Senior Digital Designer bridging brand & product

from strategy to execution.

I carry a brand's identity all the way into the product, creating experiences people recognize, trust, and understand.

Freelance Digital Designer

@

studio.laar

Jan 2023 - now

Amsterdam

Independent studio for brand identity, UX/UI and web design. I work directly with founders and join agency teams as UX lead on product work. Highlights include a scalable design system for an AI recruitment platform, a leadership coaching app and a children’s wellbeing platform. Alongside several brand identities and websites for various creative businesses.

Freelance Digital Designer

@

studio.laar

Jan 2023 - now

Amsterdam

Independent studio for brand identity, UX/UI and web design. I work directly with founders and join agency teams as UX lead on product work. Highlights include a scalable design system for an AI recruitment platform, a leadership coaching app and a children’s wellbeing platform. Alongside several brand identities and websites for various creative businesses.

UX/UI Designer

@

&samhoud creative tech

Sept 2021 - Dec 2023

Amsterdam

Sole designer in a multidisciplinary creative tech team, owning UX and UI end to end. Highlights: an in-store kiosk for Gamma that guides customers to the right product and eases the load on staff. For NS, I turned the wait between ticket and train into travel tips and upsell moments. I also facilitated client workshops, balanced user needs with business goals, and visualised pitch concepts for brands like Albert Heijn and Jumbo.

UX/UI Designer

@

&samhoud creative tech

Sept 2021 - Dec 2023

Amsterdam

Sole designer in a multidisciplinary creative tech team, owning UX and UI end to end. Highlights: an in-store kiosk for Gamma that guides customers to the right product and eases the load on staff. For NS, I turned the wait between ticket and train into travel tips and upsell moments. I also facilitated client workshops, balanced user needs with business goals, and visualised pitch concepts for brands like Albert Heijn and Jumbo.

UX/UI Designer

@

LiveWall Group

Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

Tilburg

Designer in a team of designers under a design lead, across campaigns, websites and apps. I worked on a redesign of the Dumpert app, the website for an in-house fitness app and a game for McDonald’s. This is where interface and product design became my focus, and where I learned to back up every design choice in front of the team.

UX/UI Designer

@

LiveWall Group

Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

Tilburg

Designer in a team of designers under a design lead, across campaigns, websites and apps. I worked on a redesign of the Dumpert app, the website for an in-house fitness app and a game for McDonald’s. This is where interface and product design became my focus, and where I learned to back up every design choice in front of the team.

Education

Education

Master’s in Digital Design

2020 – 2021 · Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences · Amsterdam

Bachelor’s in Communication & Multimedia Design

2017 – 2021 · Avans University of Applied Sciences · 's Hertogenbosch

Skills

Product design

UX research

Interaction design

Design systems

Prototyping

User flows

Usability testing

Visual design

Information architecture

Branding

Brand systems

Web design

Web development

Vibe coding

Design process

Image generation

Talks

Talks

Creating on-brand assets with AI

Softerflow - 2026

How to optimize your design process and involve stakeholders

Young Creators - 2024

Other experience

Other experience

Young Creators - 2024

Helped build and grow a community of young creatives. I designed content, supported events and set up the workflows that keep the community running.

Derive Spring School Berlin - 2018

One week program in Berlin in which I became acqainted with new research methods related to design.

Lara van der Sluijs

Senior Digital Designer bridging brand and product, from strategy to execution.

Contact

lara@studiolaar.nl

Lara van der Sluijs

Senior Digital Designer bridging brand and product, from strategy to execution.

Contact

lara@studiolaar.nl

Lara van der Sluijs

Senior Digital Designer bridging brand and product, from strategy to execution.

Contact

lara@studiolaar.nl