Senior UX/UI Designer

Join our team and be part of a company that offers exposure to the banking industry with a focus on providing solutions to the complex financial services industry by using suitable technologies, including leading vendor applications, custom builds, business intelligence and in-house developed software products.

We are looking for a unique, problem-solving, senior UX/UI designer/s with strong technical design skills (UI/UX), demonstrated through a digital product portfolio. The candidate must have the ability to collaborate in an agile cross-disciplinary team to create amazing user experiences.

Requirements:

• Be an expert in building seamless customer experiences
• Prototyping
• Expertise in UI/UX (strategy and execution)
• Work closely with UX team to illustrate design ideas using storyboards, sketch, process flow or graphic elements.
• Adhere to brand standards & guidelines
• Work with product managers, researchers and engineers to understand developer needs and use their feedback to design intuitive, user-friendly experiences that meet their needs
• Develop UI mock-ups, components and prototypes for mobile app, web, or other digital forms
• Conduct layout adjustment based on user feedback
• Prepare and present UI design to internal teams and key stakeholders
• Balance user needs with business objectives to ensure both sides are represented in design decision, resulting in the best possible outcome for both
• Design low-fi concepts to get stakeholder alignment and solicit user feedback. Polish hi-fi prototypes to solidify user experience and communicate design intentions with developers
• Collaborate with user research to test designs, analyse feedback and iterate
• Design interfaces beginning at all stages, including concept, wireframe, prototyping and final execution
• Passionate about creating a world-class consumer-facing user experience
• Must be a self-starter, willing to work with a great degree of complexity and autonomy
• Must possess ruthless attention to detail and eye for aesthetics (both visual and oral)
• Ability to hit deadlines (both long-term and fire-drill) with excellent results
• Willingness to diligently spec all UI elements, and desire and passion to develop creative ideas, concepts, and new ways of doing things
• Knowledge of user research methodologies and when to apply them
• Solid understanding of user-centred design methodologies, responsive web design principles, and mobile design
• Effective at communication using a range of design artefacts such as personas, IA, user flows, wireframes, prototypes and related documents
• Exhibit a balance between strategic design thinking and tech and design-tool know-how
• A good understanding of the technical implications of your design choices
• Naturally solution oriented and able to quickly adapt and offer ideas
• Strong partner and collaborator with other creatives, as well as with client services and project-management teams
• Willingness to go above and beyond to achieve excellence and capable of working in a collaborative environment
• Empathetic and inclusive
• Manage and lead junior designer if required

Preferred qualifications and experience

• Tertiary degree in BSc Computer Science, B.IT or Informatics related degrees
• Experience as a UI/UX designer (5+ years)
• Experience in banking and financial services
• Portfolio of design projects