Product Designer 1

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a UI/UX Designer in Johannesburg to craft compelling interfaces and seamless user experiences across multi-channel products.

You will translate user needs into wireframes, mockups and interactive prototypes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to design systems while adhering to client-centered design processes.

Qualifications

• Matric/Grade 12 is required.
• Design Certification from an accredited design school is preferred.
• 5–8 years for Junior UI/UX Designer; 8+ years for Senior UI/UX Designer.

Responsibilities

• Develop UI layouts, prototypes, and wireframes to communicate UI/UX needs.
• Develop and maintain design elements, mock-ups, and specifications.
• Research latest visual design concepts and provide improvement recommendations.
• Custodian for creating UI/interaction design assets within the design system.
• Conduct best-practice research to improve UI/interaction design solving user problems.
• Formulate testing parameters to assess user experience.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement design solutions.
• Create and evaluate interaction models and navigation maps for usability.

Skills

Interaction Design

User-Centred Design

Colour & Typography

Layout & Grid

Education

Matric / Grade 12

Design Certification

Tools

Sketch

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

InVision

HTML

CSS

Apple Mac

Job description

• 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 front-end development understanding (HTML & CSS)
• Basic understanding of product development life cycles and methodologies (Agile, Lean etc)
• Experience in design practice of Omni-channel 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 User-Centred Design

Responsibilities:

• Develop compelling visual artifacts (UI layouts, interface elements, prototypes, high-level storyboards, mock-ups, wireframes etc.) to effectively communicate UI and UX needs.
• Develop and maintain design elements, mock-ups, 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 mock-ups, 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 cross-functional teams to ensure designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals
• Advocate for the end-user throughout the development process and work closely with other members of the Service Design Team to craft a world-class 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.