Mid- Senior Ux Researcher & Designer - Cape Town
Salary Negotiable
Cape Town, Western Cape
Cape Town,
Western Cape
more than 14 days ago
21-11-2016 1:00:01 AM
19-12-2016 1:00:01 AM
A leading IT company based in Cape Town, is looking for a Mid- Senior UX Researcher & Designer to join their team.
Duties:
• Design elegant solutions to complex workflows. Design a world-class user journey to meet our customers’ expectations
• Act as the user-advocate during the planning and development process, subjecting early-stage designs to usability testing or expert review, and offering implementation suggestions from a user-centered perspective
• Act as “go to” with in-depth knowledge of user interface best practices and standards. Use research-related services, theories and methods to support your recommendations
• Take the initiative in providing input and feedback in both online discussions and on issues relating to other business units
• Develop user flows and wireframes as an output of research
• Keep the interface on brand and easy to use. Support the team in ensuring we maintain the visual appearance of all new features and enhancements on the website
• Initiate, suggest, and spearhead strategic online projects, internal and external campaigns, new projects and continuous site improvements for a more intuitive user-experience
• Present user insights to project stakeholders at all levels
• Support the design and delivery in a fast moving environment
• Use research output to communicate how user interface designs will be perceived by end users
• Work with Front End Team, Category managers and Head of online on all strategic online projects, internal and marketing campaigns, trade initiatives and operational issues.
• Build and maintain relationship with the Online Category Managers, Project Managers and the Front-end Development Team
• Proactively seek ways to add value to relationships – e.g. Online presentations on broader industry issues
• Drive effective and insightful user-centered research and designs through a solid understanding of the online strategy, best-practices and close collaboration with key stakeholders in Online.
Requirements:
• BSc degree or equivalent
• 5+ years in related professional work in UX Research and Design
• Mobile, cross device and/or Prototyping experience
• UX, Interaction and Functional Design experience
• Online Portfolio Link or PDF required
• Experience in e-commerce preferred
Should you meet the requirements for this position, please email your CV to Jenna on ****@*****.*** or fax to (***)-***-****. You can also contact Jenna on (***)-***-****.
Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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