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Quirk, preeminent marketing agency is on the lookout for an experienced IA and UX Designer to ensure that we are delivering campaigns and websites that delight users and deliver on the commercial goals of our clients. The successful candidate will have a passion for improving customer experience, expertise in usability, the ability to conduct useful and insightful research and a minimum of 3 – 4 years experience.

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Job Title: Midweight User Experience Designer and Information Architect
Office: Woodstock Agency, Cape Town
Objectives of role: Expert reviews of websites, applications and interactive interfaces. Stakeholder interviews and target audience analysis. Creating and documenting information concepts and solutions by various means, from card sorting, lo-fi/ hi-fi prototype development, content matrix/ mapping, site map development etc.

Requirements:

• Understanding of design and creative processes as you will work alongside designers
• Team player
• Experience of developing UX solutions to support a range of requirements from information rich site, to marketing campaign sites, to retail and transaction focused sites
• Proven ability to quickly understand a client’s business model and processes
• Proven ability to create effective, elegant and usable UX solutions
• Strong knowledge of user-centred design practices, principles, issues and techniques
• Proven ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team in a dynamic, collaborative environment
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills
• Proven ability to scope and deliver UX projects on time and within budget
• Ability to run workshops and capture client requirements
• Creating and reviewing functional specifications

Key Responsibilities:

• Process flows and site maps
• User journey development
• Wireframe design
• User testing
• User research – personas, stakeholder interviews, target audience analysis
• Expert reviews of websites, applications and interactive interfaces
• Competitive analysis and benchmarking
• Creation of personas and scenarios to inform and evaluate solution development
• Creating and documenting information concepts and solutions by various means, from card sorting, lo-fi/ hi-fi prototype development, content matrix/ mapping, site map development etc
• Working with creative teams to develop solutions that embrace user needs and support creative concepts
• Writing and reviewing functional specifications.

Key Skills and Attributes:

• A keen interest in new innovations and technology
• Good communication skills (both written and oral)
• An outgoing and confident personality
• Excellent computer skills
• Must be passionate about producing excellent client documentation
• Wireframing and prototyping skills

Benefits:

• Work in one of South Africa’s premier digital agencies
• The opportunity to work on big projects, for big clients
• Limitless coffee (not the cheap stuff either!)

Details:

Remuneration: Market related, depending on your skills and experience
Province: Western Cape
City: Cape Town
Type: Permanent
Job level: Mid

Quirk Background: Quirk has three offices, London, Cape Town and Johannesburg. It currently has over 140 employees working out of all three offices. Each office operates largely independently with London and Johannesburg sourcing some work to the Cape Town office, the biggest of the three offices. The Johannesburg Agency, for which this job is required, has been growing over 100% y-o-y for that last two years and is expected to do the same this year. The office is highly dynamic with an account base of some of the JSE’s top companies.