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We help our clients create globally competitive apps across different sectors, such as finance, insurance, health, transport, and entertainment.\nWe are a diverse team of dreamers, creators, and problem solvers who believe in making the world a better place through technology. We collaborate with our clients and teams to solve problems in the best possible way and uphold our core values of: curiosity, courage, integrity, quality, and passion. Our mission is to be the best mobile partner for companies and work with those whose values align with our own to create beautifully designed, meaningful, easy to use, mobile apps that make a real impact in the world.\nAbout the Role:\nThe Intermediate Digital Product Designer role is a mid-level position within the design team, responsible for creating moderately complex product designs and refining existing ones. This role requires a design background, good problem-solving skills, and effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive projects to successful completion.\nKey Responsibilities:\nDesign work\nCreate moderately complex product designs, refine existing ones, and contribute to user interface and user experience enhancements.\nAssist with the development and refinement of more complex designs, such as user interfaces, under the guidance of more experienced designers.\nLearning and Skill Development\nActively participate in design workshops, training sessions, and team meetings.\nSeek feedback from more experienced designers and incorporate it to improve performance and skills.\nContinuously develop design skills and adapt to new tools and techniques as required.\nStay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging design tools and techniques.\nDesign Reviews and Collaboration\nParticipate in design reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback.\nCollaborate with team members, contributing to planning, estimation, prioritisation and completion of tasks.\nCollaborate with team members to ensure alignment of design goals with overall project objectives.\nProvide support to less experienced designers, sharing knowledge and expertise.\nProcess and Methodology Adherence\nFollow established design standards and guidelines to create clean, user-friendly, and efficient designs.\nEnsure compliance with company guidelines and industry best practices.\nQuality Assurance\nAssist in identifying and resolving issues in the design work.\nEnsure design quality by conducting thorough feedback, validation and usability testing.\nKey Competencies:\nDesign Skills:\nDemonstrated proficiency in UX and UI design principles and tools\nFamiliarity with design software such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools\nGood understanding of design methodologies, best practices, and trends\nCommunication and Collaboration:\nGood interpersonal skills, with a focus on building rapport and fostering teamwork\nWillingness to seek help and support from more experienced designers when needed\nGood written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey design concepts clearly and concisely\nAbility to contribute constructively to team discussions\nAbility to receive and incorporate feedback to improve performance and skills\nAbility to support less experienced designers\nProblem Solving and Critical Thinking:\nGood analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and address complex design challenges\nWillingness to seek guidance and support from more experienced designers when faced with complex design challenges\nSkilled in evaluating trade-offs and making informed decisions based on available data and resources\nAdaptability and Flexibility:\nAbility to adapt to changing priorities and maintain focus on project objectives\nWillingness to learn and grow in a 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environments.\nResilience: Maintains performance under pressure and quickly recovers from setbacks.\nLearning Agility: Continuously seeks opportunities to learn and improve.\nAdaptability in Structure: Adjusts to changes in organisational structure and responsibilities.\nTime Management and Reliability\nPrioritisation: Identifies and focuses on high-priority tasks.\nReliability and Dependability: Consistently delivers quality work on time.\nEfficiency: Makes optimal use of time and resources.\nPunctuality: Arrives on time and manages time efficiently.\nProfessional Conduct and Integrity\nAppearance and Conduct: Maintains a professional appearance and demeanour.\nRespect for Others: Treats colleagues, partners, and clients with respect.\nConfidentiality: Safeguards sensitive information.\nRespect for Leadership Decisions: Supports leadership decisions and understands their organisational impact.\nLeadership and Proactivity\nInfluence: Positively influences and motivates others.\nInitiative: Takes proactive actions without waiting for prompts.\nResponsibility: Takes ownership of tasks and leads by example.\nFearless Feedback: Raises issues, concerns, or risks appropriately.\nWork Ethic and Accountability\nHonesty: Remains truthful and transparent in all dealings.\nAccountability: Takes responsibility for actions and their outcomes.\nCommitment to Quality: Strives to produce high-quality work consistently.\nAttention to Detail: Ensures accuracy and thoroughness in work.\nCompliance with Policies: Diligently adheres to company policies and guidelines.\nAbout You:\nYou are passionate about wanting to build apps and you want to reach millions with your code, and essentially improve the quality of users experiences with your solutions. You are a self-starter, motivated, you enjoy a balance of collaboration and individual projects. You’re a thinker, curious-minded, and constantly asking yourself questions in order to reach a solution. You may find yourself spotting everyday problems that could be solved with code or an app.\nCore Education and Experience:\nTertiary qualification in Human Computer Interaction, Design, Interaction Design, or related fields: A qualification in these fields will provide the foundational knowledge necessary to design effective user interfaces.\n3 - 5 years of work experience creating great user interface designs: This experience should demonstrate a good understanding of design principles and best practices, as well as the ability to design interfaces that meet user needs.\nPractical experience in Sketch, Figma, or similar design-related tools.\nExperience and knowledge of Apple and Google Interface guidelines: Understanding the design guidelines of these major operating systems is crucial for designing interfaces that are familiar and intuitive to users.\nA good track record and portfolio of projects where you have performed a similar role: A strong portfolio that showcases successful 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