Mid/Senior UX designer
| Location: | Johannesburg |
| Remote work: | Some remote work allowed |
| Job level: | Mid/Senior |
| Own transport required: | Yes |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | Talent Magnet |
UX Designer / Product Designer (Senior)
Remuneration:
Negotiable, depending on experience
Location:
Johannesburg
Education level:
Degree
Job level:
Mid to Senior
Own transport required:
Yes
Travel requirement:
Yes
Type:
Permanent
Job description
An integrated digital marketing agency with a handful of expert
departments such as SEO, data analytics, media buying, strategy, creative
production and development.
After making exciting agency-changing strides in the UX space over the past year.
This job opportunity will expose you to a wide range of industries with a need
to solve real problems whilst using the world leading human-centered design
methodology. This UX position will focus mostly on user research and
usability and much less on visual design skills. The mission is to use real world
data and insights that drive industry leading solutions for our clients and,
ultimately, their customers.
The ideal candidate needs an extremely deep understanding of UX,
specifically research and usability, and should have solid technical skills that
contribute to us strategising and delivering meaningful experiences that will delight many people across South Africa, and the world.
Some of our UX clients include Toyota SA, Allan Gray, Discovery, Woolworths,
Ascendis Health, Lenmed, Barron and many more.
Candidates without case studies or portfolios showcasing their thinking,
process and problem solving skills will not be considered.
Requirements
? Education level: degree.
? 3 to 5 years of experience as a UX designer is essential.
? Quantitative and qualitative user research experience is essential
? Usability understanding and experience is essential
? Usability testing experience is essential
? Design thinking experience is essential
? Ability to produce wireframes and prototypes that showcase creative
and strategic thinking is essential
? Ability to build and test information architecture using methods such
as card sorting and tree testing.
? Ability to produce multiple artefacts that drive empathy and understanding of research data such as personas, user journeys and maps, sitemaps, user flows, page flows, empathy maps, etc.
? Ability to run ideation and workshop sessions using methods such as
Brainstorm, Brainwrite, Braindump, SCAMPER, etc
? Ability to present and defend thinking with internal and external
stakeholders.
? Ability to work under pressure.
? Deadline driven.
? Knowledge of industry tools such as Adobe XD, Figma, Miro, Moqups,
Google Docs, Office 365, Slack and MacOS.
Personal skills/candidate attributes
? Lives and breathes UX.
? Takes responsibility and pride in the quality of work delivered.
? Flexibility and approachability when work needs to pivot or change.
? Ability to communicate and work effectively in a collaborative
environment to create top-performing solutions for clients
? Willing to get stuck in and be taught. Leave your ego at the door.
? Continued technical education and research into UX trends and current
UX strategies, methodologies and technologies.
Bonus
? Has a deeper understanding of lateral disciplines such as SEO, Data
Analytics, Development, Marketing and Design.
? Background and knowledge in cognitive psychology
? A unique career background that can provide value and perspective in
Posted on 09 Feb 16:35, Closing date 10 Apr
