Senior Designer
Johannesburg, South Africa
Do you want to join our team of over 30 designers who design awe-inspiring, unique and dare we say revolutionary solutions for problems our customers encounter?
We live out our motto to #BeBetter when it comes to what we do and this makes us stand out of the norm. At Retro Rabbit, instead of accepting the norm, we welcome your uniqueness and we help you grow into an amazing Rabbit and well-rounded person. Being bold and a little unusual is what we value.
Does this sound like you? Do you want to push boundaries and make an impact? Do you think you will make an awesome addition to the Rabbit family? Then we have great news for you.
We are in search of more talented and outstanding Senior UX/UI Designer to join our family here at Retro Rabbit. We believe in being better. So, if this sounds like you, your CV should already be waiting in our inbox!
This is how you would be spending your time:
- Problem Solving
- Recommend and execute improvements
- Client communication
- Continuous professional development
- User Research: Identify what users use / appeals to them, create descriptive user persona’s detailing characteristics of different kinds of users
- Pain Points of the Journey: Highlight main reasons or needs of the application/ site or improvements on the application/site
- UX Strategy: Detailing and communication plans of improvement, integrating user research and identification of pain points of the journey
- Wireframes: Create visuals of plans of action for implementation or improvement to the journey through low to medium fidelity wireframes
- User Interface Design: Visual implementation of ideas
- Creating prototypes
- Integration
- Create / develop comprehensive wireframes, mockups, and prototypes
- Communicate interaction and design ideas efficiently
- Conduct user testing, interpret feedback and incorporate into future iterations of the solution
- Investigate and solve experience and interface problems throughout a project.
This is what we need from you:
- Cover letter
- Most recent and updated CV
- All relevant (previous and current) proof of qualifications
- ID document / Passport
Academic Requirements
- Minimum 3 year degree or
- Honours degree is preferable
- Degree must be either: Information Design (BA IDS/IOW), Interaction Design, Communication Design, BIS Multimedia
Previous Work Experience
- A minimum of 5 years prior work experience in UX/UI design (working with multiple design programs/ software)
- Experience in integrating with software developers throughout the life cycle of a project (e.g. using Zeplin)
- Experience in dealing with clients directly
Technical Requirements
- User Research: Identify what users use / appeals to them, create descriptive user persona’s detailing characteristics of different kinds of users
- Pain Points of the Journey: Highlight main reasons or needs of the application/ site or improvements on the application/site
- UX Strategy: Detailing and communication plans of improvement, integrating user research and identification of pain points of the journey
- Wireframes: Create visuals of plans of action for implementation or improvement to the journey through low to medium fidelity wireframes
- User Interface Design: Visual implementation of ideas
- Familiarity with creating prototypes
- Experience with integration tools
- Ability to create / develop comprehensive wireframes, mockups, and prototypes
- Communicate interaction and design ideas efficiently
- Conduct user testing, interpret feedback and incorporate into future iterations of the solution
- Ability to investigate and solve experience and interface problems throughout a project
Soft Skills Required
- Ability and willingness to learn new design programs / software
- Excellent communication skills
- Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude
- Attention to detail
- Eye for detail
- Team player
- Problem solving skills
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
- Proactiveness
- Integrity
- Great Attitude
- Listening Skills
- Humility
