UI / UX Designer (Contractor / Freelance + Remote) at Lori Nigeria

Lori is a venture-backed, rapidly growing start-up that has built a cutting-edge, tech-driven, logistics services platform that seamlessly coordinates haulage across frontier markets. With a mission to reduce the cost of goods in frontier markets, Lori is tackling a massive issue; $180 billion is spent annually on haulage across Africa, and up to 75% of a product’s cost is due to logistics (compared to 6% in the US).

Lori was recognized as the fastest growing start-up in Africa and won Techcrunch’s Battlefield Africa. Our tech-enabled and operations-driven marketplace efficiently connects transport to cargo. The system brings transparency to the logistics industry and has significantly improved flexibility, reliability, and cost savings (upwards of 20%). Billions of dollars of cargo move through the Lori platform annually. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: UI / UX Designer

Location: Lagos (Contractor / Freelance + Remote)
Department: Product
Minimum Experience: Mid Level

About the Role

• We are seeking a hands-on UI / UX Designer to join our Product team.
• As a UI / UX Designer, you will partner with our data engineers, product team leads, and logistics teams.
• Your job will involve participation in ideation sessions and you will be expected to translate complex problems into simple solutions.
• You must be passionate, a great communicator and motivating to those around you; at the same time, maintain the highest level of craftsmanship.

Responsibilities
What You Will Do:

• Work with stakeholders to lead design projects across the entire life cycle from ideation to launch
• Create multiple concepts, translate them to high fidelity designs, and prototype interactions
• Maintain our design system and contribute ways to work more efficiently
• Move fluidly between tools, as we use a combination of Figma, UXPin, Sketch, ProtoPie and Adobe CC
• Iterate based on feedback, initiate A/B testing, and follow through on user research
• Assist with technical implementation and uphold quality assurance of project builds.

Requirements
What It Takes:

• 3+ years of UX design experience and a portfolio that showcases UX, visual design skills, and interaction 
• A passion for solving problems using design 
• Experience building products for web, tablet, and mobile form factors
• Experience conducting usability studies and interacting with end users/clients
• Full cycle designer from concept through to solution, polish and asset creation
• Excellent communication skills
• Expert level user of design, presentation, and communication tools
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript frameworks like React
• Adore visual storytelling and data visualization
• Have a passion for staying at the forefront of technology and design.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.