Agency / Consultancy

Senior Service Designer

Full Time

Essense

At Essense, we believe in customer-centric collaboration to move the world forward. As a Senior Service Designer, you contribute to this ambition by giving the customer, the business, and society a voice in the process.

You help clients work customer-centrically to optimise services and customer experience—creating holistic value that goes beyond “just beautiful”. You are a strong facilitator, a thoughtful client partner, and someone who can translate insights into opportunities and concepts that teams can implement.

What will you do?

  • Map insights and foresight across the customer experience
  • Make complex information transparent and visual across the client organisation
  • Translate insights into opportunities, concepts and solutions
  • Co-create with stakeholders across the client’s business to shape propositions and service concepts
  • Orchestrate backstage processes and frontstage touchpoints for an optimal end-to-end service experience
  • Ensure smooth handover of concepts to UX/UI designers who take them further
  • Facilitate workshops and co-creation sessions (content + logistics)
  • Act as a thought partner for the client, bringing curiosity and CX market awareness
  • Inspire colleagues and share knowledge; help advance Essense and our clients through craft and vision

What do you bring?

  • You have a Bachelor or Master degree in Service, Industrial or Interaction Design.
  • At least 6 years of relevant work experience, preferably at an agency
  • A passion for making complex situations / information insightful
  • Analytical ánd creative, with empathic ability and strong communication skills
  • Demonstrated experience in applying service design methods such as stakeholder maps, journey maps, service scenarios, service blueprints
  • A strong portfolio that shows your work and results from a range of projects
  • You can give clients pro-active advice on the best approach for achieving their goals
  • Capable of planning, managing and executing service design projects, including leadership skills and good stakeholder management

What do we bring?

  • A great workplace, both at our office (walking distance from Amsterdam Amstel station) and at home (we provide a home working desk, chair and monitor). In addition, you can also work on location at the customer.
  • An above market average salary
  • Travel allowance, lunch, and other secondary working conditions
  • Great and smart colleagues, team events and drinks
  • Opportunities for personal development
  • Every third Thursday of the month ‘Essense Day’, on which we focus with the whole team at developing ourselves
  • And last but not least: working with leading clients such as IKEA, Rabobank, European Investment Bank, Odido, and more!
Location
Amsterdam, NetherlandsNetherlands
Type
Full Time
Industry
Agency / Consultancy
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Job Details

Date Posted
01/09/2026
Status
Active
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands
Industry
Agency / Consultancy
Type
Full Time
Position
Senior
Job Expiry
October 31, 2026
Salary
unspecified
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