UX/UI Designer

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES ( TIME SPENT-90%)

• User Experience Design and User Interface Design skills

• Lead user research on user journeys to ensure optimum user experience
• Inclusive leader and communicator who uses these skills to identify and resolve issues with both clients, stakeholders and the team
• Provide leadership for other designers by conducting design reviews, ensuring best practices are followed consistently across the project, and by providing feedback on their designs
• Provide leadership to clients and stakeholders around design and user experience
• Create compelling design artefacts (user stories, personas, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, storyboards etc.) to effectively communicate UX needs to internal teams and stakeholders. Have the ability to create wireframes, user flows, visual design assets, and interactive prototypes/high fidelity mock-ups
• Conduct design sprints or workshops to collect and evaluate business goals and user needs
• Have the ability to create polished, production-ready UI designs
• Understand scope, requirements, and drive innovative solutions aligned with business goals and metrics
• Take initiative within projects, anticipate challenges, and meet deadlines
• Stay up to date with latest design and technology trends
• Share your knowledge with the wider team
• External client-facing experience necessary
• Present design work confidently to clients and stakeholders and build trusting relationships
• Collaborating on user experience planning with technical leads and product owners
• Ensure projects and tasks are delivered on time and on budget, and to the highest quality
• Are familiarity with design sprints and the agile methodology
• Create style tiles, UI kits, mood boards and style guides
• Deliver responsive and systematic designs through an agile methodology
• User interface design for apps, mobile web and responsive web
• Creative and conceptual abilities for digital and social campaigns
• Understanding of designing to enhance the users online experience
• Participate in all Agile ceremonies, include Sprint Planning, Daily SCRUM stand up meetings, Sprint Review and Closure, Sprint Retrospectives, Project Retrospectives, etc.

VALUES LIVED DAILY ( TIME SPENT-10%)

• Attitude
• Altruism
• Discipline
• Work Ethic
• Integrity
• Passion

ACADEMICS & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric/ Grade 12
• Relevant design related degree from an accredited institution
• 3 -5 years’ experience in a digitally-focused UX/UI design role Must be eager to learn

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS 

• Able to work as a consultant dealing with face to face with clients.
• Proven UX experience with a portfolio that demonstrates a design thinking approach to solutions for Web (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) Mobile (iOS, Android) and IoT use cases.
• Relevant UX-related qualification from an accredited institution (optional). i.e., IDF, HFI, Experience with user experience and visual interface design.

• Strong portfolio of work
• Proficiency with graphical user interface design tools, such as Figma, Invision, Balsamiq Wireframes, Draw.io, Microsoft Visio, etc.
• Proficiency with Design Thinking Principles
• Proficiency with Lean Startup Principles
• Strong communication, leadership and management skills
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Experience conducting design sprints or workshops with clients
• Up to date knowledge of current web design trends and techniques
• Proficient in user-centred design methodologies and design thinking
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (focusing on Adobe XD) and MS Office
• Basic HTML and CSS knowledge
• Understanding of marketing and digital strategy, UI, UX and information architecture
• Designing with usability/information architecture in mind

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Travel to client site as required
• Travel to other locations as and when required

REMOTE WORKING REQUIREMENTS

• Laptop/Desktop Computer with stable internet connection