Senior Specialist : Product Designer UI/UX
Overview :
We are seeking a UX/UI Product Designer to join our team. The ideal candidate should have a passion for user-centered design, with an eye for detail and a willingness to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams. As a Product Designer, you will play an integral role in developing our product design strategy, designing innovative user interfaces, and delivering exceptional user experiences that drive business goals.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify user needs, design goals, and product requirements.
- Develop user personas, user journeys, wireframes, and prototypes to inform design decisions and validate user flows.
- Design user interfaces and visual assets that align with brand guidelines and elevate the user experience.
- Conduct user research and usability testing to iterate and improve upon designs.
- Work closely with developers to ensure design fidelity and successful implementation.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in UX/UI design.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of design systems, style guides, and design patterns.
Key accountabilities and decision ownership
User Experience Strategy and execution
- Execute on overall User Experience strategy and obtain organisational buy-in
- Drive delivery of projects to achieve User Experience business objectives.
UX and UI design
- Follow the user centered design approach in designing journeys across all digital channels
- Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off with a mobile-first focus
- Establish and promote visual design guidelines, best practices and standards within a broader cross functional team
- Collaborate with team and work directly with developers to implement final design
User testing and research
- Conduct user testing on new and existing journeys
- Understand our customers needs through interviews and other research techniques.
- Use these insights to validate product concepts and inform design decisions
Performance Tracking & Improvement
- Continuous monitoring of performance across the website
- Use these insights to inform design improvements
Competencies:
- Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
- Excellent communication (presentation and interpersonal skills )
- Proven UI Design experience through a comprehensive portfolio
- Abreast with latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
- Research
- Analytical
- Interpersonal
- Facilitation
- Planning and Organising
- Attention to detail
- Energetic
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- Matric is essential
- 3 year Degree/Diploma in one or more of these disciplines :
- Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Information Systems / Informatics, Human Computer Interaction or other related fields
- Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) or similar certification would be desirable, but not required.
- Masters in Psychology, Social Sciences advantageous
Minimum of 5 years industry experience essential in the following:
- User-centred design, interaction design, information architecture, or similar.
- Incorporate market analysis, customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings into designs.
- User Research Techniques and disciplines such as usability testing and contextual inquiries.
- User interface and visual design. Wireframes and Prototyping of user interfaces (using tools such as Sketch (preferred), Axure, Adobe Creative Suite, Zeplin)
- Knowledge of technologies such as HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and mobile app operating systems would be advantageous.
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