Junior UX/UI Designer at Africa Digital Media Institute (ADMI)

As a Junior UX/UI Designer, this role will work collaboratively with designers, researchers, product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle. The position requires a pragmatic, user-centered, and data-informed design approach to enterprise design.

Scope of Work

• Produce high-quality UX/UI design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, flow diagrams, and prototypes based on requirements, research, and direct input from business leads.
• Utilize human-centered design principles, an iterative approach, and collaboration with the integrated, cross-functional design team to generate effective design ideas.
• Manage the post-build design review process, by employing usability testing, customer feedback, usage analytics, and other feature effectiveness validation tactics to continuously improve user experience.
• Gather, define, and document requirements, conduct original research, evaluate user analytics, and use best-accepted practices to drive design insights.
• Create designs that are highly functional, user-focused, simple to use, and reduce complication while at the same time are streamlined and aesthetically pleasing.
• Develop and continuously maintain a design framework/design language and UI kit, including color palette, typography, design standards, and UI patterns/components.
• Desired: Functional knowledge of the opportunities and limitations that come with web-based software delivered in HTML5 and CSS3.

Qualifications

• UX design experience for software
• Bachelor’s Degree in UX, HCI, Design, or a related field
• Direct experience across a range of design approaches and methodologies, from personal development to prototyping and the many steps in between
• A proven track record of delivering excellent experiences that meet user needs, product requirements, and strategic business objectives
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to clearly articulate a problem space, sometimes in various ways to meet the needs of different
• Strong conceptualization and visual communication abilities
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple workstreams
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe XD and other design tools
• Understanding of common software project management practices and Agile development

Plus

• Skilled at developing logos, branding, and identity guidelines
• Experience with Unreal’s UMG/Slate framework
• Experience with LUA, Python, C#, or other programming languages
• Proficiency with Axure, Sketch, XD, UXPin, or similar enterprise-level UX too