Stanbic IBTC Bank Recruitment for User Experience Designers

Stanbic IBTC Bank is a leading African banking group focused on emerging markets globally. It has been a mainstay of South Africa's financial system for 150 years, and now spans 16 countries across the African continent.

Standard Bank is a firm believer in technical innovation, to help us guarantee exceptional client service and leading edge financial solutions. Our growing global success reflects our commitment to the latest solutions, the best people, and a uniquely flexible and vibrant working culture. To help us drive our success into the future, we are looking for resourceful individuals to join our dedicated team at our offices.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: User Experience Designer

Job ID: 20105
Location: Lagos
Job Sector: Information Technology and Services

Job Details

• Group Information Technology: systems development, business analysis, architecture, project management, data warehousing, infrastructure, maintenance and production

Job Purpose

• To lead Stanbic IBTC Group initiatives in the development of responsive web and mobile application designs and wireframe development.
• To support the delivery of usability testing, user interface design, interaction designs and user research.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
Liaise with stakeholders to design concepts and deliverables that meet business requirements:

• Present design solutions to business representatives and other stakeholders for approval
• Collaborate with teams such as marketing and sales to understand user needs and business requirements
• Conceptualize, design, and communicate user-centered design solutions

Test design work in testing and production environments for style/quality/adherence to specifications:

• Use interaction design to create and deliver innovative end-to-end experiences across multiple platforms which balance customer needs, business goals and technological realities across the ecosystem
• Facilitate development of product prototypes for usability testing and proof-of-concept purpose
• Operate effectively within an iterative design team, managing UX responsibilities against defined milestones and plan

Conduct usability testing to evaluate a product by testing it on users:

• Create scenario wherein the user performs a list of tasks using the product
• Utilise other test instruments such as scripted instructions ,pre and post-test questionnaires to gather feedback
• Produce reports to the Digital Lead and communicate findings and designs to team members

Conduct user research focusing on understanding user behaviours, needs, and motivations:

• Incorporate experimental and observational research methods to judge the design, development and refinement of a product.
• Collaborate with developers in all stages of product creation and idealization
• Produce reports to the Digital lead and communicate findings to team members

Create user interface designs for computers and mobile devices:

• Design user interfaces for computers and mobile devices with the focus of maximising usability and user experience.
• Create paper sketch designs
• Transform paper sketch to electronic designs using Photoshop

Preferred Qualification and Experience

• First Degree in Design Studies or any of the Numerate Sciences

Knowledge/Technical Skills/Expertise:

• Knowledge of key channels and platforms, with experience in areas of mobile, portable, dedicated, web, or native mobile design

Application Closing Date
15th December, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online