UX Designer
Description
What you’ll be working on
In this role you will have the exciting opportunity to design and manage the user journey, ensuring seamless interactions and intuitive interfaces. You will be responsible for constructing visually appealing and user-friendly product and service interfaces that align with our brand's vision and enhance the overall user experience. If you are passionate about creating innovative and engaging designs that empower contact and combat sport athletes, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of sports technology.
Your day-to-day
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and researchers, to define user experience goals and requirements.
- Conduct user research and gather insights to inform the design process, including user interviews, surveys, and usability testing.
- Design and iterate wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to effectively communicate and visualize user interfaces.
- Develop user personas, user flows, and journey maps to identify pain points and opportunities for improvement in the user experience.
- Create visually appealing and intuitive interface designs that align with the brand identity and elevate the overall user experience.
- Implement interaction design principles, including micro-interactions, animations, and transitions, to enhance user engagement and delight.
- Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure seamless implementation of designs, providing guidance and support throughout the development process.
- Conduct usability testing and gather user feedback to continuously iterate and refine designs based on user needs and preferences.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in UX/UI design, and propose innovative design solutions.
- Manage design projects, timelines, and deliverables, ensuring high-quality and timely execution of design tasks.
- Performs other related duties and projects as business needs require at direction of management.
You should apply if
- You have a minimum of 3 years of professional experience in UX/UI design, with a strong portfolio showcasing a range of successful design projects.
- You are proficient in design and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, or similar software.
- You have a solid understanding of user-centred design principles, information architecture, and interaction design concepts.
- You have experience in conducting user research, usability testing, and gathering user feedback to inform design decisions.
- Excellent visual design skills with an eye for aesthetics, typography, and composition.
- Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
- Knowledge of iOS & Android front-end development technologies and their impact on design implementation.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively present and explain design concepts to diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Even better if you have
- Any experience with front-end mobile development Experience with software.
- Development workflow in an agile environment.
- Experience with analytics tools like Google Analytics, Amplitude, and Hotjar, a plus.
- HTML/CSS and Javascript experience.
- A genuine passion for sports and athletics that showcases an understanding of our target audience and their ability to design experiences that resonate with athletes and sports enthusiasts.
Pay range: £46,000 to £64,000 annually
Hybrid work schedule
ABOUT US
ORB Innovations is a London-based startup making waves in the world of contact and combat sports. With a passion for innovation, ORB makes Smart Mouthguards that protect athletes teeth AND track their fitness, performance and wellness, providing valuable data to help them train smarter and push further... What's a Smart Mouthguard? Imagine a Fitbit, in a mouthguard!
ORB's products are the first and only of their kind, from heart-pumping beats to head-turning impacts, we've got these athletes covered with a wearable that's tailored to their sport.
Founded in 2017, ORB has spent over 5 years tirelessly working to bring this groundbreaking technology to market. Now, as ORB expands its team, join us in bringing the future of sports technology to athletes everywhere.
THE INTERVIEW PROCESS
Our process involves three stages:
- Resume Review & Short List.
- Initial Call (Depending on the role, a take home task may also be requested).
- Final Interview.
Our average process takes approximately 2-3 weeks, but we always work around your availability.
You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process but if you do have any specific questions or want to talk through reasonable adjustments ahead of or during your application, please contact us at [email protected].
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
We're a hardware enabled sports analytics startup with an expanding passionate team, collaborating and creating extraordinary physical & digital products that have the potential to make a significant difference to our customers lives. If you love sports and technology, this is where the two meet!
There are loads of ways we help ORB-ians do the best work. We often review and enhance our benefits, but here's a brief overview of what we offer right now. If you'd like more information on any of them, just ask!
You can see a full list of employee benefits at https://www.orbinnovations.com/careers/#benefits.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
We are actively creating an equitable environment for every ORB-ian to thrive.
One of our priorities is to promote diversity and inclusion, ensuring that we provide ample support for all our employees to grow within the company. Embracing diversity in all its forms and fostering an inclusive environment are essential to our ethos.
As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all applicants for employment without any bias based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran status, neurodiversity status, or disability status.