UI/UX Designer for the ShareTheMeal Initiative

The consultant will design appealing user interfaces and improve the user experience for the ShareTheMeal app by creating wireframes, prototypes, and development-ready mockups. They will also lead user research, validate requirements, and ensure usability principles are followed throughout the product development cycle.

Responsibilities

• Support the designing of appealing user interface and work improvements in user experience of ShareTheMeal
• Work with requirements
• Collect references to best practices, implement required UX and UI changes by creating process flows, wireframes and prototypes
• Create development-ready mockups and designs, including edge cases and empty states
• Lead on user research, working closely with other team members in the product, content and marketing teams
• Gather and validate business and end-user requirements
• Design user journeys based on the needs and the limitations of the users and of the context of use
• Develop wireframes, designs, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, animations and mock-ups of new/optimized features
• Prepare and iterate visual assets and pixel-perfect layout specifications for the native mobile apps and web, working hand in hand with our developers and QA
• Ensure that usability principles and UX best practices are followed and define specifications for user interface behaviours
• Test the designs with end users at different stages of the product development cycle and refine the interface based on the findings to minimize fixes and rework during development
• Provide Quality Assurance on the correct implementation of interface designs and behaviours

Requirements

• At least 3 years of related experience in UI/UX design
• Knowledge of Figma, Figjam, and other design tools
• Basic working-knowledge of prototyping tools
• Solid knowledge of typography and composition
• Attention to detail, ability to create pixel-perfect designs
• Ability to interact with managers with maturity and tact
• Mature judgment with strong interpersonal skills
• Collaborative spirit able to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy
• Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines
• Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy

Benefits

• The World Food Programme offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment
• The organization invests in the personal and professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe

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