Lead UX Designer

Responsibilities:

• Design System Development-
• Lead the creation, evolution, and maintenance of our design system, ensuring it remains comprehensive, intuitive, and easy to use.
• Develop and document design guidelines, patterns, and libraries, establishing a unified user experience across all digital products.
• Collaborate with frontend developers to implement and integrate design system components into our products.


• UX Design-
• Apply user-centered design principles to create high-quality user experiences for various software platforms (web, mobile, etc.).
• Produce wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs, considering both functionality and aesthetics.
• Conduct usability testing and gather user feedback to iteratively improve designs.


• Cross-Functional Collaboration-
• Work closely with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to understand project requirements and user needs.
• Advocate for design system adoption and usability best practices within the organization.
• Collaborate with fellow designers to maintain a consistent look and feel across all products and features.


• Continuous Improvement:
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, tools, and best practices related to UX design and design systems.
• Proactively identify opportunities for design system enhancements and usability improvements

Goals:

• Own the UI/UX roadmap (3 months, 6 months, 1 year) for the quince product suite
• Conduct user research, prototypes/mock-ups and deliver on UI requirements for the assigned product areas. 
• Increase usability metrics and own user journey optimisation for the assigned product areas.
• Drive Quince design system and drive the road-map to evolve the quince design systems.

Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in UX/UI design, with a focus on building and maintaining design systems for complex applications.
• Proven track record of successfully implementing and evolving design systems within large-scale projects.
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, or similar.
• Strong understanding of interaction design, visual design, and information architecture principles.
• Familiarity with frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and their constraints and possibilities within design systems, is an added plus. Experience conducting user research, usability testing, and incorporating user feedback into designs.