We are looking for a Product UX/UI Designer with basic front-end development skills, or an interest in front-end, to help build, design, and maintain our SAAS Ecommerce Platform.
At Ecomz you will work with the Product team primarily, and collaborate with the Development and Marketing team to ensure the successful delivery and execution of our platform's new and improved UX/UI revamp.
As a UX/UI Designer, you will:
Take ownership of the design and conceptualizing of our platform and features, from brainstorming, UX, and crafting UI designs and deliverables.
Be involved from the feature ideations to implementation, and work closely with the development team.
Work closely with the Product Manager to keep User and Business needs aligned.
Take ownership of the design process from conceptualization, wireframing, visual design, and prototyping.
Create, document, and update our design system to help the platform scale workflows and keep a clear and consistent design identity.
Participate in setting up user testing procedures with users.
Conduct qualitative and quantitative user research to help the team make informed decisions.
Iterate on designs, improve, and update our platform features based on user feedback.
Think outside the screen, and be involved in the bigger picture by aligning business and user needs and product goals.
Required qualifications:
A bachelor's degree (preferably design based).
3 years plus of experience in UX, UI, and product design.
Understand the principles of User Centered Design
Comfortable with Adobe XD
Understand best practices and be able to apply heuristic analysis.
Comfortable designing in multiple responsive views between desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Good research skills and capable of doing an independent competitive analysis
Interpersonal Skills:
Fluent in English and Arabic.
Strong communication skills.
Strong listening, observational and analytical skills
Team player and comfortable with working in teams and understanding different points of views.
Comfortable working remotely.
Able to handle constructive critique, while also able to stand-by your designs and defend your work logically.
Desired qualifications:
Experience with Ecommerce website best practices
Experience with SAAS platform best practices
Bonus points for:
Having a working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript. You will not be required to implement code, but it would be helpful if you understand how code works to successfully communicate with developers.
Having obtained a certification in Design Thinking and familiar with holding impromptu sessions with the Product team.
Having a certification in User Experience design
Understand WCAG requirements and an understanding of accessibility and inclusive design guidelines.
Willingness to learn and constantly improve to create a well-rounded knowledge-base for yourself to help the team improve.
Note:
Please include a link to your portfolio or work sample with your application.
Applications without a portfolio or work sample will not be considered.
Why Ecomz?
Ecomz is a fast growing Ecommerce Platform and is in the process of updating it's UX and UI and ready to take the Middle East and North Africa region by a storm. You will be able to have ownership of the designs and ensure that the designs our users interact with reflect our values and push towards user-centricity. You will contribute directly to two major projects that will revolutionize how Ecommerce is done in the region. We’re a high growth startup that's established in the region and have huge plans for the region's future. You'll face big challenges, but you'll also be exposed to even bigger growth opportunities.