Ui/ux Visual Designer

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**Job Title**:

- Job Code:
- UI/UX Visual Designer- Division and Department:
- Product Design Group - PSG- Reports to:
- UX Team Leader- Role Purpose:
The UI/UX Visual Designer will be joining a UX team tasked with revolutionizing a portfolio of solutions and envisioning new ones, from leading edge analytics tools to mobile apps.

This role will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders focused on creating compelling experiences that balance user intent, business needs, and company vision.
- Scope of control:
- Nature of task:
- Budget: N/A- Reach: Global- Job Metrics
- _(How will the role be measured):
The successful implementation of User Experiences into products. Working with Engineers, Business Analysts, Product Managers and Product Architects to achieve this goal in an Agile environment.

To achieve this metric as a UI/UX Visual Designer you will need to:

- Proactively contribute to the customer-centric vision, strategy, and execution of the user experience design.
- Advocate a vision for new models designed for simplicity and discoverability to meet the needs of our user base.
- Produce design concepts that translates business needs and requirements into visual solutions.
- Develop new concepts for the multi-platform systems through User Interface design for web, mobile and tablet.
- Coordinate multiple projects with varying levels of UX & production support.
- Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards.
- Create new content - either for production or prototypes for testing and sharing recommended improvements with internal and external audience.
- Key Performance Area:
**Key Tasks**:
**General**
- Contribute to the design of new UX features
- Involve in facilitating the full pipeline from initial UX mockups through to delivery
- Creation of functional (clickable) prototypes
- Keep abreast of industry trends and standards
- Support Engineering teams in resolving UX related bugs

**Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with Product Managers to understand current and future requirements
- Work with Product Strategy to ensure that the product’s UX meets the strategic goals
- Maintain a dialogue with the Engineering Technical architects on the status, progress, and future of the implementation of new product features
- Work with support to ensure that the product is meeting its technical goals

**Management and Leadership**
- Ensure the product designs follow modern best practice

**Resource Planning**
- Work with the Product Management Team on the upkeep of product roadmaps
- Key Interfaces- Figma
- Zeplin
- Sketch
- HTML & CSS
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Microsoft Office
- Confluence
- Jira
- Authority Levels:

- _This section is to clearly indicate the authority level the job holds and is to identify level of sign off, decision making or responsibility _
- People:
- Budget:
- Work:
- Financial Sign Off:
Key Experience & Qualifications Required

**Experience**

General:

- A minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience designing complex web-based and mobile systems in a technology or software organization.
- Demonstrable UI design skills with a strong portfolio
- Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
- Proficiency in Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other visual design and wire-framing tools
- Ability to present designs in a compelling manner.
- Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively, out-of-the-box ideas and innovative designs.
- Strong understanding of the user-centered design process
- Up to date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies

Industry specific:
Regarded as very knowledgeable/experienced in the following areas:

- Working with Online Software Applications
- Understandingof SaaS
- An understanding of User Centered Design methodologies and an understanding of the web of things
- Qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate ideas

Environment:

- Able to provide examples of collaborative, high performance team working

Product/Technical:
Skills and experience required:

- Design & Prototyping
- Knowledge of design systems
- A basic knowledge of CSS and HTML
- Graphic design and production of image design assets
- An understanding of WCAG accessibility
- Flexible approach and ability to handle change well

Professional/Task Essential Experience:

- Highly motivated and self-directed with the ability to work well both independently and as a proactive team member

**Personal**
- Professional and well-organized with excellent English verbal and written communication skills
- Good at building relationships with team members and stakeholders
- Good organization and time management skills
- Results orientated

**Specific Qualifications & Accreditations**
- A university degree in Interactive or visual design (or a closely related field)
- Experience of Agile development methodologies

**Location**

India based, occasional global travel may be required

Key Competencies (Technical and