Role Overview: Have you ever thought of joining a hyper growth startup that's redefining its industry? Look no further! We are one of the fastest growing companies in our sector, using innovative technology and solving the hardest problems to bring African sports fans an unrivalled digital sports entertainment experience, online, offline, 24/7.
As a Senior Product Designer focusing on native apps, you will be at the forefront of designing, strategizing, and improving our mobile applications. Your role will involve understanding resource needs, enhancing user experiences, and collaborating closely with stakeholders to deliver top-notch performance and creativity in our products. You will partner with Product Managers, Engineers and Trading, to build a best-in-class strategy and launch new features. You will also work closely with your Design peers to ensure CX consistency and alignment to company goals.
What You Will Be Doing: Strategy & Building Native Apps: Lead the design and strategic planning of native applications for iOS and Android. Evaluate resource needs and team requirements for development projects. User Experience Enhancement: Continuously improve the user experience by implementing innovative design solutions. Create immersive and engaging experiences. Performance Improvements: Identify and implement performance enhancements to ensure smooth and efficient app functionality. Stakeholder Collaboration: Maintain excellent communication with stakeholders to align design goals with business objectives. Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers and engineers, in trio work setups. Design Systems (Plus): Manage and implement design systems for web, iOS, and Android platforms to ensure consistency and scalability.
What You Need for This Role: Attributes: Strong strategic thinking and experience in building native apps. Proven ability to enhance UX and improve app performance. Familiarity with managing design systems for web, iOS, and Android is a plus. Seniority determined by years of experience, with sector-specific experience being a bonus but not required. Soft Skills: Excellent social and communication skills for effective stakeholder engagement. Highly creative with a knack for innovative, outside-the-box thinking. Strong psychological insight to understand user behaviors, triggers, and motivations. Highly customer-focused with an ability to actively listen and engage with users. Experience working in trios (collaborating closely with PMs and Engineers). Technical Skills: Proficiency in Google Analytics for data-driven design insights. Advanced skills in Figma for design and prototyping. Knowledge of Mace or similar design tools.
How you do it – Expectations for fulfilling your role: As a general rule at KingMakers we want people to be: Customer Focus: We keep the customer at the center of everything we do. Passion & Dedication: We are passionate about what we do, employing only smart, honest, dedicated, and results oriented team players. Openness, Honesty & Directness: We embrace a culture of candor and work together towards the right solution whilst being open, honest, and willing to give and receive feedback, judgment-free. We play the ball, not the person. Innovation & Big Thinking: We always look for ways to innovate whilst not losing sight of what's important. The bigger we think, the more we inspire, the better the outcome. Ownership & Accountability: We think like owners. If we see a problem, we find a solution. We are pragmatic and always strive to do more with less. Speed & Focus: We plan, we strategize, but mostly, we DO. Without doing, there is no progress, we can always change direction but only if we start moving. Fast beats slow. Low Ego: The best solutions are achieved when we leave our egos at the door. We always seek opportunities to learn in every situation. No job too small. Fun: On balance, we believe in having fun whilst working. We maintain perspective as best as we can, and together, we celebrate our successes.
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