UI / UX Designer at Yudimy Services Limited

Yudimy is a career guidance platform for secondary and post-secondary school students. Our mission is to guide students to discovering careers that match their potential and help them make smart decisions in a fast changing world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: UI / UX Designer

Location: Lagos

Job Description

The UI/UX designer designs and shapes unique, user-centric products and experiences. The ideal candidate will have experience working in agile teams, with developers and designers.
You will be able to make deliberate design decisions and to translate any given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with product management and project leaders to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals, and experience
Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to developers
Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user-friendliness to complex design roadblocks
Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and senior-level stakeholders.
Design decisions should be based on the overall design roadmap as well as your own design thinking and fundamental principles (i.e. color theory, visual weight, etc.)
Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback
Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards

Requirements

2 years Proven UI/UX experience with increasing complexity, preferably in a SaaS environment
Demonstrable UI/UX design skills with a strong portfolio (*)
Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps
Proficiency in Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, or other visual design and wire-framing tools
Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
Ability to present concepts/ideas in a clear and convincing manner to gain the confidence of the customer and/or senior-level audiences
Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
Current with the latest UI/UX trends, techniques, and technologies
Experience working in an agile development process
Receptive to ongoing feedback and continual improvement measures
Adopt a team player approach; experienced in working with agile teams