Senior UX Designer UFS

ABOUT UNILEVER

Unilever is one of the world`s largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) businesses, with interest across Personal Care, Homecare, Refreshment and Foods product categories. We reach 2 billion consumers a day. It has 161,000 employees. We make products that people love – and that make a difference. Nutritious foods. Household care essentials. Indulgent ice creams. Refreshing teas. Luxurious shampoos. Affordable, disease-combating soaps... and many more. In fact, we make around 400 much-loved brands including global brands such as Knorr & Dove, but also local brand such as Calvé (the Netherlands) and Suave (the Americas) and of course our products of the Vegetarian Butcher. Shoppers buy them in more than 190 countries. That means you’ll find at least one of our products in seven out of ten households on the planet. And we want every one of those products to make a positive impact on the lives of the people who buy them.

We want our business to flourish, and we know that our success depends on others flourishing around us. That's why our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace, and why sustainable, long-term growth is at the heart of our business model.

ABOUT UNILEVER FOOD SOLUTIONS (UFS)

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is a Business-to-Business division in Unilever. It leads the dynamic Food Service market, selling a range of food and beverage products and services to chefs in 75 countries.

We are now looking for talent to strengthen our customer experience team. This team is on a mission to create the best digital experience for our chefs. We are responsible for improving chefs’ experience across all digital touchpoints with a strong focus on UFS.com which is the central point of digital engagement and selling. Working in an agile setting, the team is creating and optimizing for an engaging and buying relationship with our chefs. We get into their mind to understand their needs and transform them into delightful experiences that drive engagement and conversion. In this team of digital experts, we are looking for a UX designer. As part of this dedicated team, you’ll be responsible for creating high-quality, human-centric designs that will drive these objectives.

We are looking for someone passionate about all things concerning user experience. Who is always up-to-date with the latest innovations and design trends. Knowledgeable about interactivity and human-centric design. Someone with a positive, professional, self-starting, and can-do mentality that likes the challenge of working under a deadline-driven environment within an agile setup.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE?

• Translate ideas into concepts, user flows, wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences
• Facilitate the product vision by researching, sketching, prototyping and user-testing
• Work with our in-house and external teams (UI designers, Content, Campaigning, and Technology) to craft the best solution together. Also being able to work independently when needed.
• Create high-quality intuitive designs for new functionalities on all UFS platforms that improve the experience, increase conversion and ultimately drive sales.
• Contribute to an existing design system
• Take a Lean UX approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs.
• Be the ambassador of the user-centred design process.
• Help improve the UX process to raise the UX maturity..

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• You have 4+ years of relevant working experience as a UX Designer.
• Ability to work with stakeholders to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet user needs and business goals.
• Ability to communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions clearly and effectively to stakeholders.
• Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently.
• A solid grasp of user-centred design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability, and accessibility concerns.
• Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design.
• E-commerce and conversion designs experience.
• Experience in working within a multinational team on both global and local scales to deliver designs/solutions.
• Great knowledge of Sketch. You’re also familiar with prototyping tools like Invision and handover tools like Zeplin.
• Knowledge of both website and apps design principles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Fluent in English, verbal & written
• Having a strong portfolio of relevant work is crucial for review.

DESIRABLE:

• Knowledge of Scrum and an agile way of working
• UI experience
• Knowledge of Adobe Suite
• B2B experience.
• Experience with AB-testing

WHAT DOES UNILEVER OFFER:

Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits!

• Attractive total remuneration package; excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme.
• Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
• Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
• We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.
• At the moment, we work from home. We will ensure you are well equipped for this. Once back to work, you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.
• Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products.
• My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).
• Green Mobility Policy.