UI/UX Product Designer Volunteer

SkilledUp Life; Daresbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

About The Company

At SkilledUp Life, we help anyone gain more experiences and skills that could further their career. At the same time, we help bootstrapped tech startups to survive and thrive through our Volunteers. SkilledUp Life’s global community now includes over 47,500 Volunteers from 136 countries and we have helped over 135 tech startups worldwide.

About the Opportunity

We have embarked on building Version 2 of the product and need a Product Designer with UI/UX skills to work out the details and design the optimum Product User Interface. Working in conjunction with the Product Team and using Figma, you will design UIs to cater for optimum user flows and workflows. Please note we have already embarked on product development. You need to be able to join and start delivering results immediately. You must have the basic knowledge to commence and past experience of designing user interfaces.

Our needs

1. Fluent in English – both written and spoken.
2. Eye for detail.
3. A natural tendency to try out new software tools and products.
4. Appreciation for keenly designed highly usable simplistic software applications.
5. Demonstrable UI/UX product design experience.
6. Experience in product analysis.

Activities

Working with our CEO and the Product Team, your Volunteer role includes:

1. Translate volunteer and customer requirements into user interface designs.
2. Study existing product designs to bring inspiration to our product.
3. Stronger emphasis on aligning product features with customer needs and market trends.

Acquired Skills And Work Experiences

This is a wonderful opportunity to begin your career journey in the field of Product Design and UI/UX. Experienced Product Designers are sought after by fast-growing tech companies worldwide. Potential skills you might develop as a result of this Opportunity:

1. Get a deeper understanding of developing a product.
2. Turn requirements into highly intuitive and engaging user interface designs.
3. Learn to thrive in a small yet dynamic team (punching well above its weight).
4. Learn the importance of paying attention to detail, consistency and rapid delivery.

Endorsements

Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:

1. Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.
2. Provide a testimonial on Linkedin when requested.
3. Let you add SkilledUp to your Linkedin Profile under Experiences.
4. Provide a Letter of Recommendation, which takes into account activities you have completed.

Disclaimer

This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, a promise of future paid work or any taxable benefit in kind.