UX Research - Internship(EN)

Van Lanschot Kempen; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 7,600 - 10,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company laptop

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Van Lanschot Kempen is seeking a motivated UX Designer Intern to join the Design & Research team in Amsterdam. You will conduct user research, create wireframes, and collaborate with senior designers to enhance user experiences for clients.

The role requires a Master’s degree enrollment in UX-related fields, strong UX method knowledge, proficiency in Sketch/Figma, and English fluency. Hybrid work with two days in the Amsterdam office is offered, plus a monthly gross salary of €800 and a

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Master’s degree program in UX Design, UX Research, Interaction Design, Industrial Design, or related field.
• Strong interest in UX research methodologies and real industry practice.
• Strong understanding of UX principles and design tools such as Sketch or Figma.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and time-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the UX team to design and develop wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes for product teams.
• Assist in usability testing and user feedback sessions.
• Create research artefacts and contribute to internal research repositories.
• Stay up-to-date with design trends and AI-powered design tools.

Skills

UX Research

Wireframes

Prototyping

Usability testing

Figma

Sketch

Portfolio

English proficiency

Education

Master's degree in UX/Design

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Job description

Create your own future

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic intern to join our Design & Research team. You will join this team as a User Experience (UX) Researcher, where you will have the opportunity to do user research and improve the user experience. You will have the opportunity to work closely with experienced designers and researchers to create innovative and engaging user experiences for our clients.

You also have the following tasks:

• Collaborating with the UX team to design and develop wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes for the various product teams;
• Assisting in usability testing and user feedback sessions;
• Creating research agents;
• Aiding the development of internal research repositories;
• Keeping up to date with the latest design trends, tools, and technologies including those powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Your talents

Creative, innovative and data savvy. This is how we can best describe you. Talents that you use to guide our customers in a constantly changing world, every day. By thinking out of the box and asking questions you and using your analytical skills to improve our user experiences. You are result-oriented and have a hands-on mentality.

In addition

• Currently enrolled in Master's degree program in UX Design, UX Research, Interaction Design, Industrial Design, or a related field;
• Strong interest in UX research methodologies and real practice in industry;
• Strong understanding of UX principles and design tools such as Sketch or Figma;
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and time management skills;
• Ability to work collaboratively and take direction from senior designers and researchers;
• Proven interest, and hands-on, in AI tools to accelerate or improve the design process;
• A portfolio highlighting your design work and thought process;
• You are people minded and eager to learn;
• You are available between 32 to 40 hours per week for at least 5 months;
• You have good mastery of English, both oral and written

Move ahead at Van Lanschot Kempen

Investing in a more future-oriented, sustainable, and data-driven way with various clients. Both nationally and internationally. With almost 300 years of experience, we make this ambition a reality at Van Lanschot Kempen. We do this with some 2,000 colleagues in various fields of expertise.

The Digital Innovation & Analytics (DIA) department is a start-up-like environment within Van Lanschot Kempen. This means a work environment that offers both the energetic and ambitious character of a start-up and a large company's solid benefits. Digital Innovation & Analytics was founded to help the organisation with its continuous digital and AI (Artificial Intelligence) transformation.

Within DIA, the Design & Research team delivers personal and valuable experiences to our users by providing guidelines for great UX/UI solutions for our digital products through user research, design, testing, workshops and UX audit.

An organisation's degree of innovation and agility also depends on the diversity of its workforce. Our differences make us stronger together. We promote an inclusive work environment where all colleagues feel at home. With us, you can be yourself. And we are proud of that.

Curious about the stories of colleagues and how they experience working at Van Lanschot Kempen? Go to People & Projects and find out more! Or listen to our Podcast series to hear what our colleagues have to say.

Turning talent into value! That’s what we do. The fact is, if you add value, you can obviously expect the same from us in return. A good work-life balance with our 'hybrid way of working' (you work in the Amsterdam office two days a week) is a good example of this.

As an UX Designer Intern, you will also be given

• Compensation of € 800,00 gross per month;
• A company laptop, you can choose between a Windows machine or a Mac;
• A cool start-up like environment where you cooperate with ambitious teams that build front-end applications;
• A lot of responsibility and a large amount of autonomy;
• A passionate internship supervisor that is a senior in their field of expertise;
• Working with the latest technologies, including AI-powered tools;
• An environment to learn, make mistakes and develop yourself;
• The opportunity to have an impact in one of the largest Wealth Managers in The Netherlands.