2024/10/16 Western Cape
Job Reference Number: T163
Department: Technology
Industry: Marketing
Job Type: Permanent
Positions Available: 1
Salary: Market Related
We are looking for a skilled Snr UI/UX Designer to join our dynamic UI/UX team. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience of our products and services by designing quality user interfaces, contributing to the creation of user-centric and innovative solutions.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Work with flowcharts, user stories, or low-fidelity wireframes to produce high-fidelity designs or prototypes for front-end development.
- Document development requirements clearly, specify details, and produce production-ready assets for development handovers.
- Create, review, and evaluate wireframes and user flows as needed.
- Conduct peer reviews and provide constructive feedback to fellow designers.
- Adapt designs based on user feedback and insights from testing.
- Advocate for consistent, user-friendly designs across various devices, apps, and tools.
- Define interactions and animations for screens, incorporating user feedback and adhering to industry best practices.
- Create prototypes of varying complexity for fast, iterative user feedback using the most appropriate tools.
- Design with consideration for multilingual users, varying abilities and cultural sensitivities.
- Collaborate closely with multiple stakeholders to provide solutions with business requirements.
- Obtain sign-off from the relevant manager or team lead for finalized work.
- Develop and maintain a pattern library or design system to ensure consistency across all interface components.
- Plan, conduct, and analyze user research to gather insights on user behavior, needs, and pain points to inform design decisions.
- Stay current with the latest UI/UX trends, technological advancements, and industry changes to influence designs.
- Contribute to the overall organizational strategy by maintaining operational awareness and offering design input.
- Information architecture: Structure content and navigation to ensure it aligns with users mental models and supports ease of use.
- Regularly audit existing products to identify areas for improvement in terms of usability, visual design, and consistency.
Minimum Requirements:
- Matric
- Relevant design qualification
- Highly proficient in Figma e.g. Auto layout / components / advanced features
- Minimum 5-7 years working experience in UI/UX Design
- Ability to design attractive, intuitive and functional user interfaces
- At least 3 years experience in designing for mobile-first applications
- Strong understanding of current trends in UI/UX
- A good design portfolio with 3 or more case studies, showing process
- Front-end / Low code website building experience highly advantageous
Skills:
- Passionate about the end user
- Excellent attention to detail
- Appetite for research and a data-first approach
- Ability to design responsive layouts for any device size using a grid system
- Knowledge of best practices and common UX Design patterns
- Ability to create interactive prototypes for user testing (e.g. Protopie, Figma)
- Define interactions and animations for user flows
- Apply creative solutions to complex problems
- Understanding of industry best practices and design-thinking methodology for problem-solving
- Continuously work to expand design and technical skills
- Strong multi-tasking, time management, and prioritization abilities
- Results-driven
- Strong communication, listening, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative working environment
