Senior UI / UX Designer Job at Babban Gona

Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise is a financially sustainable, high impact and highly scalable social enterprise, which is part-owned by the farmers it serves. Babban Gona is an innovative model designed to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job-creation engine. Through this agricultural franchise, Babban Gona offers a suite of services to smallholder farmers, helping them to overcome the challenges of fragmentation and low economies of scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Senior UI / UX Designer

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Industry: Technology


Key Responsibilities
Create Great User Interface and User Experience

  • Gather and evaluate user requirements, in collaboration with product managers and engineers
  • Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
  • Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets
  • Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers; design graphic elements and build navigation components.
  • Develop UI mockups and prototypes for new product ideas
  • Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables)
  • Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders
  • Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
  • Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
  • Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images
  • Plan and implement new designs; optimize existing user interface designs
  • Test for intuitivity and experience
  • Communicate with clients to understand their business goals and objectives
  • Develop technical and business requirements and always strive to deliver intuitive and user-centered solutions
  • Combine creativity with an awareness of the design elements
  • Conduct an ongoing user research

Reporting Line:

  • This position reports to Head, Enterprise Systems Product.

Requirements
Proven Design Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree in Design, Computer Science or relevant field
  • Work Experience: 4-5 years
  • Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
  • Portfolio of design projects
  • Knowledge of wireframe tools (e.g. Wireframe.cc and InVision)
  • Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Knowledge of Usability Factors in Human Computer Interaction
  • Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
  • Good time-management skills

Other Requirements:

  • Ability to discuss and explain design options
  • Detail oriented
  • Critical thinker; problem solver and customer-centered
  • Good knowledge of HTML5 & CSS3

Start Up Environment:

  • Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Health Insurance
  • Pension
  • Performance Bonus
  • Annual paid vacation
  • Group Life Insurance