UX Designer

Human Digital Recruitment; Auckland; On-site; NZD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in Auckland is seeking an experienced Experience Designer to define user experiences across a range of platforms. You will collaborate with stakeholders to deliver optimal outcomes while navigating technology constraints. Candidates should have 2-5 years of relevant experience, with strong skills in design tools like Figma and Sketch. This role offers the chance to work on diverse projects and develop innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-5 years experience as an Experience Designer or equivalent.
• Experience designing for multiple platforms including iOS, Android, and Desktop.
• Expert understanding of design elements like typography and colour.

Responsibilities

• Define user experiences while balancing business objectives and technology constraints.
• Coordinate and prioritize workload by delegating tasks.
• Influence and negotiate feature inclusion/exclusion for streamlined projects.

Skills

Human Centred Design

Problem Solving

Design Prototyping

Education

2-5+ years of experience in relevant design industry

Tools

Sketch

Photoshop

Illustrator

Figma

Invision Studio

Job description

You'll be confident problemsolving using a Human Centred Design approach to define the user experience as well as taking into account the business objectives and technology constraints. You’ll be excited about the challenge of designing for diverse audiences, and delivering across a range of platforms from mobile apps and responsive public sites to internal knowledge systems.

Ideally you will be familiar with experience methodologies such as customer journey maps, personas and scenarios and how these can be used to drive and evaluate different design approaches.

You will be comfortable taking the various requirements of users, stakeholders, business and technology and creating experiences that deliver the best customer outcomes. And if you aren’t doing it already, you’ll be keen to try out different ways of involving users and stakeholders in the design thinking and problem solving process.

Overview of the Role

• Strategy, Direction & Vision – of the product offering moving forward. There are features that already exist that can be explored and tested.
• Coordinate Prioritise workload – Delegation of work on a technical level.
• Influence, Negotiate and Facilitate – Given the streamlining project will involve picking and choosing features that may be incorporated or excluded, there is a need to be pragmatic, curious and also, a bit of an internal salesperson when there is a solution that looks to be the best for the ultimate vision.

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years minimum of experience working in relevant design industry as an Experience Designer, Product Designer or equivalent.
• Experience designing on multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Mobile web, Desktop, etc).
• Expert understanding of the formal elements of design, including typography, layout, balance and colour.
• Experience with the process of sketching, conceptual design, wireframing and design prototyping.
• Highly proficient with design tools (Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Abstract and other online design collaboration tools).
• Proficient with interactive prototyping tools (Invision Studio, Framer, Figma, Origami, etc).