UI/UX Designer

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UI UX Designer - 12 month maternity cover

The Company

Accordo Group is regarded as a global leader in SMB software compliance and is recognized for its customer-centric, data-driven approach to delivering sustainable compliance programs for Software publishers. Accordo Group is a New Zealand based company with significant international growth plans.

The Role

We are looking for a talented UI/UX designer to design and shape unique, user-centric products and experiences. The ideal candidate should have an eye for clean and artful design, possess superior UI skills and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts, transforming any given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction. You will have experience working in agile teams, with developers, UX designers and copywriters.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals and experience
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
• Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks
• Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
• Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
• Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback
• Develop user personas through collaboration with product management and other stakeholders
• Be a great team player, experienced in working with agile teams. Ability to collaborate closely with developers, copywriters and UX designer

Essential Criteria

• A strong user-centered design mindset
• Proven UI experience (ideally UX also)
• Demonstrable UI design skills with strong portfolio to be presented during interview.
• Hands-on experience creating wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, and process flows etc.
• Experience using tools such as Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, InVision, Balsamiq or other visual design and wire-framing tools
• Understanding of basic front-end languages: HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Experience working with developers to progress design assets into a format closer to developer CSS implementation. (e.g. zeplin.io)
• Creative ideas with problem solving mindset.
• Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction.
• Experience working in an agile/scrum development process.
• Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders.
• Up to date with the latest UI trends, techniques and technologies.
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise own work to meet agreed objectives
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

You MUST be eligible to work in New Zealand in order to be considered for this position.

If you meet the above criteria, please click APPLY NOW and submit a tailored cover letter and a copy of your resume. Applications close Friday 12th July 2018