UI/UX Web Developer at GVA Partners

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals and experience
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
• Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks
• Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
• Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
• Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards

Requirements

• Ability to observe people, what they do and why they do and draw conclusions
• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• At least 5 years’ experience as a Front end developer
• Ability to write down user stories and understand instructions
• Have a visual communication in terms of presentation, mock ups and interactive prototype
• Must have Empathy
• Must a good Analytic and Effective communication
• Use responsive web designs to create applications that automatically conform to multiple screen sizes and devices
• Are skilled in modern application programming such as Java,.Net,AJAX,PHP,HTML and Ruby
• Use Adobe creative Suite programs eg.Photoshop,Illustrator ,Flash and Flex to mock up UI elements
• Conduct Usability Testing to identify and fix UI issues and gather real world intelligence from target users
• Use social network APIs (from Facebook,Twitter,Linkedln,Google+,Pinterest etc.) to integrate social actions
• Collaborate with business and IT decision makers to discuss user interface requirements and brainstorm UI ideas
• User visual aids such As wire frames, story boards and UI flowcharts to plan and present user interface designs
• Are familiar with popular content Management systems (CMS) E.g. Wordpress,Joomla,Magneto and OS Commerce
• Keep current with the latest trends and best practises of UI/UX Design and HCI(Human Computer Interactions.