UX/UI Design - National Service Internship at Oze Ghana

Description

• We are currently seeking an intern with a deep interest & entry level experience in user experience and user interface.
• This intern will provide support in the execution on design of products that are engaging, easy-to-use, powerful, viral, and inspire our customers to grow their businesses. He/ She will gain exciting real-world product design experience at Oze with the opportunity to become a full time employee at the end of the internship.
• We frequently work in small teams to solve problems, explore new technologies, and learn from one another.
• The ideal intern for this environment will be enthusiastic about learning & collaborative.

What You Will Do:

• Help define and design new user interface (UI) components.
• Participate in the user research phase to understand the project’s strategic goals, user needs and technical constraints.
• Collaborate with internal team members to brainstorm solutions or ways of approaching the design challenge.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designer by producing artifacts that synthesize findings from discovery phase.
• Build out sketches, wireframes, and prototypes into full designs.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designer move designs through the design, testing, and implementation phases.
•  Translate UI between platforms (i.e. adapt an iOS design for Android).
• Execute usability testing and visual quality assurance.
• Produce clickable prototypes that help evaluate the overall flow and experience of the product.
• Prepare design artifacts for user testing and participate in the sessions by capturing feedback from at least 5 users per new feature.
• Manage the library of designs in Zeplin.
• Export final designs to Zeplin and archive designs that are no longer relevant.
• Annotate design deliverables to ensure the design intent is clearly communicated to the development team and that there is a sufficient level of detail provided to support the implementation process.
• Be a team player.
• Participate in all-hands meetings/company stand ups and 360 feedback sessions.
• Continuously learn by participating in relevant webinars or by reading relevant books per year and share what you learned with the team at monthly lunch & learns and/or through a blog post.
• Work with product & engineering teams to develop and implement product improvements.

What You Need to be Considered:

• Experience working with style guides and user experience (UX) libraries, common patterns, & current UX practices.
• Strong communication skills, excellent time management & organizational skills.
• Comfortable with iterative design process.
• Detail-oriented yet able to see the big picture.
• Comfortable learning quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Figma, added proficiency in Adobe XD & Illustrator is a plus.
• Have at least a BSc. from a reputable university.