Product Design Tutor at Torilo

Job Description

• We’re looking for an enthusiastic Product Designer with a passion for user interfaces, user experiences and design to join the Product team at Buffer.
• You’ll be responsible for designing delightful user experiences, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and creating user interfaces that solve users pain points.
• The ideal person for this role loves to collaborate with other teams to craft the perfect product, and leverage interaction, UI, and visual design to do the best work.

Responsibilities

• Create thoughtful and appropriate solutions to design challenges of all sizes by translating research insights into beautiful and engaging user interfaces which satisfy user needs, business requirements and technical constraints.
• Work in our product team and collaborate with our Product Manager, stakeholders and engineers in an iterative, transparent and feedback driven process.
• Produce engaging experiences using sketches, storyboards, information architecture blueprints and prototypes to collect feedback and iteratively improve and support the design process.
• Translate wireframes and experiences into highly-polished visual composites with attention to interaction design whilst following style and brand guidelines.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering and user research to ensure a smooth, data-driven product development process
• Design and prototype elegant and highly useful flows and experiences across multiple media
• Create user flows, wireframes, site maps, customer journey maps, and other tools to guide the product development process.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to conceptualize, document, design and develop new product concepts.
• Create high-fidelity mockups and work with engineers and product managers to oversee UI design implementation, while also serving as an advocate for design in strategic product decisions.
• Develop comprehensive annotated design specifications and functional documentation for our engineering team.
• Work with engineering team to help develop UI pattern toolkits.

Requirements

• Qualification: BA/BSc/HND/NYSC
• Experience: 2- 3 years.
• A proven track record of user interface design, across a number of products that have been used by different demographics
• Experience with prototyping and taking a product from the idea stage through to launch and beyond.
• Ability to take the product’s mission, user research and analytics data and translate into clear, simple UIs.
• Strong knowledge of current UX best practices, including user research and accessibility across mobile and web
• Experience with front-end development, including HTML, CSS and Javascript is a must.
• Proficient in Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, or other design tools.
• You have a portfolio of visually consistent and relevant mobile design work that you’re proud to share with us.
• You have excellent written communication skills, know how to receive and deliver constructive criticism, and work well in an agile team.