Product Designer Job at Buffer Media

Buffer Media is a mobile marketing & VAS enabler that connect top brands with millions of people in Africa, locating them via mobile interactions. We enable monetization of mobile content (games, app, videos, music, CRBT) in Nigeria, and help mobile subscribers locate amazing products, services & apps via mobile advertising 

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Position: Product Designer
Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Job Field: ICT / Computer

Job Description

• We’re looking for an enthusiastic Product Designer with a passion for user interfaces, user experiences and design to join the Product team at Buffer.
• You’ll be responsible for designing delightful user experiences, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and creating user interfaces that solve users pain points.
• The ideal person for this role loves to collaborate with other teams to craft the perfect product, and leverage interaction, UI, and visual design to do the best work.

Responsibilities

• Create thoughtful and appropriate solutions to design challenges of all sizes by translating research insights into beautiful and engaging user interfaces which satisfy user needs, business requirements and technical constraints.
• Work in our product team and collaborate with our Product Manager, stakeholders and engineers in an iterative, transparent and feedback driven process.
• Produce engaging experiences using sketches, storyboards, information architecture blueprints and prototypes to collect feedback and iteratively improve and support the design process.
• Translate wireframes and experiences into highly-polished visual composites with attention to interaction design whilst following style and brand guidelines.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering and user research to ensure a smooth, data-driven product development process
• Design and prototype elegant and highly useful flows and experiences across multiple media
• Create user flows, wireframes, site maps, customer journey maps, and other tools to guide the product development process.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to conceptualize, document, design and develop new product concepts.
• Create high-fidelity mockups and work with engineers and product managers to oversee UI design implementation, while also serving as an advocate for design in strategic product decisions.
• Develop comprehensive annotated design specifications and functional documentation for our engineering team.
• Work with engineering team to help develop UI pattern toolkits.

Requirements

• A proven track record of user interface design, across a number of products that have been used by different demographics
• Experience with prototyping and taking a product from the idea stage through to launch and beyond.
• Ability to take the product’s mission, user research and analytics data and translate into clear, simple UIs.
• Strong knowledge of current UX best practices, including user research and accessibility across mobile and web
• Experience with front-end development, including HTML, CSS and Javascript is a must.
• Proficient in Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, or other design tools.
• You have a portfolio of visually consistent and relevant mobile design work that you’re proud to share with us.
• You have excellent written communication skills, know how to receive and deliver constructive criticism, and work well in an agile team.
• Qualification: BA/BSc/HND/NYSC
• Experience: 4 - 6 years.

Note: This position is only for residents living around or close to Apapa.