Responsibilities
- Maintain a strategic outlook on the product/program, ensuring that all deliverables are aligned with the organisational goals and strategy
- Lead efforts in driving strategic design initiatives that drive organisation goals forward
- Coordinate and plan discovery work, including user interviews, workshops, surveys, usability testing, and gathering insights to understand user needs and pain points
- Lead the work to analyse research findings into actionable insights
- Lead work to create wireframes, user flows, and prototypes using tools like Figma
- Lead the work with design teams to create low- and high-fidelity prototypes for testing concepts with real users, gathering feedback to iterate on solutions
- Drive the Iterative efforts to improve on designs based on feedback from users, stakeholders, and the design team
- Partner with product managers, developers, and marketing teams to ensure that the designs are aligned with business objectives and technical constraints
- Lead the work on design initiatives to benefit the entire design community
- Pilot new design initiatives or tools in your work
- Actively seek out new ways and methods to improve your fellow designers efficiency, effectiveness and craft
- Actively contribute to learning and sharing sessions between fellow designers
- Be a member of the community that less experienced designers aspire to be
- Take steps to improve yourself in a personal and professional capacity
- Actively note areas of improvement and propose changes for the benefit of all designers
Requirements
- Bachelors or Masters degree in industrial design, human-computer interaction (HCI), graphic design, design research or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- At least 8 years of experience in design, internships, or freelance work.
- Good with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, or similar
- Strategic thinker and a proven ability to drive strategic initiatives in your work
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and leadership
- Good understanding of user research methods and the ability to analyse data to inform design decisions.
- Familiarity with usability testing and gathering feedback to improve design quality
- Good communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to present findings clearly and persuasively
- Strong analytical thinking with attention to detail and ability to handle ambiguity
- Strong empathy for users and a desire to advocate for their needs
- Desire to learn, adapt and grow in the design field
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