UX Designer Interactive Applications

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This is us!

Esko is the worldwide market leader with software for packaging buyers, designers and manufacturers and hardware products for the packaging, label, sign and display industries. With headquarters in Ghent - Belgium, Esko employs around 1,800 associates worldwide.

Our core values

We empower creativity and unconventional thinking to help us uncover breakthrough solutions and accelerate the pace of innovation. We believe with conviction that diversity helps us uncover more powerful customer insights and ultimately creates a competitive advantage in the markets we serve.

And we would love to have you on this journey with us! Apply today.

The UI Designer role is a unique opportunity to

Act as a user-centered design expert, and make sure that we deliver products with a great user experience (UX). For new products, you review concepts and design user interface specs. For existing products, you identify the UX problems through objective research, propose solutions and follow up their implementation.

The primary objective is product usefulness and usability: To make sure that our users are able to actually complete the tasks that our products are intended for, without being confused or slowed down. This should reduce training needs and support calls.

Next to that, in this role you are responsible for making sure the user is delighted and happy to use our products. This will increase customer loyalty to our products and brand.

Your responsibilities as a UI Designer, include:

• Through research in the field, continuously deepen your understanding of our users. Communicate their needs, concerns, capabilities, and limitations to the software development teams. (Eg. Through “Personae”).
• Objectively identify UX issues in our products: By observing real users with our products and analyzing other data sources (eg. Customer support calls).
• Assist the product owner when designing new product concepts. Make paper (or other) prototypes, validate the concepts with users and other stakeholders and suggest improvements.
• Design and refine user interface prototypes from a simple wireframe sketches to a pixel-perfect UI spec. Consider the layout of the presented information, the navigation, the workflow and the user-interaction.
• Help the development team to implement your designs: Prepare the necessary artwork and review the implementation with the team in one or more iterations.
• With your peer UX Designers: Develop a user-centered design process for Esko. Put it in practice and improve continuously. Experiment with modern UX practices. Actively search for better ways to combine UX design with agile software development.
• Help to promote UX awareness in the entire R&D organization. Educate and coach the software development teams on best practices.
  

You can grow in many other functions in Esko, including cloud development, project and product management. On top of that, Esko is an international company, so it is always possible to work abroad for an extended period.

Both young developers and more experienced candidates can apply. As long as you have strong analytical skills and you are a quick learner, we’ll teach you the rest

We are looking for a professional who:

• Enjoys being creative and innovative
• Is good at conceptual thinking
• Is able to quickly understand customer needs and translate them into actionable deliverables
• Is a team-player
• Is solution oriented and pragmatic
• Has an attitude of continuous learning
  

Your Education and/or Background Experience will include:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in design, human computer interaction (HCI) or equivalent professional experience
• Experience with designing workflows, interactions and user interfaces for interactive desktop or web applications.
• Knowledge of general design principles and human interface guidelines
• Application & domain knowledge of structural design, pre-media, packaging and large-format printing is a plus
  

Our offer

You will be part of a dynamic team in which there is a high focus on delivering results and

continuous improvement, but also where having fun and teamwork is very important.

It’s a fast-paced environment, a consultative role, where you will get to partner with people to

achieve their strategic business goals.

You will work in a leading global company, with a Manager who cares about you, your strengths

and will help you to develop the best possible version of yourself.

At Danaher, your potential is amplified. Our culture of continuous improvement defines who we are, drives our success, and translates to a career without limits for our team of 65,000 intellectually curious associates. Listen to our voices: https://jobs.danaher.com/global/en/our-difference

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.