Busha is one of Africa’s leading digital asset platforms. We are on a mission to onboard millions of Africans into the crypto economy, and we are building software and services that will enable our users to experience the blockchain-enabled future of finance. Our customers are at the centre of everything we do, and we are obsessed with creating a pleasant experience throughout their entire crypto journey.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Product Designer
Location: Lagos (Remote)
Job type: Full Time
Department: Product
Overview
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer with a passion finding solutions that allow customers to intuitively use our products.
You will Lead other designers and cross-functional team members and will rely heavily on both qualitative and quantitative data to make informed decisions.
Your duties may also include training new employees and maintaining open communication with other departments during the design process.
Responsibilities
Lead the execution on the design system vision, infrastructure roll out, and ongoing system adoption
Design and detail systemic solutions across our ecosystem, constantly evolving patterns, testing and iterating on components, and raising the craft of Busha
Work closely with your team and other designers in defining and iterating on product features across web and mobile platforms
Set design requirements based on information from internal teams and user research
Modify and revise existing designs to meet changing customer preferences
Work with cross functional teams to leverage and contribute to every tier of the design system library infrastructure
Embed on special projects, supporting leads in broader strategic systems efforts
Maintain creative infrastructure needs, library upkeep, and triage incoming inquiries from design, product, engineering, etc.
Support ongoing systems-driven research initiatives
Design Personas and User journey maps
Drive and support cross-team initiatives that make the Design practice at Busha better, such as improving our hiring process, expanding our community presence, interviewing potential new team members, and much more
Facilitate training sessions with teams and individuals helping stand up local libraries that stem from our central system
Be an ear to the ground of the entire organisation, looking for dots that connects in our ecosystem day to day
Work in the way that works for you and what you're designing, whether that's spending time sketching or jumping straight into pixels and code
Requirements
The ideal candidate must have:
5-7 + years of experience working in user experience, product, or relevant design field
A passion for systems, patterns and a keen eye for consistency and the best in class user interface design
Proven track record of delivering quality design experiences and solving customers' problems through design
Proficiency with modern product technologies (airtable, notion, github etc) and a passion for Figma as your design tool of choice
Experience working with distributed teams in multiple time zones
Portfolio showcasing experiences you’ve designed for varying platforms and devices (iOS, Android, Restorative Web. etc.)
Have a well-trained eye for great visual design execution. You care about getting things right - one pixel off is a big deal.
The same love for brand as you do product
Passion for design; not satisfied with the status quo and always thinking of ways to improve
Be a keen problem solver - you enjoy thinking through complex product challenges and care about solving the right problem
Nice to haves:
Past projects that showcase designing in ecosystems that requires any of the following: global or local accessibility standards, translation, internationalization, localization
Experience working with design systems
Strong user interface and visual design fitness
A broad range of skills covering the design process end to end: user research, visual design, interaction design and prototyping
Knowledge of platform-specific patterns (e.g. iOS Human interface guidelines, Android Material guidelines)
Experience working with creative & art directors, motion designers, audio designers, and illustrators.