Objectives of this Scope of Work
- The UX Web Designer is responsible to work with internal and external stakeholders to translate high-level requirements into an engaging, intuitive, beautiful functional design aligned to the brand and its corporate identity (CI).
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:
- Conceptualise high-quality, simple, and user-friendly creative ideas, in collaboration with internal and external clients, in line with the brand and CI guidelines.
- Execute all visual design stages from concept to final stage by creating wireframes, user flows, process flows, storyboards, site maps etc.
- Consider search engine optimisation best practices for optimising site content.
- Plan and organise work in accordance with schedules agreed to with the Web Content Manager and provide regular feedback on progress to clients.
- Prioritise work according to scheduled publications and urgency.
- Remain abreast with the newest trends, technologies, and best practices in web development to ensure that web applications are secure, efficient, and scalable.
- Collaborate on the existing style guide which dictates colours, fonts and design patterns used on the web applications.
- Establish design guidelines, best practices, and standards
Minimum Requirements:
To be considered for this position, candidates must have:
- A minimum of a National Diploma (NQF 6) in Web Design or an equivalent qualification; and at least five years’ experience in web design or a related field.
- Other relevant certifications or a degree or post-graduate qualification in the field will be advantageous.
Knowledge and skills in:
- UI/UX principles;
- Designs versioning kills;
- Project management;
- DevOps;
- Visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
- Business continuity planning;
- Communications project management;
- Communications legislation and governance, risk and compliance;
- Problem analysis and solving;
- Workload-estimation skills;
- Building and managing relationships;
- Conceptual and design thinking; judgement and decision making;
- Quality assurance;
- Communications reporting; and
- Stakeholder management;
Competencies or Soft Skills required:
- Experience in working with the Adobe Design Suite – Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro, After Effects
- Experience in creating wireframes, user flows, process flows, storyboards, sitemaps etc.
- Familiarity with front-end development languages, frameworks, and libraries .
- Good understanding of search engine optimisation principles.
- Good understanding of content management systems.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy
Desired Skills:
- UX
- Web Design
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop