UI UX Designer

The UI/UX Designer guides the design and user experience of new product features and existing enhancements within the web and mobile applications. The UI/UX Designer designs interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use for a highly customizable system. The main task is to conduct user research, interviews, and surveys, and then use the gathered information to create sitemaps, wireframes, and prototypes. The role contributes to ideation and sketching sessions, storyboards, prototyping, and usability testing to create a comprehensive wireframe system. The UI/UX Designer contributes and promotes design usability guidelines, best practices, and standards to the fellow mid and junior members of the UI/UX capability team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Related Work Experience – At least 3 years of experience in UI/UX design in software development.
• Provides fluency and expertise in the UX process, practices and deliverables to the team and client using industry-recognized UI/UX standards (i.e.. CUA - Certified Usability Analyst )
• Owns design for several features and mid-sized projects
• Creates designs based on user research, user experience analysis and based on standard techniques and tools
• Tests the usability and accessibility of components and alternative designs.
• Conducts evaluations, records data and feedback. Analyses evaluation data, recommends and addresses actions.
• Contributes to influencing user-oriented product KPIs (i.e. user adoption, user retention/churn rate, etc)
• Works effectively with internal and external stakeholders - able to articulate design decisions and elicit feedback.
• Knowledge – Knowledgeable in the following:
• Demonstrable UI/UX design skills with a strong portfolio showcasing at least the ff: Web Application Designs (40%) Mobile App Designs (40%) Static Website Designs (20%)
• Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction.
• Exceptional visual, interaction, production design skills to create wireframes that communicate user workflows.
• Deep understanding of design deliverables such as information architecture maps, workflow documentation, wireframes, visual designs as well as a thorough knowledge of design tools.
• Up-to-date with the latest UI/UX trends, techniques, and technologies - Strong Prototyping and Wireframing skills using any of the design tools: Prototyping: Adobe XD, Figma, Sketch, Marvel InVision, Balsamiq, Axure.
• An eye for clean and artful design, possess superior UI skills and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts and transform them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces.
• Understanding of HTML/CSS/JavaScript and the ability to create prototypes.
• Skills:
• Must have the ability to empathize with users and dive into the domain.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills with business users and IT developers and the ability to effectively communicate ideas.
• Well attuned attention to detail in designing experiences, ability to think through different scenarios users might encounter.
• Must have sound problem resolution, judgment, and decision-making.
• Must have the ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Must have the ability to present designs and sell solutions to various stakeholders.
• Must have strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and able to provide guidance to new team members.
• Must be adept to work in a fast-paced environment with tight SLAs.