid understanding of technological capabilities of different devices and other media
• Experience with prototyping and animation
• Excellent problem-solving, teamwork and communication skills
• You are motivated and a driving force to ensure the highest possible level of quality for the products we create
• You have a natural drive to stay up to speed with the latest relevant developments in the field
• And last but not least, you should be proficient with the relevant tools. Our current stack includes Invision, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Principle, keynote and numerous supporting tools

What we offer

• We offer you a place in our diverse team of professionals, where you get to teach and learn at the same time
• We provide you with lunch, snacks and unlimited freshly ground coffee every day
• You will have flexible working hours and a possibility to occasionally work from home
• We encourage you to visit events and/or take courses to keep up-to-date and learn new skills
• And to top it off, what would work be like without fun? You could get your fair share at our regular company events and Friday beer & game afternoons, or by diving into the nostalgia of your childhood on our arcade machine

Additional details

WHAT WE FIND ATTRACTIVE

Personality

Next to bringing some obvious skills to the table, we think it’s very important that you are an easy going person that fits our company culture.

Passion & motivation

What is your vision on UXD? Being a designer is not just something you do, it’s a way of living and thinking.

Good communication

Communicate your ideas in a pleasant and convincing way and have the ability to synthesize design and development.