Senior UX Designer — Lead Research & Strategy

Red Badger; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Badger in Cape Town seeks a Senior User Experience Designer to join a client-facing cross-functional team. You will understand client needs and design ways to deliver value while mentoring others and championing user-centred processes.

You will collaborate with Product Directors and Technology, lead UX activities, run workshops, conduct research, and help shape the product strategy to elevate UX across the organisation.

Qualifications

• It'd be great if you have experience working in lean/agile environments.
• In-depth knowledge of Human-Centred Design and Design Thinking.
• Advised engineers, insights and QA on UX practices as part of a cross-functional team.
• Worked with clients, presenting design concepts and running workshops.
• Can lead UX activities on a project.
• Proficient with industry tools such as Sketch/Figma and able to learn new tools.
• Experience designing mobile-first responsive sites and mobile native apps.
• Capable of running user testing at various fidelity levels.
• Able to function as the sole UX Designer within a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Auditing existing user experience.
• Prototyping at various fidelity levels from paper to hi-fi click-throughs.
• Design the user experience from discovery through to delivery.
• Conducting user research and user testing early and throughout delivery.
• Designing and facilitating workshops and design sprints.
• Coaching your team and clients on Design Thinking, Lean, and Human-Centred Design.
• Working with Product Directors for sales activities.
• Consulting product stakeholders with backlog prioritisation.
• Communicating designs and decisions with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Aligning stakeholders on product strategy and outcomes.
• Advocating user-centred processes to clients.
• Becoming a trusted advisor by delivering business and user value.
• Build Red Badger's product capability by mentoring designers and elevating UX practice.
• Write and speak publicly about our design work and practices.

Skills

Lean/Agile experience

Human-Centred Design

Design Thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Workshop facilitation

UX leadership

Sketch / Figma

Mobile-first design

User testing

Tools

Sketch

Figma

Job description

Red Badger in Cape Town seeks a Senior User Experience Designer to join a client-facing cross-functional team. You will understand client needs and design ways to deliver value while mentoring others and championing user-centred processes.

You will collaborate with Product Directors and Technology, lead UX activities, run workshops, conduct research, and help shape the product strategy to elevate UX across the organisation.