Product Designer

Ariad Group; Antwerpen; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Ariad Group is seeking a freelance product designer for an independent contractor collaboration with a client in education technology. The assignment is initially three months, with a possible extension subject to project needs and mutual agreement.

The role requires four to five days per week, with a start as soon as possible. You will bring research and rapid prototyping to shape improvements, work with product and engineering, and present evidence-based design decisions.

Qualifications

• Senior-level product design experience across research, interaction and visual design.
• Experience creating polished prototypes and working with a design system.
• Familiar with AI-assisted tools and code-based prototyping environments (not required to be an engineer).
• Dutch language strongly preferred; French is a plus; exceptional candidates without either will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Explore teacher needs through platform data, interviews, school visits and teacher community feedback.
• Turn insights into ideas, then design and test them through working prototypes.
• Create prototypes in a code-based environment connected to the design system, using AI-assisted workflows.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to improve search, navigation and teacher workflows.
• Present your work and explain the evidence and reasoning behind design decisions.

Skills

Senior-level product design

Research

Interaction design

Visual execution

Prototyping

Design systems

AI-assisted workflows

Job description

Our client is an educational resources provider building digital platforms for teachers and learners. Its product team is improving the primary education experience, helping teachers find content, deliver lessons and make use of learning results. As a freelance product designer, you’ll bring research and rapid prototyping together to shape and test practical improvements with users and colleagues.

Educational publishing brings together learning content, teaching resources and the digital platforms used to access and deliver them. As well as books and other print materials, providers support teaching through online libraries, lesson tools and digital exercises. These platforms can also help teachers use learning results to inform their work. The mix of content, technology and classroom needs makes this a varied field for product design.

What you'll do

Explore teacher needs through platform data, interviews, school visits and feedback from an established teacher community.

Turn insights into ideas, then design and test them through working prototypes.

Create prototypes in a code-based environment connected to the design system, using AI-assisted workflows.

Work with product and engineering colleagues to improve search, navigation and teacher workflows.

Present your work and explain the evidence and reasoning behind your design decisions.

What you bring

Senior-level product design experience spanning research, interaction design and visual execution.

Experience creating polished, usable prototypes and working with a design system.

Confidence using AI-assisted tools and a code-based prototyping environment; you do not need to be an engineer.

Useful, but not essential: Dutch language skills are strongly preferred; French is also valuable. Exceptional candidates without either will be considered.

The assignment terms

This is an independent contractor collaboration through Ariad, working with our client.

The assignment is for an initial three months, with a possible extension subject to project needs and mutual agreement.

The expected commitment is four to five days per week.

The preferred start is as soon as possible.

Why Ariad?

Ariad is a digital consultancy and staffing partner helping leading organisations build the teams and capabilities they need today and for what comes next. We work with brands such as Samsung, BNP Paribas Fortis, ING, AXA, Luminus and Orange, across banking, insurance, utilities, retail and beyond. Our expertise spans digital products and customer experience, marketing and e-commerce, CRM and customer data, and the technology that supports digital transformation.

For you, that means a partner who understands your field and looks beyond your job title to see how your expertise, experience and ambitions fit the teams we help build.

Your next assignment should make good use of your expertise. We share client context and clarify expectations so you can decide whether the project fits what you want next. You remain independent while joining a community of more than 150 consultants, with personalised follow-up, quarterly events and meetups giving you people to exchange ideas with and turn to throughout your assignment.

At Ariad, we believe that building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills is critical to our success and the success of our clients. We consider candidates based on hard and soft skills, experience and business needs.