UI/UX Architect, Remote Ukraine

Project Description

We are looking for a Senior UI/UX Architect who must understand our business requirements, technical limitations. He will be responsible for conceiving the design, conducting research, and translating results into sitemaps, flows, wireframes, mockups, etc. The architect will also participate in designing and refining the product’s functionality to deliver the best user experience.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Supervise other designers (mentor them, manage the tasks and review results of their work, conduct weekly meetings, etc.)
• Collaboration with product and development teams (calls, instant messages, emails, meetings with VP, product owners, design team, software development engineers)
• Estimate efforts for product/project designs and tasks
• Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences; facilitate product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping, and user-testing experiences for digital products;
• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions
• Work with the Design system. Defend consistency and usability in projects
More:
• Gather and review incoming requirements from product owners (before any commitment and estimation)
• Explain requirements and UX to developers
• UI QA activities to ensure that outcome of the developer’s work match designs, flows, and requirements from product owners and VP
• Activities in Aha tasks, Jira tasks, Confluence pages
•Debating most accurate solutions from the product owner side. Ask thoughtful questions, take risks, and champion new ideas.

Skills

Must have

Qualifications
• 10+ years of UX/UI design experience for web, mobile, and desktop platforms. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating your product design experience.
• 1-2 years of experience as a Lead Designer or UI/UX architect (managing a team of designers, tasks, and performance).
• Perfect understanding of UI guides for windows, macOS, iOS, Android (including HIGs, material design).
• Perfect understanding of all usability principles.
• Knowledge of UI/UX prototyping software such as Figma (preferred), Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision, Balsamiq, etc.
• Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
• Understanding of HTML5, CSS principles and their capabilities/limitations applicable to software development
• Knowledge of Bootstrap library capabilities and features applicable for the development of application UI and behavior
• Ability to work with the product team to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision
• Thorough knowledge of UX best practices to design solutions
• Deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design
• Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently
• Ability to effectively communicate design processes, ideas, solutions to teams
• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism

Competencies
• Communication and collaboration skills
• Analytics and research skills
• Visual design skills
• Understanding of coding
• Project management knowledge
• Logic and Reasoning skills
• Ability to hear and accept feedback

Nice to have

N/A

Languages

English: B2 Upper Intermediate

Seniority

Senior

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