Head of UI/UX

Job Purpose

Lead the design team in creating user-centric designs across our product range, advocate for the end users, ensuring their needs drive our design decisions and contribute to exceptional digital experiences in-line with developing the team

Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve as the champion for user experience, making sure that user insights drive design decisions.
• Lead and mentor a team of designers and researchers, drive the weekly meetings, and help them in understanding and advocating for the end user in every aspect of our product design.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders, ensuring user experience considerations are integrated throughout the product development process.
• Create intuitive and elegant UX solutions to user problems.
• Run a user testing programme to deliver continuous improvement for the product portfolio, using data to inform design decisions.
• Design all UX best practises and processes, embedding these into the team.
• Prompt decision making use of data and technical considerations in your thinking
• Innovation and Advocacy: Keep abreast of the latest trends in user-centred design and advocate for innovative solutions that enhance user experience.

Team Management

• Collaborate with stakeholders to analyse their requirements and provide meaningful and intuitive designs ensuring a seamless user experience.
• Develop and test prototypes, storyboards, and process flow for both new product ideas and enhancements to existing products.
• Create and iterate on UI mock-ups, prototypes, and original graphic designs, incorporating user feedback and adhering to style guidelines.
• Identify and resolve UX issues, conduct layout adjustments, and stay ahead with modern, agile design techniques.
• Continuously engage in user research and usability testing to integrate market trends and direct user insights into design decisions
• Comply with Mondia policies and procedures and support Mondia mission and vision.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by direct manager.

Requirements

Behavioral Skills

• Accountability and Ownership
• Communication
• Creativity
• Innovation
• Attention to Details
• Result Focus (Delivering Results)
• Leadership
• Relationship Building
• Customer Focus

Technical Competencies/Skills

• Portfolio of design projects.
• Have ready a portfolio showcasing a range of UX/UI design projects.
• Include case studies that detail your design process, user research, problem-solving approach, and the impact of your designs.
• Highlight any projects where you played a key role in user advocacy or user-centered design solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of design software such as Adobe Suite, Sketch, Zeplin, Figma, InVision, and other prototyping tools.
• Basic understanding of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus
• Excellent command of English

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field.

Experience

• +8 years of professional experience in UX/UI, with a portfolio that demonstrates a strong user-centric approach.
• 3+ years in a leadership role with a focus on user advocacy in design

Benefits

• Social insurance
• Health insurance for employee and family
• The company will contribute up to EUR 25 per month towards staff perks
• Benefit from our performance-based bonus scheme , in line with company policy.
• EUR equivalent salaries paid in EGP.