Senior UX Designer

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Senior UX Designer. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Be apart of an awesome Design team, and get to work with Tier 1 & 2 clients
• 3-5 years of solid design experience.
• Get a free pair of custom Nike kicks when you start

At OVO, we help our clients solve problems, no matter how big or small - enterprise and startups alike… we give great ideas a voice.

We’re a fun and upcoming consultancy based in Melbourne CBD; we’re starting small but with big ambitions. We’re a bunch of designers, developers, product people - that work hard but play hard too.

A fun, inclusive environment that thrives on collaboration and….Tim-Tams ;)

What we're looking for?

We’re looking for a Senior UX Designer to help deliver amazing best-in-class experiences for our clients. You have to be well versed with methodologies such as Lean UX, Lean Startup and of course the HCD principals; but most importantly for a self starter looking to make this role their own!

Working within a growing UX Design practice - you’ll be crafting experiences for our clients on-site and within the Studio. You’ll be super keen to get involved with a Hack day or two (we like to keep it interesting); helping push the OVO design brand where-ever you go.

A job made for you

• Facilitate workshops (with either a Lean UX or similar approach); to help uncover problem statements and assumptions that can be used to guide the design process.
• Translate concepts into wireframes and mockups that lead to intuitive user experiences for our clients.
• Facilitate client’s product visions by researching, conceiving, wireframing, sketching, prototyping, and mocking up user experiences for digital products.
• Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and prototypes optimised for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
• Help support the Principal Designer with strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features.
• Take a human-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs.
• Mentor junior designers and help them develop to the next level.
• Get involved and help organise Design rituals for Designers out in the field.
• Take smart risks and champion new ideas.

Other cool stuff you get to do

• Be apart of an awesome Design team, and get to work with Tier 1 & 2 clients
• Get involved with a start-up and earn equity
• OVO Design Jam sessions with the wider team

Thing we are looking for

• 5 years of solid design experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments.
• Ability to craft solutions with the usual UX software such as Sketch, InVision, UXPin, Balsamiq, Framer.js, and the like is a must. Basic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript skills are a plus.
• Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision.
• Ability to translate wires to mid/high fidelity design (preferably using Sketch)
• Ability to translate those designs into clickable prototypes for user testing (preferably using Invision)
• Advanced experience in using experience design best practices to design solutions, and a basic understanding of mobile-first and responsive design (we'll get you up to speed).
• An experienced understanding of human-centered design and testing methodologies, subsystems, and usability and accessibility concerns.
• Ability to iterate your designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.
• Be willing to help teammates, share knowledge and experience with them, and learn from them.
• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
• Be passionate about all things design and innovation.
• Visual Design skills are a super bonus ;)
• Happy to go for coffee runs, clear the dish washer… (just checking if you were still reading).

General Competencies

• Be willing to work on client-side (for a period of time - depending on project) and the Studio. Some travel may be required.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and deliver against allocated work streams.
• Organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Exceptional ability to communicate, present and influence where needed.
• Some experience working with business and/or technical stakeholders across organisations and internally.

Qualification

• Bachelor degree in Graphic/UX Design/Industrial/Multimedia similar and/or Cognitive Psychology.