UX Designer

Job Description

We are looking for a junior to medior UX designer with a keen eye for detail and a curiosity to learn and grow. In this role, you’ll craft exceptional user experiences for our innovative Geo-data platform.

As part of Team Virgeo, you’ll contribute to our cloud-hosted platform that transforms how people interact with Geo-data. This platform serves as a single source of truth, enabling clients to visually track project progress, gain early insights, and make informed decisions – all in near real-time.

You will be responsible for designing user-centric interfaces and experiences for this Geo-data engagement and collaboration platform. Working closely with users, the design lead, product lead, product owner, software engineers, and marketing team, you’ll help create intuitive, seamless, and effective designs that go beyond UI patterns to solve complex challenges.

By simplifying the complexities of Geo-data, your work will drive better outcomes for our clients while contributing to more efficient operations and reducing carbon footprints for both us and our clients.

We’re looking for someone curious and willing to immerse themselves in the Geo domain, eager to grow in this space.

Your role

• Collaborate closely with the lead designer to develop innovative solutions and ensure design consistency across the platform;

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative user research and synthesis to understand and summarize needs, behaviors, and pain points;

• Develop information architecture wireframes, wireflows, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for web and mobile applications;

• Collaborate with users, product lead, product owner, software engineers, and marketing team to ensure design feasibility and successful implementation;

• Create and maintain design systems and guidelines to ensure consistency across the platform;

• Conduct usability testing and iterate on designs based on feedback;

• Stay informed about industry trends and best practices in UX design and Geo-data visualization;

• Invest time in learning about the Geo domain to create more informed and impactful designs.

Your track record

• Masters or Bachelors degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field;

• 3 years of experience in UX design, particularly in B2B solutions;

• Experience with the entire lifecycle of digital products, from the fuzzy early phase to maturity;

• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools like Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD;

• Strong understanding of design thinking, user-centered design principles and methodologies;

• Strong skills in interaction design and information architecture;

• The ability to synthesize complex design challenges into clear, actionable solutions;

• Ability to go beyond standard UI patterns and deliver creative, functional solutions;

• Experience working in agile software development, especially within scrum teams;

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills;

• Ability to work independently.

Bonus points if you have

• Experience designing map-based services;

• Experience designing data-heavy applications, especially Geo-data;

• Familiarity with platform propositions;

• Knowledge of continuous discovery and delivery practices.

What Fugro offers

• A competitive salary;

• 29 holidays per year based on a fulltime employment (of which 4 are appointed by Fugro management) and the possibility to purchase 12 additional days;

• Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally and internationally;

• Flexible working hours and the ability to work from home in accordance with your manager and corporate policies;

• Commuting allowance;

• Modern pension scheme;

• Collective health insurance;

• Possibility to register with our corporate fitness plan;

• Coaching options through our EAP (Employee Assistance Program).

Are you interested?

Please visit our Company Page to find out more on what it is like to work at Fugro. For further information, please contact Bram van der Ploeg, Talent Acquisition Partner, +31 6 3458 0051.

After you have applied

• You will receive an automated confirmation-email of the receipt of your application.

• When we see a match, we will invite you for the first interview within a couple of days. Of course, you will also receive a message if we will not invite you;

• After a successful first round, you will be invited for the second round;

• If we are both still positive after the interviews, we will make you an offer, and with that we hope to welcome you at Fugro!

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.