If you’re the type of developer that enjoys the creative aspect of development and has a keen eye for design, this one might take your fancy. The company offer a good degree of technical freedom and autonomy in the role, as well as the chance to work across both design and development in a fully user-focused environment.
The client
The company supports some of the world’s most recognizable brands, helping solve the business challenges of each. As a 3rd party insurance company, they deal with anything from expensive car repairs to unexpected expenses to misplaced phones.
They are very big on innovation, introducing new ideas to the marketplace that turn insight into competitive advantage. They follow 4 key core values within the company:
- Common Sense – Implementing simple, straightforward solutions.
- Common Decency – Act with integrity and treat others with respect, courtesy, and kindness.
- Uncommon Thinking – Think outside the box, seek diverse perspectives and thrive on challenge.
- Uncommon Results – Focus on actionable solutions that deliver measurable results.
The role
You’ll get to work across all stages of the product lifecycle from requirements capture, through to design and then development to implementation. To give you an idea, here are a few of the key responsibilities:
- Translate concepts into user flows, mock-ups and prototypes that lead to high quality intuitive user experiences.
- Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys and mock-ups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
- Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
- Make strategic design and development related decisions related to existing and new functionality and features.
- Develop new functionality based on your own designs using JavaScript, HTML & CSS.
The candidate
Ideally, you’re comfortable taking part in every bit of the creative process, from generating ideas and concepts, to designing and building them using simple solutions to complex problems. You’ll need to be independent and well organised, enjoy taking ownership and responsibility for a project, and consistently deliver high quality work in both design and development.
Tech requirements:
- Strong coding knowledge in JavaScript, HTML and CSS
- Extensive UX/UI Developer experience
- Strong skills of strategic creative thinking, user-centric design process/principles, verbal and written communication, and teamwork.
- Solid understanding of web and mobile technologies.
Any experience with API services, testing, debugging or Jira would be a huge bonus!
Sounds interesting? Click apply or get in touch with Adam – Zebra People.