UI/UX Designer at Techspecialist Consulting Limited

Reports to

Team Lead, Software Development

Job Purpose:

The successful candidate will be responsible for collecting, researching, investigating and evaluating user requirements. She or he is expected to deliver outstanding online user experience by providing exceptional and intuitive application designs to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty.

.JOB DESCRIPTION

• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and software developers
• Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
• Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets
• Conduct concept and usability testing and gather feedback
• Create personas through user research and data
• Define the right interaction model and evaluate its success
• Develop wireframes and prototypes around customer needs
• Build page navigation buttons and search fields
• Develop UI mock-ups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like
• Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables)
• Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders
• Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness, usability, findability etc.)
• Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images
• Understand product specifications and user psychology
• Communicate design ideas and prototypes to developers
• Keep abreast of competitor products and industry trends
• Optimize existing user interface designs
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Educational Qualifications

• A Degree in the Sciences with a minimum of 2 years-experience in a similar role.
• Professional qualification is an added advantage

Competencies/Skills
Core Requirements:

• Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
• Knowledge of wireframe tools like Figma, Wireframe.cc or InDesign (Figma preferred)
• Good knowledge of Adobe range of products including Photoshop and Illustrator
• Proven use of HTML5 & CSS3 & SASS
• Good knowledge of Javascript
• Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
• Good understanding of product specifications and user psychology

Nice-to-haves:

• Proficiency in Javascript ES6
• Good knowledge of Vuejs
• Good knowledge of Front-end/Back-end interaction
• Behavioral Qualities/Other Competencies
• Proactive identification and elimination of inefficiencies
• Critical thinking and detail orientation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Continual Self-development.