Mid-Senior UIUX Designer
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overall Purpose
Lula is hiring a Mid-Senior UI/UX Designer. This role is for a passionate advocate for the user. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and drive the user experience that SMEs in South Africa deserve when using financial services. Youll work with the Product Marketing and Engineering teams to take our web and mobile experiences to the next level.
Crucially you will be a UX champion responsible for planning and executing end-to-end user researchfrom interviews and usability testing to design-thinking sessions. You will then translate those deep user insights into seamless considerate and intuitive designs that help SMEs thrive.
Responsibilities will include:
- UX Research & Discovery: Plan and execute top-tier strategic research to get to the heart of what our users need. This includes conducting user interviews running usability tests (moderated and unmoderated) deploying surveys and facilitating design-thinking workshops.
- Insight Translation: Bring insights to life! Develop and refine user personas journey maps and user flows to clearly communicate user needs and identify opportunities for product improvement.
- End-to-End Design Execution: Translate complex research findings and product requirements into user flows wireframes high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes. Create engaging intuitive and pixel-perfect UI designs that adhere to Lulas design principles.
- Iteration & Validation: Leverage customer insights feedback and data analytics to refine and iterate on UI designs. Proactively identify opportunities to test and validate design concepts with users.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Owners UX designers and Engineering teams to fuel product discovery with forward-looking insights and ensure designs are implemented to a high pixel-perfect standard.
- Research Operations: Manage the logistics of your researchfrom recruiting participants and scheduling sessions to managing research tools and scripts.
- Advocacy & Communication: Break down complex research into bite-sized actionable insights for the team. Clearly and confidently present your research findings and design decisions to stakeholders.
The Skills and Experience Were Looking For
- Grade 12 certificate
- Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field is advantageous.
- 3-5 years of experience in UI/UX Design within a fast-paced environment (fintech or SaaS is a plus).
- A strong portfolio showcasing your design work which must demonstrate how your user research (interviews testing) directly informed your design decisions and led to successful outcomes.
- Proven track record of planning conducting and analysing qualitative research (especially usability testing and user interviews) and quantitative research (surveys).
- Expertise in user-centered design principles and a deep understanding of the full design process.
- Hands-on experience with design and prototyping tools (e.g. Figma).
- Experience in creating wireframes prototypes user flows and process flows from conception through to delivery.
- Experience with user research tools (e.g Maze or similar) is a strong plus.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- CSS
- InVision
- Balsamiq
- HTML5
- Information Architecture
- Ux
- Usability
- UI
- IOS
- Figma
- Responsive Web Design
- Sketch
About Company
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