Minimum requirements:
- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- Junior UI & UX Designer 5 8 years / Senior UI & UX Designer 8 years
Preferred Qualification
- Design Certification from an accredited Design School
Types of exposures:
- Solid understanding of design tools: Sketch and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop & Illustrator)
- Solid knowledge of prototyping with InVision
- Basic frontend development understanding (HTML & CSS)
- Basic understanding of product development life cycles and methodologies (Agile Lean etc)
- Experience in design practice of Omnichannel product development to attain seamless UX through service design thinking practice.
Technical / Professional Knowledge:
- Experience whisperer and you can distil complicated problems into simple and elegant solutions.
- Understanding of Interaction Design
- Understanding of colour typography and layout
- Knowledge of working on Apple MAC
- Basic understanding of Service/Business Design
- Understanding of UserCentred Design
Responsibilities:
- Develop compelling visual artifacts (UI layouts interface elements prototypes highlevel storyboards mockups wireframes etc.) to effectively communicate UI and UX needs.
- Develop and maintain design elements mockups and specifications as needed
- Research the latest visual design UI and interaction concepts presentation layer technologies digital best practices online trends and provide recommendations for improvements
- Custodian for developing visual UI and interaction design assets to be adopted within design system
- Conducting best practice research to develop and improve UI and interaction design to solve end user problems effectively.
- Formulate testing parameters to effectively assess user experience
- Conduct competitor research to develop and improve features of products and to balance user needs technical constraints and business objectives to solve user problems effectively
- Understand scope requirements and drive innovative solutions aligned with business goals and UX metrics.
- Develop user experience flows and integrating them to mockups usage scenarios prototypes specifications navigation maps and other design documents.
- Create and evaluate interaction models user task flows screen designs and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience.
- Effectively communicate ideas both verbally and visually to gain stakeholder agreement
- Collaborate actively and work effectively with crossfunctional teams to ensure designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals
- Advocate for the enduser throughout the development process and work closely with other members of the Service Design Team to craft a worldclass user experience
- Create solid recommendations and prioritization based on technology and business needs.
- Adhere to design standards by understanding and following the Design System.
- Adhere to our client centred design process.
- Consider user feedback from user testing results in order to deliver the best customer experience.
- Accountable for time management within each project to ensure agreed deadlines are met.
- Adhere to consistent design patterns and principles.
- Align to technical infrastructure of the Group.