We are seeking a versatile and skilled UI/UX Designer. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining and refining the experience and journeys on our platform and application services ensuring they meet the highest standards of quality and best practice. This handson role requires familiarity with design tools like Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop Illustrator XD) and Figma. A background in agile delivery methods focus groups user testing engagement metrics and rapid software iterations is essential.
You will sit across multiple development teams as a specialist resource.
Key Responsibilities
UX:
- Understanding the needs: Conduct user research including interviews surveys and usability testing to gain insights into user behaviours and needs.
- Defining the experience: Create user personas journey maps and wireframes to represent user flows and product functionalities.
- Rapid iteration and validation of concepts: Develop interactive prototypes to validate design concepts and gather feedback from stakeholders and users.
- Maintain Visibility: Collaborate with product managers and developers to define the overall user experience and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Audit and refine the experience: Analyse and iterate designs based on user feedback and analytics
UI:
- Ability to design exceptional user interfaces with consideration for differing user journeys and personas
- Oversight of design language: Ensure a consistent and appropriate design language is applied across the entire platform and its journeys
Collaboration & Communication:
- Participate in agile ceremonies: Engage in sprint planning daily standups and retrospectives to ensure effective and efficient development cycles. Collaborate with team members to refine requirements estimate tasks and plan sprints.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams: Work closely with product managers and other developers to deliver highquality software solutions. Foster a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team.
Qualifications :
- Education:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in related field.
- Experience:
- Proven experience as a senior UI/UX Designer in a tech startup or fastpaced environment.
- Experience designing for mobilefirst and responsive web design.
- An understanding of design trends and enterprise patterns i.e. material design atomic design or in designing component libraries.
- A current grasp of accessibility (WCAG 2.2) and useability practices
- Technical Skills:
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop Illustrator XD)
- Figma
- Strong knowledge of supporting tools like Google Analytics & Jira.
- Soft Skills:
- Excellent problemsolving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
- Ability to work in a fastpaced dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
- Attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues.
- Experience working on missioncritical or SaaS services is desirable
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime