User Interface Designer at Tivas Technology

Reporting to: Head, Products

Purpose of the Job

• The vision of Tivas is to empower Africans through mobile services and products that promote economic growth, social change and enriched experiences. Intrinsic to this vision is defining and creating services for the Next Billion Internet users. This is an opportunity to pioneer & monetize services impacting the daily lives of millions at the different levels of the Pyramid.

Responsibilities

• As the User Interface Designer, you are a crucial member of the Product team at Tivas.
• You will be responsible for Interface Design for our different projects.
• You will be the go-to man for anything design, pixel perfection, user journey, information architecture, artworks design and product design best practices.
• You will be responsible for ensuring great user experience for all our products.

Duties:

• Come up with creative artworks and superb user interface designs for applications
• Convert PSD to pixel-perfect, hand-coded HTML/CSS
• Work closely with developers, product team and business managers to turn idea into product
• Convert an existing desktop feature into a responsive feature that works across smart phones and tablets
• Interview stakeholders and incorporate their feedback into your design work
• Use your eye for detail to do final acceptance testing (cross-browser, UX, etc.) on new features once they have been built and are ready for production

Know how required
Your Skills:

• You are comfortable using Prototyping tools like Balsamiq, Invision or Photoshop to create Low Fidelity prototypes for both mobile and web applications.
• You are able to help flesh out product requirements into User Interfaces.
• You have experience designing High Fidelity prototypes using Photoshop.
• You have worked in various roles with a strong focus on front-end development for mobile and web-based applications that are responsive and look great on both desktop and mobile
• You can translate high-fidelity PSDs into pixel-perfect prototypes using HTML5, CSS3 and AngularJS that work across all modern browsers
• You have worked with Foundation, Bootstrap and Angular.js on multiple projects
• You can work on your own most of the time but can also work in a team
• Ability to work remotely and in matrix organisation

Experience:

• A proven ability to create products that people love to use
• Worked with both Startups and established companies
• You have had to wear in multiple hats in previous role

Relationship with other functions:

• Work closely together with engineering and business team

Nature of the Job:

• Impact on business short and mid term success with full ownership and responsibility to deliver excellent user journey experience to our customers.

Other relevant:

• This role will be located in Lagos, Nigeria. Some travelling within Nigeria is anticipated as well as occasional travel outside Nigeria.