UX Design Lead (Cape Town) at WebFX

What We're Looking For

• Desired Education
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in art, design, web design, or related degree)
• General Knowledge
• Knowledge of web design conventions
• Knowledge of user experience, web standards, optimization, and best practices
• Knowledge of responsive design best practices
• Experience
• Strong English (written and verbal). Resume must be in English to be considered.
• Minimum 4 year (2 years or more desired) experience as a web designer
• Impressive portfolio with a proven track record in designing for the web
• Outstanding skills in Photoshop
• Ability to quickly build modern CSS layouts
• Qualities
• Takes direction well, but also able to make decisions and take initiative
• Enjoys typography and color theory
• Stays up-to-date on the latest web technologies
• Professional, dependable, solid work ethic, detail-oriented, self-motivated
• An eye for detail and a dedication to quality
• Energized about Internet design, functionality and user experience
• Problem solver

What You'll Do

• Responsibilities
• Work on 60+ projects a year
• Create prototypes for home pages, inner pages, and more
• Design and build responsive websites
• Theme WordPress CMS builds (programmers code and build custom functionality)
• Design infographics
• Design landing pages
• Design display ads
• Design social branding and contests
• UX projects
• Develop A/B tests
• Percentage Breakdown
• 35% designing homepage and inner page prototypes for various clients using the Adobe Creative Suite
• 25% helping to build/launch websites for various clients using HTML, CSS and PHP
• 25% working on site enhancements for clients in various CMSs including WordPress
• 15% creating online advertisements, social media branding and identity, and content marketing pieces such as infographics

Job Submission Requirements (Note: Primary hiring criteria is applicant sample works)

• Minimum of 3 URLs (websites you designed)
• Resume
• Portfolio or PDF of additional work