UI/UX Engineer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Our Client is urgently in need of a UI/UX Engineer.The  UI/UX Engineer will be part of a team responsible for designing very visually appealing user interfaces and ensuring awesome user experience across all our software products and platforms

Job Description

  • Communicate insights and design strategy in the form of wireframes and prototypes
  • Create high fidelity prototypes
  • Conduct usability testing and user research 
  • Analyse all research and feedback to gain user insight
  • Prepare and document design strategy taking research feedback into consideration
  • Improve the process flow and design of current applications to suite provided design guidelines
  • Create great designs that are intuitive and aesthetically pleasing
  • Create graphic designs for print materials
  • Create responsive web application designs
  • Create mobile application designs for android and iOS platforms
  • Front end development
  • Effectively use code version control system
  • Collaborates with Product Management, other User Experience (UX) disciplines, and Engineering in the creation of creative briefs and/or product requirements documentation and design solutions. 
  • Keeps abreast of new design patterns and trends.

Qualifications

  • 1st class or 2.1 B.Sc degree in Computer science, Fine arts, human computer interaction, or a related relevant discipline from a reputable institution
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in UI/UX design
  • Basic knowledge of web accessibility and usability best practices
  • Portfolio to show design skills
  • Detailed knowledge of Adobecreative suite apps
  • Experience with mobile and responsive design
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong grasp of design fundamentals: color theory, visual hierarchy, typography and iconography
  • Knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology, particularly as applied to web-based applications 
  • Familiarity with responsive design principles and frameworks such as Bootstrap, Foundation, or similar

Additional Information

 

  • Be a great team player with a can-do attitude
  • Strong ownership mindset
  • Agile problem solving.
  • Critical thinking capabilities
  • Good attention to details
  • Dynamic and active