Senior UX/UI Designer & Design Sprint Lead

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Mid - Senior UX/UI Designer in Johannesburg to lead user experience and interface design for digital projects, collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams.

You will drive design sprints, create wireframes, prototypes, and style guides, and ensure usability and information architecture are reflected in responsive experiences across apps and web.

Qualifications

• 3+ years or more experience in a digitally-focused UX/UI design role.
• Strong portfolio of work.
• Strong communication, leadership and management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and and as part of a team.
• Experience conducting design sprints or workshops with clients.
• Up to date knowledge of current web design trends and techniques.
• Proficient in user-centred design methodologies and design thinking.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (focusing on Adobe XD) and MS Office.
• Basic HTML and CSS knowledge.
• Understanding of marketing and digital strategy, UI, UX and information architecture.
• Designing with usability/information architecture in mind.

Responsibilities

• Experience of design lead user research and user journeys to ensure optimum experience.
• Inclusive leader and communicator who uses these skills to identify and resolve issues with both clients, stakeholders and the team.
• Provide leadership for other designers by conducting design reviews, ensuring best practices are followed consistently across the project, and by providing feedback on their designs.
• Provide leadership to clients and shareholders around design and user experience.
• Create compelling design artefacts (user stories, personas, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, storyboards etc.) to effectively communicate UX needs to internal teams and stakeholders.
• Have the ability to create wireframes, user flows, visual design assets, and interactive prototypes/high fidelity mockups.
• Conduct design sprints or workshops to collect and evaluate business goals and user needs.
• Have the ability to create polished, production-ready UI designs.
• Understand scope, requirements, and drive innovative solutions aligned with business goals and metrics.
• Take initiative within projects, anticipate challenges, and meet deadlines.
• Stay up to date with latest design and technology trends.
• Share your knowledge with wider team.
• External client-facing experience necessary.
• Present design work confidently to clients and stakeholders and build trusting relationships.
• Collaborating on user experience planning with technical leads and product owners.
• Ensure projects and tasks are delivered on time and on budget, and to the highest quality.
• Are familiarity with design sprints and the agile methodology.
• Create style tiles, UI kits, mood boards and style guides.
• Deliver responsive and systematic designs through an agile methodology.
• User interface design for apps, mobile web and responsive web
• Creative and conceptual abilities for digital and social campaigns
• Understanding of designing to enhance the users online experience

Skills

UX/UI design

Portfolio

Communication

Leadership

Autonomy

Design sprints

Web trends

User-centred design

Design thinking

Adobe XD

Adobe Creative Suite

MS Office

HTML/CSS basics

Information architecture

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

MS Office

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Mid - Senior UX/UI Designer in Johannesburg to lead user experience and interface design for digital projects, collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams.

You will drive design sprints, create wireframes, prototypes, and style guides, and ensure usability and information architecture are reflected in responsive experiences across apps and web.