Our Core Values
Knowing who we are and understanding our mission, our core values at Koodoo define our approach to excellence:
- We are empowered: If it's to be, it's up to me.
- We deliver: We are committed to what we do, determined to succeed, and we obsessively prioritise to achieve our goals.
- We empathise: We listen, we support, we care - for each other, our partners, and customers.
- We are focused: We are committed to what we do, determined to succeed, and we obsessively prioritise to achieve our goals.
- We are passionate: We are proud of our work, our product, and our team, and relentless in solving the problems in our industry.
Responsibilities
As a Junior Product Designer at Koodoo, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience and design of our cutting-edge products. Your responsibilities will include:
- Design Systems: Assist in maintaining and expanding our design system, learning best practices for consistent and efficient design.
- Strategy: Participate in brainstorming sessions with product managers to identify opportunities, understand user needs, and contribute to the product roadmap.
- Collaboration: Work closely with engineers and other designers to refine requirements, ensuring new features align with design principles. Create clear and concise documentation to facilitate communication.
- Communication: Effectively present design decisions and rationale to the wider team, fostering understanding and alignment.
- Prototyping and Testing: Contribute to building prototypes to demonstrate interactions and participate in user testing sessions to gather feedback.
- Stay Informed and Innovate: Stay up-to-date on design trends and tools. Bring fresh ideas to the table and learn from senior designers to continuously improve our products.
- Quality Assurance: Maintain a keen eye for detail throughout the design process, ensuring a high-quality final product.
- Data-Driven Design: You'll gain exposure to how data informs design decisions, and how to use it to iterate on your work.
The Person
Our ideal Junior Product Designer is someone who embodies a blend of technical expertise, creative flair, and a user-centred mindset. Here's what we're looking for:
- Passionate about Design: You possess a strong interest in design and a desire to learn from experienced professionals.
- Empathetic: You have a curiosity about users and a willingness to understand their needs and frustrations.
- Creative: You enjoy tackling challenges with innovative design solutions, focusing on both aesthetics and usability.
- Detail-Oriented: You have a strong eye for detail and understand the importance of precision in design.
- Collaborative: You thrive in a team environment and enjoy working with others to achieve a common goal.
- Focused on outcomes: You are eager to contribute to user-centric features and prioritise improvements with a positive impact.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- Experience: 0-2 years of experience designing digital products, and a demonstrably strong design portfolio showcasing your talent.
- Portfolio: A design portfolio that demonstrates design principles for web and/or mobile platforms.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in Figma, Sketch, or similar design tools with a basic understanding of prototyping concepts.
- Understanding of UX Principles: A foundational grasp of user-centered design principles and an eagerness to learn about user testing methodologies.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively articulate design concepts and rationales to team members and stakeholders.
- Right to Work: Must be legally authorised to work in the country where the job is located.
Ideal Requirements
- Additional Technical Skills: Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS as well as proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
- Commercial and Business Thinking: A willingness to learn how design decisions can impact business goals
- Stakeholder Engagement: A desire to collaborate with various teams (marketing, sales) to ensure designs align with business objectives.
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