User Experience careers

All user experience design work should start with “why”.

Every User Experience (UX) career at Zühlke is founded on the belief that empathy is the cornerstone of every good user experience. Empathy is what makes some digital interactions more intuitive, enjoyable, and valuable than others. 

At Zühlke, our UX designers work with businesses across a multitude of industries to create customer-focused solutions that are functional, aesthetically appealing and meet both business and user needs. That involves thorough research, strong stakeholder collaboration, and a very open mind.

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' A huge part of your UX career is finding the purpose of the design. That’s what makes it fulfilling – and when you create the best work. '
Anna Hanchar
Lead UX Consultant

Working in UX at Zühlke

The UX team at Zühlke is dynamic and collaborative. Talented people build UX careers here to engage in user-centric design, conduct research, prototype, and test innovative solutions for exciting companies all over the world. 

That’s why a UX career at Zühlke is special – because of the chance to collaborate with and learn from exciting multidisciplinary teams on a wide range of projects. What does that leave you with? A broad range of experience, diverse portfolio, rapid skill growth, and deep problem-solving expertise. 

How we help you get there:

  • Tasking you with a diverse range of UX projects.
  • Involve you across the entire end-to-end lifecycle of the project. 
  • Fostering open collaboration between internal teams.
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UX designer in Zühlke office
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' Addressing similar sets of challenges across so many different industries sharpens your problem-solving skills. You’ve seen the problem from every angle. And that can help you become a more well-rounded UX designer in a shorter time frame. '
Neelesh Sonawane
Principal UX Consultant & People Lead

What is a UX designer career path at Zühlke?

All UX career paths at Zühlke fall under our ‘Experience Design’ team – the creatives who represent the voice of the customer throughout the project.

The user experience career path, in particular, is focused on designing products and digital touchpoints that feel instinctive and provide clear value to the people using them. It’s a team of people who believe that creating frictionless and fulfilling products and experiences makes the world a better place to live.

Exciting clients all over the world come to Zühlke to create products and experiences that deliver a positive impact for the people and the planet, and our UX designers work closely with a diverse range of stakeholders and partners to achieve those aims. These include technology specialists, business analysts, and stakeholders from the client side, as well as subject matter experts to bring their ideas to life.

  • UX Designer careers at Zühlke

    People pursue user experience designer careers at Zühlke because they get to be at the forefront of shaping transformative ideas into visually stunning, inclusive and intuitive digital experiences.

    As a UX designer, you’ll work alongside diverse project teams that share the belief that it’s important to build a career that leaves a positive impact on people and the world.

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  • UX Consultant careers at Zühlke

    UX consultants are on a different user experience designer career path at Zühlke – they act as vital partners to our customers, across industries and regions all over the world. If UX designers help to bring innovative projects and experiences to life, then UX consultants help to shape and develop the transformative ideas underpinning them.

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  • A career of your own

    Zühlke supports your career path even if it's the most unconventional one.

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UX Designer careers at Zühlke

People pursue user experience designer careers at Zühlke because they get to be at the forefront of shaping transformative ideas into visually stunning, inclusive and intuitive digital experiences.

As a UX designer, you’ll work alongside diverse project teams that share the belief that it’s important to build a career that leaves a positive impact on people and the world. You’ll play your part by contributing creative flair and practical skills to craft wireframes, prototypes, storyboards and user journey maps that breathe life into the design concepts. 

User experience designers at Zühlke work across a broad range of clients, sectors and technologies. You’ll bring expertise in visual and interaction design and a deep understanding of user needs and business goals to create cross-platform interfaces that seamlessly serve user needs. And you’ll communicate effectively with project stakeholders and colleagues to share knowledge and continuously advocate for the best UX practices and trends.

UX Consultant careers at Zühlke

UX consultants are on a different user experience designer career path at Zühlke – they act as vital partners to our customers, across industries and regions all over the world. If UX designers help to bring innovative projects and experiences to life, then UX consultants help to shape and develop the transformative ideas underpinning them.  

You’ll work with exciting clients to translate their vision into user-centric digital solutions. You’ll collaborate within multi-disciplinary teams, lead the UX design process from discovery to delivery, and effortlessly balance user needs with business objectives. 

Your expertise in Design Thinking, UX research methodologies, and agile collaboration will drive the creation of UX solutions that positively impact our clients, their customers and the planet. You’ll guide the development of responsive web and app experiences, and keep a keen focus on stakeholder communication and mentorship to champion UX best practices, and ensure client projects are rooted in innovation and sustainability.

Zühlke supports your career path even if it's the most unconventional one. 

Our people have a variety of opportunities to grow their career vertically into leadership positions or horizontally by broadening your field of expertise and skillset. You can even pivot to any other job family available at Zühlke, like Business Consulting or Project Management. 

How your user experience career path advances is up to you. We’ll give you every opportunity to learn along the way.

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' UX designers have to help their clients think in terms of requirements, not solutions. Sometimes, that means reverse engineering their request. '
Christina Ramoso
Lead UX Consultant

How is Zühlke preparing for the future of UX?

At Zühlke, we believe the future of UX will be shaped by those who combine the empathy-led practices of today with a deep interdisciplinary understanding of technology.

For example, technologies like AI and ML have the potential to create groundbreaking new UX solutions – but you need to apply empathy to harness the power of these technologies into practical applications that improve people’s lives.

It’s why at Zühlke we foster collaboration between our interdisciplinary teams, working from a user-first perspective and we stay up to date with the latest technological advancements so that we can apply them meaningfully. It’s how we ensure we deliver the best outcomes for our clients and their users.

At a practical level that means providing all UX team members with opportunities to grow through the engagement with the wider Zühlke community in an open collaboration environment across our diverse teams.

Unlock your potential at Zühlke: Where challenging case studies, diverse projects, and human-centric strategies will help you shape an impactful UX career

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