UX Designer at Kwara

About the company

Kwara is a B2B fintech startup in Nairobi and Berlin with a unique mission, exceptional team and a global market. Our mission is to digitize Savings and Credit Unions in emerging markets that serve the 3 billion un- and underbanked population. These financial institutions hold a staggering $2.6 trillion in assets worldwide, but have yet to benefit from digital innovation. Our intuitive, secure and SaaS-based digital banking platform offers them the chance to grow their profits, connect to the digital ecosystem and serve their members better. With a dozen happy clients in Kenya, an ambitious team and a burning desire to grow at least tenfold in 2020, we are well on our way to become a world-wide market leader in cooperative fintech. Are you with us for this ride?

About the role

We are looking for an ambitious and driven UX designer who is passionate about creating engaging, consistent and memorable experiences. Leading collaboration across software development, product management, and product marketing you create fluid, intuitive user experiences that scale seamlessly across different devices. You are responsible for:

Design

• Be responsible for planning, designing, and prototyping the company’s web app and mobile apps, as well as some platform products--integrating their software with other products
• Create user stories, user journeys, wireframes, storyboards, user flows, visual mockups and process flows to support the design process that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Development of visual language and design systems whilst following style and brand guidelines.
• Documentation of design work and assets to keep the UI/UX and other teams informed of design specification.
• Work closely with engineers to communicate your ideas and creatively work through technical limitations by rapidly testing and iterating on designs.
• Help the team by suggesting process improvements that advocate for customer needs, good design, and accessibility

Research

• Drive human-centered design decisions through user research and data where you define user problems and recommend design solutions with PMs, software engineers, and leaders to help prioritize in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment that are rooted in customer empathy and business impact.
• Collect and analyze user behavior through studies, field visits, ethnography, surveys, benchmark studies, server logs, and online experiments (A/B testing)
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Our team is looking for highly motivated professionals with the following qualifications:
• A minimum of 3 years experience designing usable interfaces for both web and mobile applications.
• Demonstrated ability and comfort creating deliverables in all phases of the design process.
• Practical experience in front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Strong communication skills – both written and spoken.
• A portfolio featuring relevant work examples across a range of visual styles.
• Be able to work in a startup-style, agile and fast-paced team.
• Assets: Experience using Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Invision and Sketch, experience working embedded in a team of developers, experience working remotely.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary UX product and marketing teams
• Previous experience working on enterprise software or SAAS is a plus
• Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design
• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.
• Be passionate about all things UX and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge in the industry’s latest trends and technologies.

Benefits

About the reward

Kwara offers a unique, value-driven working environment. We are a team of ambitious, different, yet strongly aligned team members who strive for the very best of themselves. Our team thrives on big wins and will work relentlessly to achieve them. We offer you this challenge with our deeply entrepreneurial culture, where everyone offers new ideas and solutions. We expect you to be part of a ride you will never forget, with our team, our partners and our clients, in this fast-growing global startup.

To apply, visit: https://bit.ly/39SG1wR