Senior UI / UX Designer

Job Location: Karachi

Do you want to work with a team of talented and passionate designers, developers, strategists, UX architects, and tech visionaries? Do you want to build products you're incredibly proud of within a team of great friends and colleagues? Are you ready to play an instrumental role as a member of a start-up with incredibly ambitious growth plans in Pakistan?

We believe that great design has the ability to engage and inspire users and we strive to rethink and redefine how users interact with our applications and products. We value hard work, accountability and collaboration and look for proven skills over big egos. Our team excels in working together and recognizing individual strengths and values each contributor as a key factor in successfully delivering a project.

Creating as a team and growing as a team

Apricart is looking for a UI/UX designer to join our Product managers, Technical Architects, Operations and Quality assurance and other team members. The UI/UX designers are one of the key drivers of our digital assets success and adoption by the consumers, vendor and partners. They drive the vision & strategy of the product line and its delivery and execution across the organization. The UI/UX designer will have the responsibility to help define the best-in-class User Experience across Apricart product lines such as website, apps and other technology products.

The successful candidate will evidence a passion for delivering adaptive and creative solutions to UI/UX design problems by staying up to date with best practices and emerging trends in user experience design and user interface technology.

We’re seeking hungry self-starters to join our team of optimistic problem solvers. We believe that success is driven by a combination of passion and curiosity. Together, both fuel rapid innovation, a required component to leading the market with best-in-class offerings. If you identify with our mission and have what it takes to add value to our organization, submit your resume today.

What you’ll do:

·         Help to define the overall strategy for UI/UX, the roadmap, and business plan to achieve a best-in-class User Interface & User Experience to supports our overall goals and strategy.

·         Work with clients and partners and stakeholders to better understand customer needs and identify and address accessibility and usability issues.

·         Create prototypes that showcase multiple design concepts quickly, with an acute understanding of what customer and business problems they solve.

·         Scope requests and level of effort, spec UI/UX features that outlining the business/customer needs, requirements, user stories, and success criteria.

·         Work with development team closely and help develop processes for delivery and testing.

·         Help unify the user experience cross multiple properties and products and establish brand guidelines, style guides, and code-based design systems.

Who you are:

·         Self-starter and customer obsessed problem solver. Willing to go extra miles to know as much as you can about the audiences you are designing for and make design decisions based on their needs.

·         Able to keep track of multiple projects at once. Adaptable and welcome changes. Ability to handle chaos, ambiguity and complexity, in a detailed, organized way.

·         Proficiency with current design and collaboration tools (Figma, Sketch, Invision, etc) and a strong desire to always learn more about them.

·         Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript capabilities with the ability to work closely with engineers to implement designs. Understanding of an agile/scrum development process.

Qualifications

·         A Bachelor's Degree or Higher in UX Design, Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Computer Science (particularly with a focus on UI engineering) 

·        6 to 8 years of product management experience working on UX / UI features on a professional software team

·         A portfolio which demonstrates strong understanding of User Experience Design including but not limited to: user flows, information architecture, journey mapping, wireframes and high-fidelity designs.

·         Proficiency in industry tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, InVision, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Zeplin and OmniGraffle and other visual design tools

·         Good understanding of content management systems

·         Good understanding of search engine optimization principles

·         Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues

·         Up-to-date experience with international web protocols, standards, and technologies

·         Creative and open to new ideas

·         Adaptable and willing to learn new techniques

·         Excellent communication skills

Professional qualities:

·         Self-paced learner and willing to learn new technologies and skills

·         Team player and collaborative

·         Agile mindset

·         Adapt with changing needs

·         Take initiatives and suggest innovative ideas and solutions