Who we are looking for
Are you passionate about sustainability and eagerto create impactful solutions that improve the future of our planet? We’re looking for an experienced UX/UI Design Lead to join our team as our first in-house designer. This is a unique opportunity to work directly with the Founders and play a significant role in shaping the direction of a product that helps companies and organisations reduce energy waste.
What you’ll do
- Design Solutions That Matter
- Collaborate closely with our two founders, engineers, and the rest of the team to deliver designs that balance user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility.
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and user flows to bring concepts to life and drive actionable outcomes.
- Conduct user research and usability testing to ensure your designs are intuitive, functional, and impactful.
- Lead Design Practices
- Define and uphold design principles for a scalable, user-friendly product that grows with the company.
- Work on data visualisation projects or enhance your skills to simplify complex data into digestible insights.
- Set the stage for a design-first culture, crafting processes that enable effective collaboration and innovation.
- Strategic Contribution
- Partner in discovery efforts to understand customer needs and guide product decisions.
- Prioritise high-impact features, ensuring time and resources are used effectively to achieve business outcomes.
- Navigate the dynamic environment of a startup, adapting to changing priorities and uncovering valuable opportunities.
What you bring
- Experience and Expertise
- 5–7+ years of experience in product design, particularly for B2B SaaS products serving mid-large organizations.
- A background in industrial design, digital design, or equivalent work experience.
- Proven success in startups, scaleups, or similar fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments.
- Core Design Skills
- Mastery of wireframing, prototyping, visual design, and user testing, employing lean methodologies.
- Deep understanding of user needs, usability, and best practices to create intuitive, practical solutions.
- Versatility in tools: choosing the right medium (from sketching to Figma) based on the stage of the design process
- Business and Technical Savvy
- Strong sense of ownership with the ability to balance ideal design with feasible implementation.
- Collaborative approach to working with engineers, ensuring technical constraints are considered from day one.
- Curiosity for business strategy, ensuring user needs align with the company’s goals and resources.
- Adaptability and Autonomy
- Comfort in navigating uncertainty, shifting priorities, and wearing multiple hats.
- Strong communication skills to explain design decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- A proactive mindset, able to work independently and thrive in a resource-constrained environment.
- Passion for Sustainability
- Genuine enthusiasm for creating solutions that address climate challenges and promote sustainable practices.
Why join us?
- A mission-driven role: your work directly contributes to sustainability, reducing energy waste, and creating a tangible impact.
- A leadership opportunity: shape the product direction and design culture.
- Autonomy and growth: gain ownership of the design function in a dynamic, innovative environment.
- Competitive compensation package with perks & benefits.
- A fun and fast-moving start-up with offices in Brussels and Antwerp. Of course, wonderful, smart and fun-loving colleagues 😊
- Big milestones celebrations, fun team buildings, social & sports activities.
- Hybrid working with flexible hours that requires at least three office days in Antwerp (Hub) or Brussels.
Diploma’s and higher education are one type of proof of a certain capability level of gathering knowledge in a structured manner and test your cognitive skills. But not the only one. So, if you have a higher education, great. If you don’t, but took a different path and feel you have built these capabilities differently, don’t hesitate to apply for this job.
What matters most is your eagerness to learn, attitude, and enthusiasm. Even if you don't meet all the requirements, if you're excited about the role, we’d love to hear from you.
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