UI/UX Lead
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About the Role
Alef Education is seeking a UI/UX Lead to create delightful, efficient, and effective user experiences. The role involves leading design efforts, conducting research, mentoring junior designers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
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Responsibilities
- Lead design efforts to create optimal user experiences, collaborating with cross functional teams and advocating for user centered design practices
- Conduct research and reuse design standards and principles
- Help the team as a Lead UI/UX designer, collaborate across various departments and disciplines
- Test and iterate on design solutions based on user feedback and data analysis
- Design for complex and vague problems and deliver feasible results considering dependencies on technology, data, and other resources
- Proactive expectation management
- Lead the UI/UX design team and mentor junior designers, including setting design standards, providing design critique, and helping designers develop skills
Requirements
- Lead design efforts to create optimal user experiences
- Conduct research and reuse design standards and principles
- Test and iterate on design solutions based on user feedback and data analysis
- Design for complex and vague problems
- Lead the UI/UX design team and mentor junior designers
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Who we are
- Alef Education began in 2016 as a small pilot programme in Abu Dhabi and has evolved into a global EdTech company.
- Headquartered in the UAE, Alef works with ministries of education, schools, and teachers in over 14,000 schools.
- Supports over 1.1 million students and 50,000 teachers across the UAE, Indonesia & Morocco.
- In 2024, Alef became the first EdTech company to list on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).
About The Role
- The overall job purpose of a Lead UX Designer is to create user experiences that are delightful, efficient, and effective.
- Work with stakeholders to understand user needs, gather feedback, and iterate on designs.
- Play a key role in ensuring UX design is integrated into the overall product development process.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead design efforts to create optimal user experiences, collaborating with cross functional teams and advocating for user centered design practices.
- Conduct research and reuse design standards and principles whenever possible.
- Help the team as a Lead UI/UX designer, collaborate across various departments and disciplines.
- Test and iterate on design solutions based on user feedback and data analysis.
- Design for complex & vague problems and deliver feasible results considering dependencies on technology, data, and other resources.
- Proactive expectation management.
- Lead the UI/UX design team and mentor junior designers, including setting design standards, providing design critique, and helping designers develop skills.
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