UI | UX Designer at Onafriq

• As UI|UX Designer, you will report to the Design lead and be part of the team responsible for delivering user experience design needs company wide. In particular, the role involves taking user stories from the product roadmap and designing customer workflows through the solution and designing assets which include but are not limited to screens, images, icons, and marketing and customer engagement media, help and education content. The role will work closely with the Design lead to build out user experience flows, the marketing team for copy, and the frontend developers to build the screens. We will work in a very iterative manner, so you must be able to design an MVP version, an amazing final version, and incremental improvements in between. You should be knowledgeable about design within our African markets leveraging global standards.
• The role is based where we have offices, preferably Nairobi, Kenya however, a candidate’s home time zone will be relevant to success in the role (GMT –1 to +3 preferred). Given our hybrid model, our expectation for new joiners is that during their probation period they come into the office 4 days a week, transitioning to 3 days a week after they successfully complete their probation.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the Design lead to assist in developing screens for the app, both mobile and web versions.
• Create and develop design assets such as icons and illustrations to be used in the designs.
• Design micro interactions such as button and screen animations.
• Create images and icons to use within the app that add context and personality.
• Follow the design standards to ensure consistency across the app.
• Keep track of assets and their different versions to ensure the team is working with the correct versions.
• Review the developed screens and give comprehensive and actionable feedback to the developers.
• Generally, uphold the values of the Company.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience with UI design.
• Experience utilizing auto layout, grids and designing component libraries.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Experience working on a mobile app, finance or banking solution, or SaaS product preferred.
• Experience in usability and user experience testing of UI designs.
• Design book that you can share showing past work.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrates qualities important to the culture of our team - self-starter, sense of ownership and accountability, no ego, revolutionary, grit, collaborative.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure design standards are implemented.
• Ability to communicate effectively with developers and stakeholders, both written and spoken communication.
• Ability to stay in touch with the market and create relevant designs for our customers.
• Highly organised and able to prioritise work appropriately.
• Willing to take accountability for work produced.
• Fast learner with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
• Prototyping skills using Figma or a similar tool.
• Interaction and micro-interactions animations and design.