Progressive Edge Limited Current Job Opportunity – Apply Now!

We are an innovative software development company builds (cloud) software that grows our clients businesses. Our work covers a variety of industries and a range of apps and IoT software projects. Our clients include startups, scale-ups and enterprises that need brand new cloud software or upgrade or replace existing software. Join a creative team of product managers, UX designers & researchers, software architects, software developers and QA analysts & engineers dedicated to delivering software that delivers value to our clients and engaging experiences to users. We are serious about always learning new things. We create the time and opportunities for you to learn and develop new skills and actively promote and compensate you for taking on more responsibility aligned with your career goals.

 

 

 

 

Job Title: Senior UX Designer
Location: Cape Town Remote
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: IT Technology, Technical
Reference: UX005B3

 

Vacancy Details

What does working with us look like?

• Exposure to a range of industries, projects and technologies
• Bringing B2C, B2B and B2E apps to life
• Work in teams of product managers, UX designers & researchers, software developers and QA
• Work remotely but not in isolation
• Continuously learn about new shiny things with allocated training budget and time
• A mentor with the experience in the skills that you want to develop

 

Responsibilities:

• Gathering requirements from clients and stakeholders
• Help clients to understand the value of UX by having constant communication with them. You’re not working for them but with them
• Empathise with users by conducting UX research. This usually happens in collaboration with the dedicated UX Researcher in our company
• Understand the underserved need that the product needs to address
• Define the end-to-end customer experience & design product solutions
• Understand the products position within the larger business and/or service
• Produce relevant artefacts e.g: Design Systems, Job stories, User flows, Information architecture, Wireframes & Prototypes
• Maintain design artefacts
• Low & High-fidelity UI design of product user interface

 

Candidate Requirements

Requirements:

• Minimum 5-7 years of work experience
• A tertiary qualification in a relevant field of study e.g Multimedia, Visual Communication, Psychology, etc.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Skills in prototyping and visual design tools. Adobe XD and/or Figma preferred
• Able to function in an Agile software development team, contributing to backlog grooming, story writing and acceptance criteria specification
• Communication skills that allow you to collaborate and explain your process, approach and motivation to various stakeholders
• Able to work well in a team, as well as on your own
• Excited about learning, pushing creative limits and finding new solutions
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• A propensity to fail fast and learn fast and share both failure and learning with others
• Prioritising learning over being right. Understanding others rather than becoming defensive
• Demonstrated ability to learn independently

Nice to haves

If you tick all the required boxes, the following things will give you an edge:

• Data visualisation experience
• Motion Design experience
• An understanding of Game Mechanics and/or Behaviour Psychology

 

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Application Deadline: August 16 2023