We are seeking a creative UX Designer to join our team and enhance the usability, engagement, and interface of our university's institutional repository. This is an exciting opportunity to shape how students, researchers, and staff interact with a core service for TU Delft.
Job description
The successful candidate will lead the design and development of intuitive, accessible, and visually engaging user experiences that support the discovery, submission, and management of scholarly content - such as doctoral theses, research articles and conference proceedings. You will collaborate closely with both library staff and users throughout the university to understand needs, identify pain points, and translate insights into elegant design solutions.
Key responsibilities include conducting user research and usability testing, creating wireframes and prototypes, and developing design systems that align with the current look and feel of the repository. You will also participate in decision-making about the product design of the repository and help with the prioritisation of features.
You will be part of the Research Infrastructure team, reporting to the Coordinator of the team. Your day-to-day work will also be with the developers and repository manager in the team. You will also work with other library staff in other teams - in particular with teams who manage educational and heritage content. You will also help other digital services in the library on an occasional basis.
We are looking for someone with a strong portfolio demonstrating experience in UX design, preferably with experience in academic, cultural, or public sector environments. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on scholarly communication. If you are passionate about designing inclusive digital experiences and enjoy working in collaborative, mission-driven environments, we'd love to hear from you.
Job requirements
Required- Minimum of a Masters degree, ideally with the relevant skills
- Ability to conduct user research, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing, to gather insights and inform design decisions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define user personas, user journeys, and wireframes that align with the projects' goals and user needs.
- Design Minimal Marketable Feature (MMF), design user workflows with story maps, perform A/B testing, setup and review user surveys, and evaluate user analytics
- Create high-fidelity prototypes and design mock-ups
- Iterate on designs based on feedback from stakeholders and usability testing results.
- Refine and prioritize user stories for multiple user groups
- Support change management by helping stakeholders at the Library understand how interface and workflow changes affect users.
- Familiar with Lean UX principles in Agile, and Scrum
- Conducting accessibility audits for WCAG compliance.
- Understanding of university and library services, particularly how researchers interact with online services
- Advocate for user-centred design principles and best practices within the organization
- Understanding of how emerging technologies (e.g., AI-driven search) can influence user behaviour
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken - and willingness to learn Dutch if not a Dutch speaker
- Can start working at TU Delft in January 2026
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.
At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.
Challenge. Change. Impact!
University Corporate Office - TU Delft LibraryAdditional information
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