Senior UX Designer - Singapore - GVT Government Technology Agency (GovTech)

GVT Government Technology Agency (GovTech)

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Singapore

1 week ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

Join us as we support Singapore's vision of building a Smart Nation - a nation of possibilities empowered through info-communications technology and related engineering.

Who we are
Experimental Systems and Technology Lab (ESTL) is an in-house tech team within GovTech working with the Ministry of Education. At ESTL, we use technology and design to revolutionise the education sector.

Our team proactively identifies instances where technology can streamline traditional processes to make work lighter in the education sector through data analysis, user testing and prototyping.

What you will be working on:

As our Senior UX Designer, you will be a vital part of our team, bringing your passion for solving UX challenges to create intuitive and practical design solutions for our users.

Working alongside a team of engineers, business analysts and engagement specialists, you will be the go-to person for all things UX.

You'll be responsible for translating business requirements into high-fidelity mockups and collaborating with developers to bring these solutions to life.

Your role will involve spending approximately 70% of your time on individual contributor work and the remaining 30% on mentoring and design strategy to help develop the skills of our team.

We're excited to welcome someone enthusiastic, creative and ready to take on the challenge of shaping our users' experience.

As an individual contributor, your responsibilities will include:

Conduct discovery work to gain insights into user needs and behaviours
Create highly detailed user interface specifications and guide engineers in the implementation
Work closely with engineering leads to ensure that all design work meets business requirements.
Manage stakeholder requirements and incorporate them into the product desig n

As a design lead, your responsibilities will include:

Advocate user-centricity and improve content quality and user experience across products and services
Implement design tools and processes to simplify workflow and enhance collaboration
Mentor and coach junior designers to improve their capabilities in design and research
Support recruit efforts to attract top talent to the team
An outstanding portfolio that showcases your ability to create experiences that meet both user and business needs.
At least 7 years of experience in UI/ UX design, where you've been a key contributor to the success of the products that have been launched.
The ability to collaborate effectively in a crossfunctional team and prior experience in that.
Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with excellent organisational, presentation, and listening skills.
Meticulous attention to detail, the ability to problemsolve and take initiative to make things happen.
A passion and drive to push for the right solutions that make a real difference.

What drives us everyday

Our team:

We are a team of driven, diverse problem-solvers and team-makers who are here to make changes to our systems, instead of working alone, we are motivated to do our best everyday to ensure that we play our part in a team to provide the best outcome for the products we build for MOE so that the ministry can continue to do its best to serve the people.

Vision for our products:
Beyond the technical expertise we hold, we take pride in pushing for the right solutions for the right problems.

We believe that by doing the right things for the users of our systems we are making improvements to the processes our organisation believes.

Education:

Doing good work means understanding that your underlying assumptions can be challenged and being willing to accept these challenges as part of growth while taking on new processes, technologies and design ideologies.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company as we believe that diversity is meaningful to innovation.

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. This includes generous leave benefits to meet your work-life needs.

We trust that you will get the job done wherever you are, and whatever works best for you - so work from home or take a break to exercise if you need to*.

We also believe it's important for you to keep honing your craft in the constantly-evolving tech landscape, so we provide and support a plethora of in-house and external learning and development opportunities all year round.

- **Subject to the nature of your job role that might require you to be onsite during fixed hours