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Job title: UI Designer (Maternity cover)

Overview:

We are looking for a talented UI designer to join the Product team. You will be a team player, problem solver and be familiar working with Agile development practices. You will be willing to help build and maintain our design system and always drive to deliver excellent user-centred work.

Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity for a UI designer to join our team in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire (initially home-based). This position is full time, on a temporary 12-month basis.

This role is focused towards UI design but you will need to have an understanding of UX design principles and practices. We are a small team so having the ability to manage your own workload is essential.

You’ll play a crucial role in the creation and design of new product features and will contribute to all phases of our product development cycle. The role involves working closely with the front-end development team as well as internal stakeholders to create design solutions that satisfy the requirements whilst also achieving the best user experience.

It will be your responsibility to ensure the design system and all design libraries are kept up-to-date, so a keen eye for detail is needed. You will need to ensure any data, research or customer feedback is carefully investigated, documented and thought about before feeding it into the user experience. You will have great communication skills and a positive, professional attitude.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the Product Development team on feature requests
• Designing and maintaining graphic user interface elements
• Creating high quality UI mockups and prototypes
• Ensure all work is documented using our templates and guides
• Managing the Sketch UI component library
• Inputting into UX workflows and processes
• Active involvement in Product delivery
• Managing design quality assurance processes
• Helping to manage design feedback both internally and via customers
• Working with the Product manager to ensure requirements are met
• Always having the user at the forefront of all designs
• Ability to organise and keep track of tasks and maintain design file structure
• Work together with the organisation to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all physical and electronic information assets

Arkessa is a leading M2M managed services provider, delivering connectivity services and solutions to the IoT market through an unrivalled multi-network capability spanning all regions of the World. We provide true pole-to-pole coverage.

Arkessa provides the Emport IoT Connectivity platform, a multi-capable, responsive, web-based software application. You will be working to continuously improve and extend the existing application to attain market leadership, while also designing new solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with the Product Development team on feature requests
• Designing and maintaining graphic user interface elements
• Creating high quality UI mockups and prototypes
• Ensure all work is documented using our templates and guides
• Managing the Sketch UI component library
• Inputting into UX workflows and processes
• Active involvement in Product delivery
• Managing design quality assurance processes
• Helping to manage design feedback both internally and via customers
• Working with the Product manager to ensure requirements are met
• Always having the user at the forefront of all designs
• Ability to organise and keep track of tasks and maintain design file structure
• Work together with the organisation to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all physical and electronic information assets

Required Qualifications and Education:

• UI/UX or Web design: 3 years’ experience required
• Bachelor’s Degree in visual or design-based subject or equivalent practical work experience in design
• Proficiency with design tools such as Sketch, Adobe or Figma to deliver high quality design solutions

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate would have the following skills and experience:
  • Knowledge of working with relevant design and delivery software (we currently use Sketch, Miro, Balsamiq, Zeplin, Marvel and InVision)
  • Eager to learn and contribute ideas
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • At least 1 year of digital product design experience
  • Portfolio which demonstrates visual and interactive design understanding, varied UI design work, conceptual thinking and approaches to problem solving
  • An understanding of website usability and accessibility
  • The ability to identify opportunities to improve experiences
  • An understanding of development principles and the technical challenges they pose to design

  The following skills are desirable, but not essential:

  • Experience with Angular Material Component Library
  • Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS
  • Experience building design systems

Why Join Arkessa?

With a vision to be the default IoT connectivity provider by 2022, our entire team is very driven and keen to succeed. Hence you would be applying to join a company where:

· You will be part of a dynamic team working in a very positive atmosphere

· The entire highly-skilled technical team is based in the Bishop’s Stortford office (currently home based) and easily accessible

· You would have a pension scheme and life assurance

· You can participate in an active social life with many events organised throughout the year

· You would have access to free coffee and tea, fruit and regular Pizza Wednesdays

· You can take advantage of a Cycle to Work scheme

How to apply

To apply for this position please send your CV to careers@arkessa.com

with the subject line ‘Job Application: UI Designer’

NOTE: Please include links to portfolio work as part of initial application.