UX Designer

In this role, you will participate in all phases of a product - Discover, Design, Test, Build and Measure. 

• It is a hybrid role of 60-70% UX and 40-30% UI design focus. 
• You will be liaising with the following teams - Brand, Copy, Product development and Marketing to ensure cohesiveness.
• You will need to understand and produce design assets for a responsive website.
• You will need to coordinate with the development team to help in implementation by providing accessible assets which have a precise specification.
• You should understand the design approaches that cater differently (if required) for different market segments and location and create design artefacts accordingly.
• Aspire to innovate, articulate and be passionate about design. Responsible for quality and consistency as it aligns with the design system and SKO Brand.

Key responsibilities include:

• Define and map information architectures and user journeys for the responsive web design solution
• Create, iterate and prototype testable design concepts
• Provide designs and precise specification to the dev team for implementation
• Ensure consistent approach and to be able to contribute as well as using design systems
• Gather briefs and communicate ideas clearly and effectively
• Conduct research using a variety of methods and be able to synthesise results from research into tangible insights and recommendations for discovery as well as ongoing improvement of current journeys

Experience

• In-depth knowledge of human-centred design and usability heuristics. Extensive experience in Product, UX, HCI, or Web Design
• Experience in designing responsive websites and applications
• Experience in creating, testing and iterating prototypes with stakeholders
• Experience with conducting research and articulating outputs incoherent and understandable formats
• Experience in setting/managing expectations
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and guidelines

Desirable skills include

• A design or research-related degree
• Experience speaking about design at conferences or meetups
• Software experience MUST - Figma, Adobe Suite: Photoshop/Illustrator
• DESIRABLE - Ability to prototype Lo-Fi/Hi-Fi with InVision, Framer, or Principle
• Understand Bootstrap or basic responsive HTML/CSS framework
• Embrace Mobile First and Lean UX Design Iteration
• Software experience DESIRABLE - Invision, Miro, Monday.com/Jira, and MS office suite
• Must be a champion of Accessibility and Compliance
• Understanding CMS system integrations
• Understanding of third party integrations
• Usertesting knowledge moderated / unmoderated – OR be comfortable to learn

Personality - You will be a good fit if you ...

• Have the ability to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities
• Work with all stakeholders, including the dev team, copywriter, leadership teams
• are a good communicator - making sure that any new change is communicated and documented well within the cross-functional team
• Are a good collaborator - you involve main stakeholders for design decisions.
• a champion in meeting user needs, even if it means challenging the brief or assumptions made
• Aspire to innovate, articulate and be passionate about design. Responsible for quality and consistency as it aligns with the design system and SKO Brand.
• Are a believer of Holistic Experience Design – Think about and explicitly design for every contact point and customer interaction. Whether that interaction is with the product, website, app, service, content, employee, message, call centre, etc.)