UX/UI Designer - Amsterdam (6-months internship)
GRESB, Netherlands
Job Description
Join a dynamic, talented, and engaged team in a positive work environment to create a meaningful impact
GRESB is looking for a talented UX/UI Designer (Intern), for a period of 6 months, with a passion for web design and data visualization. This position allows aspiring designers to hone their UI (User Interface) abilities and contribute meaningfully to impactful digital projects. The intern will work closely with the lead designer, the Product team, and the Tech team to create engaging and visually appealing interfaces based on user requirements.
Please include examples of your portfolio alongside your CV.
Key Responsibilities:
1. UI Design amp; Prototyping:
- Craft wireframes and high-fidelity designs using Figma.
- Construct interactive prototypes to help with usability testing.
- Support in maintaining the design system, and gaining exposure to component libraries, style guides, and other essential tools.
- Understand the importance of consistency in design and learn to ensure designs align with established guidelines.
Additional Learning Opportunities:
1. Collaboration amp; Exposure:
- Team up with the senior designer and product manager to grasp project specifications and user needs.
- Work in a truly multicultural environment
- Assist the Marketing team in refining designs.
2. User-Centered Design Insights:
- Dive into user research, usability tests, and more.
- Support the analysis of user feedback, understanding the data-driven design decision process.
3. Design Strategy amp; Documentation:
- Assist in performing competitive analysis to understand industry benchmarks.
- Help in mapping out user journeys to visualize user interactions.
- Support in developing user personas based on team research.
- Engage in brainstorming sessions and develop user flow.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (Design, Marketing, Communications, or a related field)
- Proficient in English
- Must possess the right to work in the Netherlands (non-EU applicants must already have a Dutch working permit)
- Good communication skills combined with creativity
- Working knowledge of design tools including Figma
- A desire to learn and a passion for UI design
- Foundation in design principles; eager to expand this knowledge
- A keen eye for captivating designs
- Team player with an open mind for feedback
- Aligns with GRESB's sustainable vision
- Portfolio of personal or professional work in UI/UX design for web platforms
- Familiarity with data visualization UI (e.g., Dashboards, Graphs)
- Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS (appreciated)
Benefits
- Monthly competitive allowance
- 12 paid days off
- Free, healthy lunch at the GRESB office
- Free public transport to and from the GRESB Amsterdam office
- Involvement in a fast-growing international organisation that is globally recognized as the leading sustainability benchmark for real assets
- Opportunity to work with a highly talented and committed team in a supportive environment with loads of camaraderie.
GRESB is an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace, one at which all workers regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, identity, education, or disability feel valued and respected. We are committed to a non-discriminatory approach to hiring and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement in all of our teams and programs. We respect and value diverse life experiences and heritages and work to ensure that all voices are valued and heard.
ABOUT GRESB
GRESB is a mission-driven and industry-led organisation that provides actionable and transparent environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to financial markets. We collect, validate, score and benchmark ESG data to provide business intelligence, engagement tools and regulatory reporting solutions for investors, asset managers and the wider industry.
Our vision: An investment industry that plays a central role in creating a sustainable world
Our mission: To provide financial markets with actionable insights, ESG data and benchmarks
Our ESG data and benchmarks now cover over USD 8.6 trillion in real estate and infrastructure value and are used by more than 170 institutional investors to make decisions that lead to a more sustainable world.
We have an engaged community of asset managers who are proud to participate in our annual benchmarking process and a group of inspirational industry partners and ESG service providers who amplify our reach.
The GRESB team comes from diverse backgrounds with experience spanning sustainability, d