Career Opportunity: UI/UX Designer

Join Code Ninja's Design Team!

Background of the Role

Code Ninja is looking for a UI/UX Designer to be part of the Design Team working on exciting tech startups. The UI/UX Designer will have a key role on a small and agile product development team. Combining research and design, the successful candidate will guide the user experience and user interface implementation phases of our various projects.

What You'll Do

• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with founders, product owner and development team
• Illustrate design ideas using wireframes and mockups
• Conceptualize and develop imaginative, appealing web and mobile prototypes using the most appropriate technologies and techniques
• Translate prototypes into a logical user experience design and clearly present how sites function and look like
• Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables), and adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images
• Identify UX problems and devise elegant solutions
• Test for intuitivity and experience and conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Ensure HTML/CSS is cross-browser and standards compliant and meets accessibility/disability requirements
• Ensure to stay at the forefront of relevant industry developments, emergent technologies and practices

Technical Requirements

Must-Haves

• A solid portfolio of demonstrated ability to use UI design to solve complex usability challenges
• Ability to implement your design in pixel-perfect and responsive design development using HTML, CSS, and SASS
• Skill in developing a library of UI patterns
• Up-to-date knowledge of design tools like Photoshop and Illustrator

Nice-To-Haves

• Knowledge in JavaScript, Bootstrap, SASS/SCSS, and Git
• Familiarity with using the following design tools: Sketch, Zeplin, and Invision
• Experience designing beautiful native apps for iOS and Android

Before Submitting Your Application

• Learn more about our company and projects by visiting the Code Ninja website
• Prepare your online portfolio and design samples. We prefer to see your works on web app design using modern design principles
• Practice design performing end to end design tasks (design, illustration, slicing/implementation to prototype)

Submitting Your Application

• Send us an email at team@codeninja.co with your application letter and pdf copy of CV
• Make sure to include the role you are interested at in the subject line of your email
• Your application letter should include a brief description on why you are an excellent candidate for this job and what parts of your portfolio are especially relevant.
• If parts of your portfolio are done in groups/teams, please indicate the team size and your specific role in the project.
• Include links to your recent works, preferably something that utilizes modern design and UX principles
• Highlight works on web and mobile applications

Submit application

Our Recruitment Process

• Screening: Upon receiving your application, we will send you a link to our Online Application Form and Aptitude Test
• Shortlisting: If you are successful in the screening process, we will shortlist you for an initial interview via Skype of face to face engagement
• Technical Assessment: Successful candidates from the initial screening will be given a design task
• Final Interview: The final step is an interview with our Founder

Our process usually takes 2 weeks, and varies depending on the availability of the candidate and Founder.