Senior UX / UI Designer at Umba

Job Description

• As a UX / UI Designer, you'll redefine digital banking experiences that we can give to our customers! You'll get to define exactly what it is, how it works, how it feels, and how it looks.
• You'll be creating delightful essential financial services and tools that emphasize convenience & accessibility. We will be looking to you to help bring more context of the Nigerian market and common UX/UI practices to our team.

Responsibilities
Your core responsibilities include:

• Abstracting away the complexities of financial services through iterative design and testing
• Pushing our brand and UI style forward while maintaining our design system
• Making data-driven product decisions alongside the founders
• Crafting engaging messaging across our product, landing page, and marketing
• Optimizing existing UX designs to hit key performance metrics
• Collaborate with the design team in and out of review sessions
• Enable the growth team across a variety of initiatives
• Bring the context of Nigerian design patterns to design reviews
• Challenge assumptions we have about our users and the market.

Skills and Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience of UX/UI design across digital platforms like web and mobile
• A strong understanding of visual design, typography, grid systems, and color theory
• You are in touch with current design methodologies and trends
• The ability to cross communicate across both Product & Engineering and with users
• You're comfortable working in an early stage team and can navigate low-information environments
• Ability to work closely with engineers to ensure your work is implemented perfectly
• You're comfortable using Figma as the primary design tool
• A strong portfolio showcasing your problem-solving skills and high design caliber; you MUST provide a link to your portfolio with an explanation of your creative process on each design (and password if applicable) to be considered for this role.

Bonus points for:

• Skills in 3D, Illustration, or Animation.
• Experience working to hit KPI's through design changes
• Track record of projects completed on time - you are a self-starter & an executor, who is results-oriented.
• You're fun to work with! We are a very diverse and friendly team that prioritizes building relationships and unlocking everyone's full potential.