UX/UI Designer

at  Discovery Ltd

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable presenting to an audience and interacting with business stakeholders.
• A strong working knowledge of interaction design, user-centred experience design, brand identity management, digital marketing and the creative process.
• Demonstrated senior level knowledge in mobile platform guidelines, frameworks and trends
• Excellent visual design skills; attention to detail and a demonstrated mastery of typography, colour and layout.
• Experience and understanding of lean and agile processes.
• Senior-level proficiency with design tools such as Sketch, Figma, the Adobe Creative Suite and Zeplin.
• Be able to stand by your designs and provide solid rationale to back up design decisions made.
• In-depth familiarity with the latest trends in user experience.
• Ability to use prototyping tools to convey design intent.
• Demonstrate knowledge in designing for a global mobile product across multiple platforms.
• Operational understanding of Accessibility and the ability to incorporate accessibility in designs.
• Ability to think independently yet operate effectively in and with teams.
• Strong program management skills and proven experience of managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, delivery driven environment, with the ability to work to tight timescales and prioritise ruthlessly.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Matric
• Education in user experience, human-computer interaction, interaction design, fine arts or related field preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience designing sophisticated interactive applications on web, mobile, and/or desktop, as Interaction Designer in a cross- functional product driven organisation or design agency.
• A track record of outstanding academic qualifications and professional performance.
• Experience in UX research, UX design, interface design, interaction design preferred.
• A portfolio of work demonstrating a proven track record for solving difficult UX design problems and simplifying difficult requirements to intuitive interfaces for customers.

The UX/UI Designer is responsible for the end-to-end user experience and design on several platforms, including mobile apps, web, and internal servicing systems. They need to ensure all output is of best practice and adherence to design standards across platforms. The ideal candidate is passionate about both designing elegant mobile user experiences and taking a human-centred design approach to ensuring design excellence. The ability to work collaboratively and to communicate effectively is essential to our way of working. The candidate must be a self-motivated creative professional, capable of adapting quickly to a fast-paced environment. This will require a designer who can solve complex visual and interaction design challenges. The candidate must also have impeccable attention to detail.