UX/UI Designer

We have an exciting opportunity for a creative UI/UX Designer to join a software company's Design team. The Designer will be working on projects side-by-side with other talented and experienced team members. The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of professional UI/UX design experience.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Product team membership:

• Contributing member of the Product team, taking part in delivering the goals of the organisation.
• Assisting other UI/UX Designers and conducting peer reviews.
• Establish and implement comprehensive style guides and libraries.
• Adhering to standards for UI/UX design.
• Identify bottlenecks and come up with novel ways to solve them.
• Maintain compliance with business processes and policies.

Project and Scrum Team Engagements:

• Working within the Project Team as UI/UX designer.
• Working with the other team members to investigate problems.
• Translating business requirements into UI elements (initial wireframe to pixel perfect design) which are ready for coding.
• Support the entire product lifecycle.
• Participating in customer UX design workshops.
• Participating in daily stand-ups.

• 5+ years of professional UI/UX design experience.
• Experience with HTML 5, Sass, and CSS experience.
• Understanding of JavaScript.
• Experience with prototyping and design tools (Adobe XD, Photoshop, Balsamiq, etc.)
• Experience with web design and mobile design.
• Experience with testing.
• Customer-facing experience.
• Understanding technical capabilities of products.
• Direct experience working in an Agile environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good eye for aesthetics and be very precise.
• Experience working in a software development company.
• Strong understanding of mobile platforms, particularly iOS and Android.
• Certifications in interaction design are a bonus.

Working conditions/Environment:

• May be required to work beyond office hours as required by the needs of the department and this position as well as the needs of the organization.
• This position is located in Durbanville, Cape Town. Working hours are flexible but a minimum of 8 hours work per day is required.
• Some team members are located internationally and ability to effectively communicate and manage through technology platforms like Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom is required.
• Small amount of Travel may be required.
• Ability to attend and conduct presentations is required.
• Manual dexterity required to use laptop, iPad and peripherals.