iQualify is seeking an experienced Digital Design Lead who wants to be part of a successful and fast growing ed tech product. This role can be based in Lower Hutt or remotely.
We're discovering how to make the world's most engaging vocational learning experience every day for hundreds of New Zealand businesses and hundreds of thousands of learners. Join the team that builds iQualify, New Zealand's fastest growing social learning platform.
iQualify is backed by 70 years of distance learning experience by The Open Polytechnic, New Zealand's specialist provider of open and distance learning, from certificate to diploma and degree level, and is internationally recognised in its field.
What's the role?
We are looking for a Digital Design Lead, to join a broad product team with roles ranging from UX, visual design, learning design, customer experience and software developers.
Who are we looking for?
Regardless of your role at iQualify, there are key things we need from everyone who comes to work with us:
You're passionate about improving the every day lives of hundreds of thousands of people through your work You're collaborative and have great relationship-building skills, and enjoy working with other designers, developers, customer experience managers and product owners to solve problems You're open to change - we constantly measure and improve our own tools and processes
To join iQualify as a Digital Design Lead, you'll need:
Practical UI design skills; flow, hierarchy, colour, typography, usability, accessibility - all that good stuff Analytical and problem solving skills; take complex data, workflows, and business logic and turn it into something intuitive Communication skills; can communicate clearly and precisely with developers, lean facilitators and product owners Self-Management skills; can manage your time effectively, prioritise workloads, and seek clarification when needed Curiosity; being ok with not knowing, and finding the answers along the way - we iterate by building, measuring and learning Initiative; results oriented and able to anticipate problems and find solutions Leadership; being comfortable mentoring other designers and broader team members
Your experience:
You've been doing web and app design long enough to do it in your sleep, but you're up to date with modern practice You've worked extensively with complex SaaS or Enterprise apps, ensuring a broad range of users can meet have their diverse needs met elegantly, every day You've successfully balanced multiple projects at once, keeping key people in the loop all the while You've worked in Lean or Agile environments before, and are comfortable both working with the big picture and getting stuck in to detail You're comfortable making decisions based on what you know right now, and iterating on them later
Ideally, you:
Have experience using tools like Sketch and Abstract as part of your workflow Are comfortable talking CSS, LESS/SASS, JS and the like (even if you're not coding it)
What's in it for you?
We provide a supportive and creative place to work developing learning solutions that help learners and our partners succeed. We're equipped with coffee and frequent canine visitors. We're located in the Hutt Valley, or you can work from anywhere within NZ You'll be challenged and supported and be an integral part of a team developing the world's most engaging social learning platform.
Still interested? We're keen for you to interview us. Hit the apply button.
Applications close 22 January 2021. Please note only online applications will be accepted.
