Senior UI Designer
Global Relay
- Vancouver, BC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design and evolve the look and feel of Global Relay's visual language
- Follow a Human Centred Design approach and adhere to UX best practices
- Apply with conviction the best principles of layout composition, typography, visual hierarchy and motion design
- Deliver pixel-perfect graphic assets that are aesthetically vibrant
- Lead and create user interfaces that are sleek and easy to use
- Translate high-level requirements and interaction flows into intuitive and functional user interfaces
- Communicate your design ideas with conviction within the UX team and non-creative stakeholders
- Develop storyboards, wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to communicate design ideas and solutions effectively
- Design and document new components and interaction patterns for Global Relay's Design System
- Ensure new components and designs meet WCAG and WAI-ARIA accessibility standards
- Adhere to existing patterns and apply consistency accordingly
- Identify opportunities for UI improvement or differentiation
- Facilitate workshops to get cross-team alignment on new standards
- Support engineers focused on building the design system
- Measure and monitor the performance of the components you work on
- Champion and establish a solid UI practice and be accountable for the UI output
- Work alongside engineering teams to test and iterate on the interface design
- Guide engineering teams through the build and QA process
- Collaborate closely with other UI and UX Designers to find practical solutions to challenging workflows
- Coach and support junior UI designers in the team
- 5+ years of experience doing visual/UI design for web, desktop and mobile applications
- Portfolio of relevant UI design work from shipped products/ apps/ services
- Bachelor's degree in a design-related discipline is preferable
- Solid understanding of user-centered design best practices
- Strong typographic and colour theory knowledge
- Ability to create icons, illustrations and other graphic assets for the web
- Ability to create and quickly iterate on high-fidelity mock-ups
- Ability to create high-fidelity prototypes to communicate motion and screen transition
- Ability to communicate UI ideas verbally and visually in an efficient and clear manner
- Ability to take ownership and solve problems creatively
- Experience working with and contributing to design systems and component libraries
- Knowledge of responsive design and mobile design guidelines
- Knowledge of accessibility best practices and approaches
- Knowledge of conventional design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch etc.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to multi-task and keep organized in a dynamic environment
- Motion design experience is an asset
- Experience in an enterprise business environment and Agile is definitely an asset