UI UX Designer at Veegil Media

We are Veegil Media, a non-partisan technology and media organization that seeks to transform societies with technology. We promote civic engagement and good leadership for the welfare of the people.

Job Description

• Veegil is seeking a mid-level UI/UX Designer for our Design and Media team. We are looking for a dynamic UI/UX Designer who will be responsible for the mobile and other non-web apps, user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design of our various digital assets.
• You will ensure that all elements of the online user experience are optimized for improved usability, usefulness, and exceptional visual design.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering the best online user experience, which makes your role extremely important for our success and ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• You will be designing graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, forms, widgets, creative solutions to app development, UI/UX design problems by staying up to date with best practices and emerging trends in mobile technology, user experience design and user interface technology.
• As part of a small team, you would share your creativity, expertise and innovation, and have a hand in the decisions that affect the direction and performance of the entire company.
• You will be faced with a series of problem-solving situations on a daily basis that requires team coordination, risk/crisis management and out-of-the-box thinking. In our efforts to become a more seamlessly web-integrated company, we are looking for top-notch designers to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct competitive analyses of other websites that operate in the same space
• Investigating user experience design requirements for our suite of digital assets
• Prepare customer analyses based on our target demographic and initial transactions
• Providing advice and guidance on the implementation of UX research methodologies and testing activities in order to analyze and predict user behaviour
• Participate in creating the content development strategy- developing stories and experiences to drive user engagement
• Developing and conceptualizing a comprehensive UI/UX design strategy for the brand.
• Coordinate with the UI design team on issues like navigation, page routing, product page design and more
• Track usability goals and prepare reports for management
• Develop mockups for our development and design team
• Producing high-quality UX design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, flow diagrams, storyboards, site maps, and prototypes
• Conduct usability tests on each independent type of page on the website and create a report showcasing your findings
• Designing UI elements and tools such as navigation menus, search boxes, tabs, and widgets for our digital assets
• Testing UI elements such as CTAs, banners, page layouts, page designs, page flows, and target links for landing pages
• Test for intuition and experience
• Optimize existing user interface designs
• Develop technical and business requirements and always strive to deliver intuitive and user-centred solutions
• Communicate with clients to understand their business goals and objectives
• Implementing designs using Front end web development tools like HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Adhering to style standards on typography and graphic design
• Add-on skills such as graphics design, video designs and animation, content development, audio production etc

Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree or HND in Computer Science or other related field required
• Experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role for digital products or services
• Working knowledge of the following technologies and software: Sketch, InVision, Visio, HTML, CSS (SCSS), iOS, Android, and Design Systems
• Superior knowledge of all Adobe products, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat and Dreamweaver
• Advanced understanding of the C2C marketplace and the functions of auction and e-commerce websites
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills to discuss and explain design options
• Experience preparing detailed competitive and consumer analyses
• Some knowledge of Usability Factors in Human-Computer Interaction.
• Detail-oriented, Critical thinker, Problem solver and customer-centred
• A portfolio of professional UI/UX design work for both web and mobile platforms. Share the link to a portfolio within the job application. GitHub or Gitlab preferred.
• A team player but can work independently too.
• Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.

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