97 Design Thinking jobs in the United Arab Emirates

The role of Art Director is designed to drive the development and implementation of visual design strategies across our company products.

The primary objective is to ensure a superior user experience (UX) through consistent, modern designs that align with our business objectives.

This position requires a systematic approach, efficient design processes, and adaptability of visual solutions for our product offerings.

• Developing unified approaches to UX/UI and visual style in our products
• Curation of design systems: documentation, updates, standards compliance
• User scenario research and adaptation of visual solutions to local specifics
• Management of creative teams, collaborating with external partners as needed
• Interfacing with product, development, marketing, content teams
• Implementation and setup of design tools and platforms, automation of routine tasks

• 7+ years in design, 3+ years in managing creative and product-oriented teams
• Focus on product design with a deep understanding of UX/UI design, design systems, visual communication principles
• Experience in scaling design functions in international markets (preferably in SaaS/fintech products)
• Proficiency in tools: Figma, Adobe CC, AI tools, Notion, Miro
• Team management skills, conducting regular performance reviews
• English language proficiency, Russian is a strong asset

• Cultural Awareness: Understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures, enabling the designer to create visuals that resonate with global audiences
• Adaptability: Ability to quickly adjust to new trends, tools, and feedback, ensuring designs remain relevant and impactful worldwide

• Creative Thinking: Strong ability to think outside the box and generate innovative ideas that push design boundaries while staying aligned with brand objectives
• Proactive Innovation: Willingness to explore and adopt new design tools and methodologies, such as AI-assisted design, to improve work quality and efficiency

• Precision: Meticulous approach to design, ensuring every element is carefully crafted and all outputs meet high-quality standards
• Consistency: Eye for maintaining consistency in branding across all platforms, ensuring every piece of content aligns with overall brand identity

• Leadership Skills: Ability to guide and inspire a team, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and high performance

• Clarity and Articulation: Ability to clearly communicate design concepts and rationales to cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring everyone is aligned with project goals
• Active Listening: Willingness to listen to feedback and incorporate it into the design process, balancing client needs with creative integrity

• Forward-Thinking: Ability to see the bigger picture and understand how design decisions impact the brand and business objectives in the long term
• Goal-Oriented: Focus on achieving specific outcomes, with the ability to set and pursue goals that contribute to the company's overall success

Senior UX/UI Product Design Consultant, UAE

Posted 2 days ago

Dubai, AE

Senior

Salary Range:To be discussed

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Summary

Lab49 seeks a UX/UI Product Design Consultant in the UAE. Solve complex challenges and drive innovation in finance technology. Freelance, not full-time.

Description

Lab49 is an award winning specialist consultancy that creates bespoke technology in partnership with the most important companies in finance. We were founded in 2002 to bring Silicon Valley solutions to Wall Street’s door. Since then, we have worked on successive waves of technological change, including distributed computing, high-speed automation, enterprise UX and digital distribution, DevOps, cloud and data science. Being part of Lab49 means bringing your drive and creativity into an environment where your contributions will make immediate impact.

Lab49 is an award winning specialist consultancy that creates bespoke technology in partnership with the most important companies in finance. We were founded in 2002 to bring Silicon Valley solutions to Wall Street’s door. Since then, we have worked on successive waves of technological change, including distributed computing, high-speed automation, enterprise UX and digital distribution, DevOps, cloud and data science. Being part of Lab49 means bringing your drive and creativity into an environment where your contributions will make immediate impact.

Lab49 is hiring an experienced and superior quality-oriented UX/UI Product Design Consultant for an exciting opportunity in the UAE. Elevate your consulting career with unparalleled experience in one of the world's most dynamic business hubs. Join us and leverage your expertise to shape the future of innovation and growth for our clients. The UX/UI Product Design Consultant will work with our development teams, envisioning and designing the desktop, web, and mobile applications we create. You like to solve complex challenges and think outside the box. With strong written and verbal communication skills, you not only understand client requirements, but are comfortable making presentations. This is a freelancer-type role for sporadic engagements with varying scope and duration. THIS IS NOT A FULL-TIME POSITION.

Defining User Experience: Owning the overall flow and layout of screens, the fields and information presented, available actions and interactions, and data visualizations for assigned projects.

Problem Solving & Innovation: Collaborating with the client to solve complex workflow challenges, developing innovative ways to visualize market data, and proactively identifying essential tools and features that enhance the client's solution.

Client Collaboration & Iteration: Thinking on your feet to sketch, present, iterate, and refine design ideas in real-time with clients, incorporating feedback efficiently.

Exposure & Adaptability: Gaining broad exposure to diverse client business areas and a wide range of technologies, quickly learning new skills and terminology, and building rapport with various end-users.

Project Delivery: Working closely with the product and development team to deliver design solutions that align with project timelines and client objectives.

8+ years of solid experience in UX/UI Design, Interaction Design or Information Architecture including an ability to define and drive the process. Hands-on experience in user research, sketching solutions, wire-framing and final UI/Visual design. An abiding interest in and competence for solving real-world business problems. Experience working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. Ability to communicate effectively and to influence client strategy, tactics, and perceptions. Determination to succeed despite obstacles and challenges, and a positive attitude favoring achievement of goals over open-ended investigation. Resourcefulness and independence. Outstanding communication skills. Flexibility and adaptability. Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in HCI, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Communication, Graphic Design, or any design-related field is highly preferred. Registration as a freelancer in the UAE is mandatory for a candidate to be considered, this is not a full-time position. Candidates must have the portfolio .pdf file or link ready at screening.

Experience designing complex, interactive, transactional, enterprise-level, expert systems. Knowledge of, and strong demonstrated interest in, global financial markets and financial products. Excellent organisation skills striving for operational efficiency. Experience working in an agile environment. Ability to drive the product deliverables forward on time and at high quality. Experience operating within cross-functional teams. Corporate or retail banking experience. Responsive Web, Android, and iOS experience. Ability to work closely with other peers, the leads for product and engineering. Experience working in a consultancy environment a nice to have.

Lab49/ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business. Lab49/ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.

Lab49 is hiring an experienced and superior quality-oriented UX/UI Product Design Consultant for an exciting opportunity in the UAE. Elevate your consulting career with unparalleled experience in one of the world's most dynamic business hubs. Join us and leverage your expertise to shape the future of innovation and growth for our clients.

The UX/UI Product Design Consultant will work with our development teams, envisioning and designing the desktop, web, and mobile applications we create.

You like to solve complex challenges and think outside the box. With strong written and verbal communication skills, you not only understand client requirements, but are comfortable making presentations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Defining User Experience: Owning the overall flow and layout of screens, the fields and information presented, available actions and interactions, and data visualizations for assigned projects.
• Problem Solving & Innovation: Collaborating with the client to solve complex workflow challenges, developing innovative ways to visualize market data, and proactively identifying essential tools and features that enhance the client's solution.
• Client Collaboration & Iteration: Thinking on your feet to sketch, present, iterate, and refine design ideas in real-time with clients, incorporating feedback efficiently.
• Exposure & Adaptability: Gaining broad exposure to diverse client business areas and a wide range of technologies, quickly learning new skills and terminology, and building rapport with various end-users.
• Project Delivery: Working closely with the product and development team to deliver design solutions that align with project timelines and client objectives.

• 8+ years of solid experience in UX/UI Design, Interaction Design or Information Architecture including an ability to define and drive the process.
• Hands-on experience in user research, sketching solutions, wire-framing and final UI/Visual design.
• An abiding interest in and competence for solving real-world business problems.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and to influence client strategy, tactics, and perceptions.
• Determination to succeed despite obstacles and challenges, and a positive attitude favoring achievement of goals over open-ended investigation.
• Resourcefulness and independence.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in HCI, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Communication, Graphic Design, or any design-related field is highly preferred.
• Registration as a freelancer in the UAE is mandatory for a candidate to be considered, this is not a full-time position.
• Candidates must have the portfolio .pdf file or link ready at screening

• Experience designing complex, interactive, transactional, enterprise-level, expert systems.
• Knowledge of, and strong demonstrated interest in, global financial markets and financial products.
• Excellent organisation skills striving for operational efficiency.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Ability to drive the product deliverables forward on time and at high quality.
• Experience operating within cross-functional teams.
• Corporate or retail banking experience.
• Responsive Web, Android, and iOS experience.
• Ability to work closely with other peers, the leads for product and engineering.
• Experience working in a consultancy environment a nice to have.

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Office: UAE, Dubai, DWTC, One Central, The Offices 2, iSpace Smart Offices

Fortis is a Dubai-based retail tech company focused on the digital interaction experience of retail businesses and their customers. At the core of our endeavor is developing an omnichannel platform and a suite of client interfaces and services spanning web, app, smartPOS systems, and more. These tools empower merchants and customers and assist other businesses collaborating within this ecosystem. The Fortis solution helps to sell and get paid seamlessly in-person and online with convenience, communicate with customers when needed, attract new customers and retain existing ones, and run the business efficiently. Fortis works for entrepreneurs who are creating businesses for the retail customer. We focus on micro, small, and medium-sized companies, the most extensive segment that forms the backbone of the modern economy. Still, we are also open to working with large enterprises. About the role Art Director is responsible for developing approaches, standards, and quality of visual design across all company products and channels.The main goal is to ensure a high level of user experience (UX) through consistent and modern design that aligns with company business objectives. The role requires focus on systematic approach, design process efficiency, and adaptability of visual solutions for the company's product. We seek a highly skilled and experienced professional with a strong background in working with brands across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and a keen eye for global design trends. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver top-tier design solutions that resonate across diverse markets. About the role Art Director is responsible for developing approaches, standards, and quality of visual design across all company products and channels.The main goal is to ensure a high level of user experience (UX) through consistent and modern design that aligns with company business objectives. The role requires focus on systematic approach, design process efficiency, and adaptability of visual solutions for the company's product. We seek a highly skilled and experienced professional with a strong background in working with brands across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and a keen eye for global design trends. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver top-tier design solutions that resonate across diverse markets. Main Tasks and Areas of Responsibility

• Development and evolution of unified approaches to UX/UI and visual style in products
• Curation of design systems: documentation, updates, standards compliance
• User scenario research and adaptation of visual solutions to local specifics
• Management of creative team, companies hired for project tasks
• Interaction with product, development, marketing, content teams
• Implementation and setup of design tools and platforms, automation of routine tasks

• 7+ years in design, 3+ years in managing creative and product-oriented teams
• Focus on product design with a deep understanding of UX/UI design, design systems, visual communication principles
• Experience in scaling design function in international market (preferably in SaaS/fintech products)
• Knowledge and proficiency in tools: Figma, Adobe CC, AI tools, Notion, Miro
• Team management skills, conducting 1:1s, performance reviews
• English language proficiency, Russian is a strong plus

• Cultural Awareness: An understanding and appreciation of different cultures, enabling the designer to create visuals that resonate with diverse audiences and are culturally appropriate.
• Adaptability: The ability to quickly adjust to new trends, tools, and feedback, ensuring that the designer’s work remains relevant and impactful across various regions.

• Creative Thinking: A strong ability to think outside the box and generate innovative ideas that push the boundaries of design while staying aligned with brand objectives.
• Proactive Innovation: A willingness to explore and adopt new design tools and methodologies, such as AI-assisted design, to continuously improve the quality and efficiency of the work.

• Precision: A meticulous approach to design, ensuring that every element is carefully crafted and that all outputs are of the highest quality.
• Consistency: An eye for maintaining consistency in branding across all platforms, ensuring that every piece of content aligns with the overall brand identity.

• Leadership Skills: The ability to guide and inspire a team, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and high performance.

• Clarity and Articulation: The ability to clearly communicate design concepts and rationales to cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring that everyone is aligned with the project goals.
• Active Listening: A willingness to listen to feedback and incorporate it into the design process, balancing client needs with creative integrity.

• Forward-Thinking: The ability to see the bigger picture and understand how design decisions will impact the brand and business objectives in the long term.
• Goal-Oriented: A focus on achieving specific outcomes, with the ability to set and pursue goals that contribute to the company’s overall success.

• Fixed salary + bonus fee
• Learning and development programs
• High-quality and sought-after product that is pleasant to develop
• Best business cases and strategies for our partners
• Experienced and friendly team
• High level of flexibility and independence

Customers, sales, payments, goods, deliveries, employees, orders, discounts, marketing campaigns – everything that connects you to your customers – in one place.

Our main priorities are inspired employees, successful partners and satisfied clients. We are confident about the way we should act to follow our aspiring heights.

We provide our team members with modern and fully equipped office space as well as a selection of benefits.

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Office: UAE, Dubai, DWTC, One Central, The Offices 2, iSpace Smart Offices

Fortis is a Dubai-based retail tech company focused on the digital interaction experience of retail businesses and their customers. At the core of our endeavor is developing an omnichannel platform and a suite of client interfaces and services spanning web, app, smartPOS systems, and more. These tools empower merchants and customers and assist other businesses collaborating within this ecosystem.
The Fortis solution helps to sell and get paid seamlessly in-person and online with convenience, communicate with customers when needed, attract new customers and retain existing ones, and run the business efficiently. Fortis works for entrepreneurs who are creating businesses for the retail customer. We focus on micro, small, and medium-sized companies, the most extensive segment that forms the backbone of the modern economy. Still, we are also open to working with large enterprises.

• Development and evolution of unified approaches to UX/UI and visual style in products
• Curation of design systems: documentation, updates, standards compliance
• User scenario research and adaptation of visual solutions to local specifics
• Management of creative team, companies hired for project tasks
• Interaction with product, development, marketing, content teams
• Implementation and setup of design tools and platforms, automation of routine tasks

• 7+ years in design, 3+ years in managing creative and product-oriented teams
• Focus on product design with a deep understanding of UX/UI design, design systems, visual communication principles
• Experience in scaling design function in international market (preferably in SaaS/fintech products)
• Knowledge and proficiency in tools: Figma, Adobe CC, AI tools, Notion, Miro
• Team management skills, conducting 1:1s, performance reviews
• English language proficiency, Russian is a strong plus

• Cultural Awareness: An understanding and appreciation of different cultures, enabling the designer to create visuals that resonate with diverse audiences and are culturally appropriate.
• Adaptability: The ability to quickly adjust to new trends, tools, and feedback, ensuring that the designer’s work remains relevant and impactful across various regions.

• Creative Thinking: A strong ability to think outside the box and generate innovative ideas that push the boundaries of design while staying aligned with brand objectives.
• Proactive Innovation: A willingness to explore and adopt new design tools and methodologies, such as AI-assisted design, to continuously improve the quality and efficiency of the work.

• Precision: A meticulous approach to design, ensuring that every element is carefully crafted and that all outputs are of the highest quality.
• Consistency: An eye for maintaining consistency in branding across all platforms, ensuring that every piece of content aligns with the overall brand identity.

• Leadership Skills: The ability to guide and inspire a team, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and high performance.

• Clarity and Articulation: The ability to clearly communicate design concepts and rationales to cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring that everyone is aligned with the project goals.
• Active Listening: A willingness to listen to feedback and incorporate it into the design process, balancing client needs with creative integrity.

• Forward-Thinking: The ability to see the bigger picture and understand how design decisions will impact the brand and business objectives in the long term.
• Goal-Oriented: A focus on achieving specific outcomes, with the ability to set and pursue goals that contribute to the company’s overall success.

• Fixed salary + bonus fee
• Learning and development programs
• High-quality and sought-after product that is pleasant to develop
• Best business cases and strategies for our partners
• Experienced and friendly team
• High level of flexibility and independence

Customers, sales, payments, goods, deliveries, employees, orders, discounts, marketing campaigns – everything that connects you to your customers – in one place.

Our main priorities are inspired employees, successful partners and satisfied clients. We are confident about the way we should act to follow our aspiring heights.

We provide our team members with modern and fully equipped office space as well as a selection of benefits.

United Arab Emirates +971

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We are seeking an experienced teacher who is excited to join our school and is driven to provide education at an exceptional level. Our teachers enjoy an outstanding school environment in which to deliver a dynamic and creative curriculum to motivated students.

1. Plan and deliver quality lessons to motivate students, creating and utilizing appropriate materials and the classroom environment to cater for different learning styles.
2. Display competence in using media and technology in the classroom.
3. Communicate with persons outside the school where appropriate.

• A certified professional teaching qualification at degree level.
• A minimum of 3 years of solid and demonstrable experience teaching.
• The desire to provide outstanding teaching and learning.

This school is a world-class IB school that maximizes every student's learning and character to enable them to choose their own successful path and positively contribute to the local and global society.

Lab49 is an award-winning specialist consultancy that creates bespoke technology in partnership with leading companies in finance.

Founded in 2002, Lab49 aims to bring Silicon Valley solutions to Wall Street, working through waves of technological change including distributed computing, high-speed automation, enterprise UX, digital distribution, DevOps, cloud, and data science.

Joining Lab49 means contributing your drive and creativity in an environment where your work has immediate impact.

Lab49 is seeking an experienced, quality-oriented UX/UI Product Design Consultant for an exciting freelance opportunity in the UAE. This role offers the chance to elevate your consulting career in one of the world's most dynamic business hubs, shaping the future of innovation and growth for our clients.

The UX/UI Product Design Consultant will collaborate with development teams to design desktop, web, and mobile applications.

You enjoy solving complex challenges and thinking outside the box. Strong communication skills are essential, as you will understand client requirements and present your ideas effectively.

This role is freelance, involving sporadic engagements with varying scope and duration. It is not a full-time position.

• Defining User Experience: Managing the overall flow, layout, information presentation, interactions, and data visualizations for projects.
• Problem Solving & Innovation: Collaborating with clients to address workflow challenges, visualizing market data innovatively, and identifying essential tools and features.
• Client Collaboration & Iteration: Sketching, presenting, and refining design ideas in real-time, incorporating feedback efficiently.
• Exposure & Adaptability: Gaining experience across diverse business areas and technologies, learning quickly, and building rapport with end-users.
• Project Delivery: Working closely with product and development teams to deliver designs aligned with timelines and client goals.

• 8+ years in UX/UI Design, Interaction Design, or Information Architecture, with ability to define and lead processes.
• Experience in user research, sketching, wireframing, and UI/Visual design.
• Strong interest and competence in solving real-world business problems.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, collaborative environments.
• Effective communication and influence skills.
• Determination, positivity, resourcefulness, and independence.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Degree in HCI, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Communication, Graphic Design, or related fields is preferred.
• Must be registered as a freelancer in the UAE; portfolio (.pdf or link) ready at screening.

• Designing complex, interactive enterprise systems.
• Knowledge of global financial markets and products.
• Strong organizational skills for operational efficiency.
• Experience in agile environments.
• Ability to deliver high-quality work on schedule.
• Experience with cross-functional teams.
• Banking experience (corporate or retail).
• Experience with Responsive Web, Android, and iOS platforms.
• Ability to collaborate closely with product and engineering leads.
• Consultancy experience is a plus.

Lab49/ION is committed to diversity and inclusion, respecting varied backgrounds, abilities, cultures, and traditions, and values different perspectives. We adhere to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discrimination or harassment based on any impermissible factor.

Senior UX / UI Product Design Consultant, UAE

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Lab49 is an award winning specialist consultancy that creates bespoke technology in partnership with the most important companies in finance.

We were founded in 2002 to bring Silicon Valley solutions to Wall Street’s door. Since then, we have worked on successive waves of technological change, including distributed computing, high-speed automation, enterprise UX and digital distribution, DevOps, cloud and data science.

Being part of Lab49 means bringing your drive and creativity into an environment where your contributions will make immediate impact.

The Role

Lab49 is hiring an experienced and superior quality-oriented UX / UI Product Design Consultant for an exciting opportunity in the UAE. Elevate your consulting career with unparalleled experience in one of the world's most dynamic business hubs. Join us and leverage your expertise to shape the future of innovation and growth for our clients.

The UX / UI Product Design Consultant will work with our development teams, envisioning and designing the desktop, web, and mobile applications we create.

You like to solve complex challenges and think outside the box. With strong written and verbal communication skills, you not only understand client requirements, but are comfortable making presentations.

This is a freelancer-type role for sporadic engagements with varying scope and duration.

Responsibilities

• Defining User Experience : Owning the overall flow and layout of screens, the fields and information presented, available actions and interactions, and data visualizations for assigned projects.
• Problem Solving & Innovation : Collaborating with the client to solve complex workflow challenges, developing innovative ways to visualize market data, and proactively identifying essential tools and features that enhance the client's solution.
• Client Collaboration & Iteration : Thinking on your feet to sketch, present, iterate, and refine design ideas in real-time with clients, incorporating feedback efficiently.
• Exposure & Adaptability : Gaining broad exposure to diverse client business areas and a wide range of technologies, quickly learning new skills and terminology, and building rapport with various end-users.
• Project Delivery : Working closely with the product and development team to deliver design solutions that align with project timelines and client objectives.

Required Experience And Skills

• 8+ years of solid experience in UX / UI Design, Interaction Design or Information Architecture including an ability to define and drive the process.
• Hands-on experience in user research, sketching solutions, wire-framing and final UI / Visual design.
• An abiding interest in and competence for solving real-world business problems.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and to influence client strategy, tactics, and perceptions.
• Determination to succeed despite obstacles and challenges, and a positive attitude favoring achievement of goals over open-ended investigation.
• Resourcefulness and independence.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in HCI, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Communication, Graphic Design, or any design-related field is highly preferred.
• Registration as a freelancer in the UAE is mandatory for a candidate to be considered, this is not a full-time position.
• Candidates must have the portfolio .pdf file or link ready at screening

Desired Experience And Skills

• Knowledge of, and strong demonstrated interest in, global financial markets and financial products.
• Excellent organisation skills striving for operational efficiency.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Ability to drive the product deliverables forward on time and at high quality.
• Experience operating within cross-functional teams.
• Corporate or retail banking experience.
• Responsive Web, Android, and iOS experience.
• Ability to work closely with other peers, the leads for product and engineering.
• Experience working in a consultancy environment a nice to have.

Lab49 / ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.

Lab49 / ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.

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Lab49 is an award winning specialist consultancy that creates bespoke technology in partnership with the most important companies in finance.

We were founded in 2002 to bring Silicon Valley solutions to Wall Street’s door. Since then, we have worked on successive waves of technological change, including distributed computing, high-speed automation, enterprise UX and digital distribution, DevOps, cloud and data science.

Being part of Lab49 means bringing your drive and creativity into an environment where your contributions will make immediate impact.

THE ROLE:

Lab49 is hiring an experienced and superior quality-oriented UX/UI Product Design Consultant for an exciting opportunity in the UAE. Elevate your consulting career with unparalleled experience in one of the world's most dynamic business hubs. Join us and leverage your expertise to shape the future of innovation and growth for our clients.

The UX/UI Product Design Consultant will work with our development teams, envisioning and designing the desktop, web, and mobile applications we create.

You like to solve complex challenges and think outside the box. With strong written and verbal communication skills, you not only understand client requirements, but are comfortable making presentations.

This is a freelancer-type role for sporadic engagements with varying scope and duration.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a UX/UI Product Design Consultant, you will be responsible for the end-to-end user experience of specific systems or modules as defined by project scopes. This includes:

• Defining User Experience: Owning the overall flow and layout of screens, the fields and information presented, available actions and interactions, and data visualizations for assigned projects.
• Problem Solving & Innovation: Collaborating with the client to solve complex workflow challenges, developing innovative ways to visualize market data, and proactively identifying essential tools and features that enhance the client's solution.
• Client Collaboration & Iteration: Thinking on your feet to sketch, present, iterate, and refine design ideas in real-time with clients, incorporating feedback efficiently.
• Exposure & Adaptability: Gaining broad exposure to diverse client business areas and a wide range of technologies, quickly learning new skills and terminology, and building rapport with various end-users.
• Project Delivery: Working closely with the product and development team to deliver design solutions that align with project timelines and client objectives.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• 8+ years of solid experience in UX/UI Design, Interaction Design or Information Architecture including an ability to define and drive the process.
• Hands-on experience in user research, sketching solutions, wire-framing and final UI/Visual design
• An abiding interest in and competence for solving real-world business problems.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and to influence client strategy, tactics, and perceptions.
• Determination to succeed despite obstacles and challenges, and a positive attitude favoring achievement of goals over open-ended investigation.
• Resourcefulness and independence.
• Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in HCI, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Communication, Graphic Design, or any design-related field is highly preferred.
• Registration as a freelancer in the UAE is mandatory for a candidate to be considered, this is not a full-time position.
• Candidates must have the portfolio .pdf file or link ready at screening

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Knowledge of, and strong demonstrated interest in, global financial markets and financial products.
• Excellent organisation skills striving for operational efficiency.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Ability to drive the product deliverables forward on time and at high quality.
• Experience operating within cross-functional teams.
• Corporate or retail banking experience.
• Responsive Wed, Android, and iOS experience.
• Ability to work closely with other peers, the leads for product and engineering.
• Experience working in a consultancy environment a nice to have.

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

• Employment typeContract

• Job functionDesign and Consulting
• IndustriesFinancial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Software Development

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