Opportunity Description: - Join SkilledUp Life as a UI/UX Designer Volunteer, committing 3 hours per day (Monday–Friday) for 60 days to help improve our global volunteer-based talent platform for tech startups. - Following the existing designs and UI kit, create UI designs for new functionality and features. - Optimise the existing UI designs to improve the UX, leading to greater CX across the platform. - We seek both junior and senior UI/UX designers. - Junior designers can progress to senior level, and senior designers can progress to Design Team Leader in a second volunteer term, based on performance and contribution. Company Needs: - We use Figma free account for design, GitHub Projects for design tasks and Slack for internal collaboration. - Proficiency with Figma. - Understanding of UI/UX design principles and best practices. - Strong visual design skills with attention to detail and consistency. - Ability to follow existing design styles, UI kits and design principles without clashing with your own preferences. - Ability to communicate design decisions and incorporate feedback. - Ability to follow tickets on GitHub Projects. - Familiarity with responsive design and mobile-first principles. Volunteer Activities: - Create user flows and UI designs for new features and functionality following existing design styles, UI kits and principles. - Design responsive interfaces that work across desktop, tablet and mobile. - Conduct usability testing sessions with team mates. - Collaborate with developers on design implementation and handoff. - Maintain and contribute to the design system and component library. - Participate in design critiques and incorporate feedback iteratively. - Respond to design tasks through GitHub Projects. Experience and Skills Gained: - UI and UX design and CX. - Internal user research and usability testing. - Design tools proficiency (Figma). - Responsive and mobile-first design principles. - Design systems and component-based design. - Operate remotely within a multinational team with team members from Canada to China. - If you join as a junior UI/UX designer, you can progress to Senior UI/UX designer in the second volunteer term. - If you join as a Senior UI/UX designer, you can progress to Sub Team Leader - UI/UX designer managing a team of up to 3 UI/UX designers. - The experience and skills gained through us will no doubt help you towards securing a paid job in the job market. - One of our past UI/UX designers secured a job with Lenovo post volunteering. Disclaimer: - This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, a promise of future paid work or any taxable benefit in kind. Endorsements: - Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life. - Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will allow you to add Company Name to your Linkedin Profile. - Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will provide a Letter of Recommendation (LoR). - For volunteer team mates who deliver exceptional results, we will provide a Linkedin testimonial, when requested.

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