We at Futurewhiz have a mission to empower children to grow through personalized education. We focus on the growth of children in education with our edutech platforms: Squla, WRTS and Scoyo.

Squla is an online educational learning platform that helps kids in primary school to learn in a fun and attractive way. Squla features thousands of quizzes and fun games linked to the school curriculum. We are working every day to make learning more fun and playful for children.

We are continuously growing and improving our platform, and that is why we are now looking for a Senior UX Designer to join our Design team. Are you enthusiastic about making an impact in children’s learning? Then keep on reading!

What will you do as a UX Designer?

As a UX Designer your goal is to make our digital learning offering completely frictionless. You will be responsible for the user experience of our kids platform, as well as for our parents, teachers and internal tools.

Your key responsibilities will be the following:

• Make design solutions for our educational platform, as well as for our internal tools. This involves small product improvements and feature requests as well as long-term vision forming and concepting.
• Collect and analyze UX relevant metrics and data. Assess and optimize the performance of new and existing features by interpreting analytics data.
• Work closely together with our UX Researcher to conduct user research and validate design concepts.
• Define the information architecture, creating cross-device wireframes and clickable prototypes.
• Work closely with developers, Product Owners, the Data Science and Content team in an agile environment to ensure a consistent and seamless user experience from concepting to release.
• Educate and potentially manage the Design Team, depending on your skills and ambitions.

We are on the lookout for a real UX talent, who has the magical ability to make kids happy. You have affinity with education technology and designing for kids, and you enjoy working in a dynamic and flexible environment. You have a critical but open minded attitude, and your communication is precise and effective.

In addition to this, you meet the following requirements:

• Master’s degree in Communication, Media design, Industrial Design, Interaction Design or related studies;
• 4+ years experience in UX design/interaction design;
• Wizard-like skills to simplify apparent complexity;
• A keen eye for the fun in functionality;
• Experience interacting, validating and testing with end-users;
• Experience with design based on quantitative data (Google Analytics & A/B-testing);
• Experience using tools like Figma, Sketch, InVision, Illustrator, Jira and Trello;
• Good communication skills in Dutch and English, both verbal and written;
• Experience with educational technology and designing for kids is a plus;
• Experience with games and game design is a plus;
• A keen eye for visual design is a plus.

What we offer

The Futurewhiz office is located in a beautiful office on Weesperplein in the centre of Amsterdam. We foster an informal yet professional atmosphere. During these Corona times we try to be creative in seeing each other by organizing online events like a radio show, cooking together and pub quizzes. Once we’re back to normal we will have monthly drinks, table tennis tournaments, back to school games, a yearly Christmas party and much more. We believe that a positive and energetic, yet relaxed, work environment not only encourages great teamwork, but is key to motivating our team to produce high quality products.

With Squla’s ambition to let all children grow through personalized education, this position offers you a great opportunity to contribute to this goal.

Are you ready for a new adventure? Apply now!