UI/UX design leader with over 15 years of experience building (digital) products, leadings teams, defining strategy and crafting vision. My approach blends a passion for user-friendliness and a simple, yet effective design direction to create experiences that improve costumer interaction while delivering business value.
Product design
Leading the creation of UX/UI strategy for Saas companies. Products that offered services to over 1M clients, like DEGIRO. Translating ambiguous goals into design action across multiple business areas & platforms.
Strategy
Go-to-person to guide and explore new business initiatives from UI/UX perspective. Set styles and direction for new product versions and improving usability mechanisms.
Growth
Connecting research outcome and interaction design to make sure new product features make a difference for our end user.
Design leadership & management
Connecting research outcome with interaction design to make sure new product features make a difference for the end user.
Experience
Scholtens UIUX 2024 - Current
Freelance product designer
Pensify 2025 - Current
UI/UX product designer a.i.
TLX Technology 2025 - Current
UI/UX product designer a.i.
Vandebron 2025 - 2026
UI/UX designer a.i., producers team
Everybody Frank 2024 - 2025
UI/UX designer a.i.
AI Opener 2024 - 2025
Product manager / UI designer a.i.
CoinMart 2022 - 2024
Lead product designer
DEGIRO 2020 - 2022
Design team lead
DEGIRO 2016 - 2020
UX/UI Designer
Atabix Solutions 2011 - 2015
Web/Visual Designer
Scholtens ontwerpt 2009 - 2010
Freelance designer
Don’t tell mum 2009
Design internship
Education
Bachelor Graphic Design 2005 - 2010
Hanzehogeschool Groningen / Academie Minerva
Exchange program, Graphic design 2009
California College of the Arts - San Francisco
Interaction Design 3 Day Course 2021
Nielsen Norman Group - Online
Skills
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- Designsystem
- Branding
- Creative direction
- Typography
- Illustration
Tools
- Figma
- Claude Code
- Framer
- Adobe CC
- Basic HTML/CSS
- Jira
Soft skills
- Initiator
- Enthusiastic
- Team
- Growth
- Networking
Other
- Wife and 3 kids
- Football
- Cycling
- Running
- Skiing
Volunteer
- Bussum Football Club
Contact information
Pieter Scholtens
pieter@scholtensuiux.com
linkedin.com/in/pieterscholtens/