User Experience

At Uni Systems, we are working towards turning digital visions into reality. We are continuously growing and we are looking for a User Experience (UX) Strategist to join our UniQue team in Brussels
- What will you be bringing to the team?
- Support the UX improvement of European Institution's products/solutions:

- Create the design prototype and (occasionally) integrate/implement the design (Front-end dev)
- Use various UX practices and work closely with business and cross functional teams to reach desired organizational goals.
- Examine existing software products and identify usability issues.
- Plan and execute tests to assess the usability of a product in development.
- Analyse the findings and provide actionable recommendations
- Assist research groups (recruitment related activities, data entry, note-taking, technical setup) to ensure that project work is delivered on time and meets our demands for high quality.
- Support the creation of a UX toolkit (templates, guides, etc):

- Contribute to the creation of a complete set of materials and resources
- Co-create and standardise with the support of other team members and the Community of practice templates, guides, workflows and processes
- Co-create UX Guides for UX professionals & non-UX professionals
- Contribute to the creation of a Portfolio of Use Cases and Best practices from DIGIT, EC and EUIs.
- Provide advice to European Institution's units on:

- How to approach a UX related business problem
- How to initiate and organize a UX activity
- How to best use the UX office offering (services, toolkit etc.)
- Liaise European Institution's with relevant UX initiatives

**Requirements**:
What do you need to succeed in this position?
- Bachelor in Graphic Design and Web Development
- Proven at least 5 years work experience as a UX/UI designer and Front-end developer
- Proven experience in Accessible design
- Knowledge of prototyping, wireframing
- Design thinking methods or/and systems' thinking.
- Synthesize UX research, web analytics data, as well as surveys, legacy and organizational goals.
- Work closely with business and cross functional teams to reach desired organizational goals.
- Works closely with Business and cross functional teams to reach desired organisational goals
- Softwares & Programming languages:

- HTML5/ CSS/SCSS/SASS
- Bootsrap
- Angular
- Figma
- Invision
- Balsamiq
- Adobe suite ( PS, AI & XD)
- Microsoft 365 ( Sharepoint Online,..)
- Atlassian (confluence, Jira Bitbucket)
- Github
- Visual Studio
- Agile / Scrum methodology
- CMS (wordpress & shopify)
- Analytics Tools
- Remote Collaboration (Microsoft Teams, Skype, Zoom, Miro)
- Other tools:
(1) JIRA (for project management)

(2) Documentation and knowledge sharing (Confluence)

(3) Sharepoint online
- Project management methodology (Agile)
- UX Research Techniques:
i) Usability and user testing

ii) User requirements research

iii) Heuristic evaluations

iv) User Centered Design (UCD)

v) User Persona development

vi) User Journey Mapping

vii) UX writing

viii) A/B Testing

ix) Contextual Inquiry

x) Iterative prototyping

xi) Participatory design (design sprints)
- User Research Tools (Optimal Workshop)

CERTIFICATIONS & STANDARDS:
User centred design

Usability and accessibility standards

Participatory design (design sprints, visual conversation)

Agile

Research techniques
- Excellent communicator in French, English and Dutch

At Uni Systems, we are providing equal employment opportunities and banning any form of discrimination on grounds of gender, religion, race, color, nationality, disability, social class, political beliefs, age, marital status, sexual orientation or any other characteristics. Take a look at our Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Policy for more information.