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Senior UX/UI Designer

Employer
Hatch
Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
May 6, 2021

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Category
Computer etc.
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English
Requisition ID: 41899

Job Category:Information Technology

With over six decades of business and technical experience in the mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors, we understand that challenges are changing rapidly in every industry. We respond quickly with solutions that are smarter, more efficient, and innovative. We draw upon our 9,000 staff with experience in over 150 countries to challenge the status quo and create positive change for our clients, our employees, and the communities we serve.

Hatch is currently seeking a highly motivated Senior UX/UI Designer to join the Digital group focused on Product Development.

Digital products and solutions have become a key component of the strategic direction and vision of today’s modern organizations. Hatch is at the forefront of successfully implementing emerging digital services and products into our clients’ projects and operations that can unlock a step change in their performance.

Join our diverse team and award-winning culture and be part of our industry clients’ digital transformation journey. This journey will lead to better outcomes for our clients, people and the planet through decision-making support, autonomous execution, integrated operations and innovative new technology.

This is an excellent career opportunity for a creative individual who strives to deliver superior solution design in an industry of accelerated change and innovation. This role is within our Digital Products group focused on identifying, designing, building and productizing Hatch deep subject matter experience to advance our clients and internal subject matter experts.

As a Senior UI/UX Designer, you are an integral part of the Hatch Digital team of passionate people who are creating and transforming the design and vision of various products into seamless and engaging user experiences. You will support the strategic design of user focused experiences throughout the entire design lifecycle. You will collaborate with clients, subject matter experts, scrum teams and other stakeholders to help turn business requirements, user needs and creative strategy into user-centered, effective, intuitive, & visually appealing products.

As the successful candidate, you would:

  • Own a design end-to-end meaning they are a “hybrid” and understand the relationship between good and UX and UI and enjoys delivering on both
  • Assess complex information from multiple sources, such as Data Science optimization inputs & outputs, business requirements, technical constraints, and analytics and translating it into efficient user scenarios, taxonomies, navigation systems, design systems, and visually appealing & clear data visualizations.
  • Participate in and leading UX activities such as user/design research, interviews and workshops. Clearly delivering ideas to cross-functional teams. 
  • Create and effectively presenting UX artifacts (journeys, sketches, wireframes, journey maps, low and mid-fidelity renderings, clickable prototypes, storyboards, etc.) to stakeholders, clients, and teams.
  • Test and validate deliverables with users through usability testing and participating in design reviews.
  • Work closely with the development team to build & productionize SaaS applications for market while maintaining UX best practices.
  • Work in an Agile team and completing committed backlog items within the agreed upon timeframe.
  • Stay current on emerging trends in user-centered methodologies, accessibility, UI design patterns, usability principles, and web technologies.


Required Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in multidisciplinary backgrounds such as psychology, computer science, information sciences, human/computer interface design, or graphic design
  • At least 5 years' experience in the role of UI/UX Designer, Information Architect, or Product Designer
  • Strong conceptual/creative thinking and design execution abilities in both visual and interactive design.
  • Ability to draw insights from complex data, in areas such as data science algorithms and analytics, and turn those insights into tangible and visually appealing design solutions that provide user value.
  • Enthusiastic about modern design practices and methodologies, and working in an agile environment.
  • Lead exploratory design sessions (using tools like Miro to support), visualization workshops and other collaborative working sessions with team members, clients, and stakeholders.
  • Good proficiency in the use of industry software such as Figma, Sketch, InVision, Axure, Adobe CC, Adobe XD, Flinto, Visio, or other visual design and wireframing tools.
  • Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for rapid prototyping and supporting front-end developers.
  • Understands what user experiences work best for both web & mobile applications.
  • Solid understanding of accessibility best practices, and an ability to create accessible products usability testing


Knowledge in the following areas consider an asset:

  • Desktop design (xaml) method and best practices.


Why join us?

  • Complexity of problems we are trying to solve
  • Think locally, have a globally impact
  • Engage with people who make a difference


What we offer you?

  • Flexible work environment.
  • Long term career development
  • Be part of a sector where you will see accelerated growth


We are committed to fostering a workforce in each of our locations that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers employment applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other protected status. If you have any special needs requirements, please let us know. We will do our utmost to accommodate, in accordance with applicable local legislation.

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