UI/UX Designer & Developer

Job description / Role

We are looking for a talented UI/UX designer & developer with a passion for creating amazing user experiences.

Responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals and experience
- Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
- Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks
- Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
- Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
- Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback
- Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards

Requirements

You have an impeccable eye for clean and interesting design. You possess superior UI/UX skills and are able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and then transform them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces. Your friends may not fully comprehend your superpowers, but we do.

Requirements
- 3-5+ years of user-centric UI/UX experience
- Demonstrable UI/UX design skills
- Strong portfolio (please include link or examples in job application)
- Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Experience using MVVM Javascript frameworks (AngularJS, KnockOutJS, etc) preferred
- Experience in creating wireframing, storyboards, user flows & process flows
- Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator or other visual design and wire-framing tools
- Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
- Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders
- Ability to think critically, solve problems creatively and effectively
- Up-to-date with the latest UI/UX trends, techniques, and technologies
- Degree in design, interaction design, or related preferred

About the Company

ITP Media Group (ITP) is one of the largest media companies in the Middle East, with a portfolio of more than 100 brands. The company delivers quality up to date content to its readers, viewers, delegates and guests through digital, print, events, awards, video content, social media platforms and social media influencers. These brands include major international and regional names such as Time Out, Arabian Business, Harper’s Bazaar, Hello! Middle East, Construction Week and Condé Nast Traveller ME. ITP strives to offer its customers the largest audience in the GCC with the highest engagement levels by adopting a 360 degree approach.

Editorial excellence differentiates ITP in its markets and is core to the company’s success and leadership. Our intention is to provide our audience with highly engaging content, but above all, honest, straight reporting: clear, open and impartial commentary, analysis and balanced viewpoints drive our work at all times.