Disprz is looking for an Associate Director/Lead UI/UX Designer to turn our software into easy-to-use products for our clients/users. Associate Director/Lead UI/UX Designer responsibilities include gathering user requirements, designing graphic elements and building navigation components. He / She will also lead a team of 1 or 2 Designers
You ll create both functional and appealing features that address our clients needs and help us grow our customer base.
Responsibilities (not exhaustive)
Some key responsibilities include:
Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers
Demonstrate high quality design practices. This includes participation in all aspects of UX: research, ideation, strategy, interaction design, and visual design
Lead design strategy activities to understand user needs business opportunities, uncover business/user needs, generate potential solutions, craft a holistic vision for the end-to-end product and develop roadmaps for achieving that future
Create and maintain a comprehensive design language system that includes guidelines, components, tokens, patterns, and best practices for UI/UX design.
Maintain and further build design team workflows that ensure that all designs delivered are in line with style guides and are of high quality standards.
Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
Get your hands dirty when needed - design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets. Build page navigation buttons and search fields. Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like, identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
Lead/mentor a team of UI/UX designers or associates
Empower and mentor designers in the team, fostering a collaborative, productive, and positive environment within a growing team.
The ideal candidateExperience/ skill set
8+ years of work experience in a Product or UI/UX Design role
Experience of at least 1 year of working on products for the US Market (Mandatory)
Experience in B2B platforms/products (Mandatory)
Has at least 2 years of experience leading/mentoring a team of 1-3 UI/UX designers or associates
Portfolio of design projects
Knowledge of wireframe tools (e.g. Balsamiq/Whimsical/ Wireframe.cc/InVision )
Up-to-date knowledge of design prototyping software like Figma (Mandatory), Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (Good to have)
Understanding of the web, iOS and Android and experience designing and launching products for all
Proven success designing and optimizing high-quality product experiences for a variety of platforms including desktop, web and mobile.
Mastery of UX interaction and design principles and deliverables including rapid prototyping, concept diagrams, user scenarios, wireframes, flows, experience maps, design patterns and annotated comps
Has the ability to lead big projects end-to-end from scratch, working through ambiguity and unstructured requirements