Designer at Field Intelligence

The rules for interface design focused on the next billion internet and mobile users are still being written. Established internet audiences are enjoying the fruits of the professionalisation of interaction and interface design, yet in emerging markets, the users of which carry vastly different and diverse cultural backgrounds, assumptions, priorities, and levels of technological literacy, design is too often still a cosmetic afterthought.

We believe an opportunity exists to contribute to the development of an evidence-based methodology for producing engaging, effective design for the world’s emerging markets, and as an organisation, seek to establish proven excellence in a field on the cusp of an historic explosion in demand, but currently nonetheless currently largely ignored.

We’re looking for digital designers to help us shape and achieve this vision, starting with visual and interaction design for a family of web and mobile products for healthcare, health logistics and conservation. Our designers will work closely with our developers, users and subject matter experts to investigate and synthesize requirements and opportunities, researching, designing and building comprehensive, beautiful solutions and the processes that help us reach them.

Day to day, our designer will translate high-level requirements into structured interactions and intuitive, functional workflows, as well as design interfaces and methodologies for navigating complex information. They will assist with mockup and asset production, problem solving and basic front-end development where necessary. Ultimately, our designers will be part of the team which helps us push the boundaries of design as a practice, and refine it as a tool for social and economic empowerment.

This is a full-time position, with frequent (but negotiable) travel requirements.

Required

• Proven experience with and passion for design research, cross-cultural design, information and interaction design
• 4+ years working experience in a fast-paced environment (agency, software development company, freelance portfolios also considered)
• MS/BA/BS in design-related discipline, or comparable work experience
• Demonstrated excellence in interaction, visual, and experience design. Demonstrated knowledge of design best practices and their implementation in web and mobile (portfolio required)
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities; Field makes thorough use of design reviews and critiques - no one works in a silo!
• Comfortable spinning up wireframes, clickable mockups and a modern front-end dev environment
• Demonstrated ability to decompose and complex systems and data to produce effective interfaces and visualisations
• Excellent analytical and creative problem solving skills
• Location: Abuja or Berlin
• Language skills: English (fluent)

Preferable

• Professional experience working on data-driven decision-support systems
• Professional experience designing for novice or semi-literate users
• Professional experience working remotely and with distributed teams
• Front-end (javascript, css, html5) software development skills.