Executive (UX/UI Designer)

About NUS IT

NUS Information Technology is the cornerstone to providing reliable, high-performance and secure IT solutions and effective IT governance for the campus. Here at NUS IT, we aim to transform NUS into a borderless computing community providing knowledge at its fingertips by enhancing the use of effective applications and services for teaching and learning. 

We drive a culture that is forward-looking. With a strong passion for IT, our people are always striving to improve, push boundaries and innovate with a "can-do" attitude.  We embrace collaboration, open communication and knowledge sharing. If you see yourself thriving in a dynamic environment and breaking new grounds with innovative ideas, you will find yourself at home in NUS IT. 

As part of our team, you can look forward an empowered work environment that allows you to take charge of your own career path. We provide competitive remuneration as well as flexible work arrangements to enable your growth and development. We pride ourselves on our diverse workforce and are committed to transforming NUS into a leading global University shaping the future. 

https://nusit.nus.edu.sg/  

Job Description

You will join the Service Desk team in creating the best user experience (UX) possible for NUS IT infrastructure websites, applications and solutions to provide friction-free engagement for our users.  You will communicate the values of NUS IT services to the NUS community to generate awareness and buy-in to these services.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Involve in end-to-end UXUI activities in Design Thinking methodology
• Collaborate with users, vendors and stakeholders to design solutions that balances user needs, resource constraints and development feasibility
• Drive UXUI design for IT services by performing user research, designing visual and interaction experience, creating customer journey maps, wireframes, prototypes and performing usability tests
• Provide UX expertise to projects from evaluating product, influencing deployment process, designing information architecture and taxonomy, creating user-centric guides, creating prototypes to participating in user usability tests
• Design marketing assets (eg: infographic) and create content to articulate the benefits of IT services to stakeholders and users 
• Develop or refine documentation (eg: framework, guidelines, processes) to incorporate usability and user-centric design
• Design and maintain IT services websites to keep content updated and appealing to users
• Raise design bar by creating innovative experiences that are visually appealing, friction-free and satisfying for users
• Champion for UXUI adoption and create awareness throughout NUS IT

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science/Arts/Engineering in Design, Computer Science or other relevant field of study
• At least 3 years working experience in UX design for applications including those on Android and iOS platforms
• Working knowledge of Design Thinking and/or UX design principles
• Experience with user testing and usability analysis
• Excellent visual design skills with proficiency in graphic design and prototyping tools such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe XD or Figma
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript and WordPress
• Excellent communicator and creative thinker, with ability to interact with stakeholders and users at different levels
• Have portfolio or experience to demonstrate experience in producing sketches, wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes, task-flows or relevant design artifacts
• Experience in Marketing and/or Communications is an added advantage

Covid-19 Message

At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: NUS Information Technology

Department : Infrastructure - Service Desk

Employee Referral Eligible: Yes

Job requisition ID : 17968