Senior UX Designer

Overview

Senior UX Designer — Amsterdam, hybrid

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50/50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

This role is part of our Experience & Engineering team based in the Netherlands. We combine our skills in developing future-ready technical solutions with our expertise in creating beautiful designs to deliver exceptional and engaging digital experiences that build lasting relationships with our clients like Gant, Inter Milan,  and Just Eat Takeaway.

We don’t do boring, templated e-commerce. As our Senior UX Designer, you’re here to tackle complex challenges and transform them into beautiful, smart, and high-converting digital products. You’ll be the bridge between stunning brand storytelling and conversion optimization, setting the standard for mobile-first customer journeys, guiding design direction, and presenting confidently to senior client stakeholders.

• Map, define, and optimize high-performing, mobile-first customer journeys across multiple touchpoints and channels.
• Translate complex brand strategies into seamless digital campaign journeys spanning paid media, CRM, landing pages, PLPs, and PDPs.
• Balance brand objectives with conversion-focused UX principles, identify funnel friction points, and propose fast, pragmatic solutions.
• Substantiate design choices with clear annotations, interaction models, and suggestions for animation.
• Create prototypes to validate concepts and iterate intelligently on component-based design systems.
• Brief, mentor, and manage junior designers to ensure flawless project delivery.
• Own the client relationship from a UX perspective, presenting concepts to senior stakeholders and navigating feedback smoothly.
• Collaborate across disciplines, partnering with visual designers and engineering teams to ship exceptional products.

• Senior-level UX design experience rooted deeply in e-commerce and full-funnel digital campaigns.
• A proven track record of designing end-to-end digital journeys across paid media, CRM, and major commerce touchpoints (PLPs, PDPs).
• Strong understanding of how brand storytelling translates into digital setups that drive user engagement and commercial performance.
• Deep knowledge of e-commerce best practices, CRO, and user psychology.
• Familiarity with diverse digital campaign assets and how they function across the awareness-to-conversion funnel.
• Advanced proficiency working within, and iterating on, complex component-based design systems.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills—able to discuss business metrics as well as user flows.
• A pragmatic, fast-moving mindset: know when to innovate and when to execute efficiently to meet deadlines.

• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2-3 days from the office, depending on location) and the opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year.
• 24 vacation days per year and the possibility to buy additional vacation days.
• DEPT®/YOU Learning Menu and DEPT®/YOU Special Programs to develop your skills.
• Support for health and wellness with Open Up platform, gym and wellness discounts, and healthy lunches at the office.
• Discount on lease bikes and easy commutes with an NS Business Card.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp since 2021 and has received recognition such as Great Place To Work in the Netherlands, as well as awards like Agency of the Year at The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Opportunities to work with a diverse range of clients, big and small, local and global.
• Additional employee benefits information available here.

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving…