UX/UI Designer
Megaport
Posted 2 years ago
About the Role
The Megaport Product team is responsible for the implementation of the user experience that helps our customers provision and monitor the services delivered by Megaport. The UX/UI designer will be working with the engineering and product teams to deliver an exceptional customer experience that is intuitive and leads to predictable outcomes.
We are looking for a talented UX/UI Designer to create amazing user experiences. The ideal candidate should have an eye for clean design, possess superior UI skills and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and functional user interfaces.
Please note, this is a remote, 6 months fixed-term contract role based in Australia.
About Megaport
Megaport has transformed the way IT gets connected. We're global leaders in Network as a Service (NaaS), changing the way businesses reach the cloud. We're also a leading partner to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle, NYSE, and many other leading technology companies. Megaport is a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange with a market cap exceeding $1.5 Billion. We’re a lean, high-achieving team made up of over 180 members globally. While the company is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, employees are spread out across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Staff enjoy an environment that is collaborative, supportive, and fun.
Our Team Culture
Join a team of globally-positioned industry experts that lead by example. We do not compromise our values for commercial gain; we are all custodians of our culture, and the customer is at the centre of everything we do. Our employees are motivated, adaptable, persistent, hard-working, and dynamic. Our culture permeates everything we do and this, in turn with a global vision, forms a commitment to each other, our customers, and shareholders alike.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for product direction, visuals and experience.
- Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off.
- Conceptualise original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
- Create wireframes, user flows, and process flows to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
- Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders.
- Conduct user research through interviews, surveying and testing to incorporate user feedback into design solutions.
- Promote design guidelines, best practices and standards.
What We Are Looking For
- 5+ years of user interface design experience.
- Strong background in: the design of products focused at the enterprise IT segment.
- Demonstrable UI/UX design skills with a strong portfolio.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and self-manage projects while communicating clearing to stakeholders across departments.
- Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, and user flows.
- Experience in collecting and synthesizing data from user feedback through interviews, surveys, testing, etc.
- Proficiency in Figma or Sketch.
- Understanding of modern website development technologies such as single page applications, design systems and component libraries.
- Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders.
- Understanding of enterprise or cloud networking principles would be a valued skill.
- BS/MS in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or related certification.
What We Offer
- Flexible working environments
- Birthday Leave
- Generous study and training allowance + development opportunities + 5 days paid study leave
- Creative, fun, and contemporary workspaces
- Motivated team of industry experts and new talent
- Celebrated success with ‘Legend’ and ‘Kudos’ Awards
- Health and wellness program
- Opportunities for career growth and potential for global intra-company transfers for interested candidates
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Candidates who meet the selection criteria will be invited to attend an interview
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