UI/UX Designer

Location: Bellville, Cape Town
Salary: R35k per month

About the Role:
We are looking for UX and UI designers with a good mixture of a creative and analytical brain and the desire to make a difference in the tech sector. All of our projects go through the prototyping and planning phase before they move into development. Within the design phase, we have many sub-phases to the process. Typically a system analyst / ux designer will start with the scoping and requirements gathering. Next we move into research and ideation, where our analysts are actually coming up with a solution and a business model and understanding the market. From here our UX/UI designers will be given the research document, site map, and userflows - and it is then up to them to do low fidelity wireframing, mood boarding, and then prototyping.

Requirements:
Relevant Tertiary Qualification
3+ years UI/UX experience
An impressive digital portfolio showcasing prototypes that have that WOW factor
A passion for designing products with purpose and great user experience
The ability to analyze a client’s vision, the problem they’re trying to solve, their end-users, their competitors, their budget, their minimal viable product, and how their system might scale
Strong communication skills and can confidently explain UX decisions to clients and gather feedback
A knack for learning new concepts, team player, driven, self-managing, curious, and hungry to continuously improve

Duties:
Because we are an agency we are also typically working on 9 - 12 projects at any one time, and you will be bouncing from several projects per month gaining vast experience in multiple industries.
You will also be working in a team and will be expected to help us come up with solutions and processes to help manage the growth of the design division.
Client management
System analysis, research, wireframing, prototyping
Finding creative solutions to complex web application challenges
Possible general graphic design work
Learn the development process, agile methodology and work in synergy with the development team
Manage time and deadlines and leading the team to efficient project delivery that meets our high-quality standards.