UX/UI Designer (On-site, Iloilo City, PH)

Skills & Experience Requirements

Core UX Competencies (Research + Interaction Design + User Experience)

● 3+ years designing user experiences for web or SaaS products.

● Strong command of user-centered design principles, usability heuristics, and accessibility fundamentals.

● Ability to translate complex workflows into simple, intuitive user journeys, user flows, and interaction patterns.

● Experience conducting user interviews, usability tests, heuristic evaluations, and synthesizing insights into actionable design improvements.

● Skilled in creating wireframes, low/high-fidelity prototypes, information architecture, personas, and task flows.

● Ability to define UX requirements, acceptance criteria, and design rationale in clear documentation.

UI & Visual Design (Figma / Design Systems / High-Fidelity UI)

● 3+ years of hands-on UI design experience, preferably in SaaS or B2B platforms.

● Expertise in Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or equivalent tools for UI design and prototyping.

● Ability to produce polished, pixel-perfect, responsive interfaces aligned with modern design standards.

● Strong grasp of typography, spacing, grid systems, color theory, icons, component styling, and UI animation/microinteractions.

● Experience designing and maintaining design systems, style guides, and reusable component libraries.

● Ability to translate UX concepts into refined, visually consistent UI solutions.

Prototyping, Handoff & Collaboration (Cross-functional teamwork)

● Experience preparing developer-ready design assets, redlines, and component specs.

● Familiarity with design-to-development workflows (Zeplin, Figma Inspect, tokens, component mapping).

● Ability to validate implementation quality and partner with frontend teams to ensure pixel-perfect output.

● Comfortable presenting concepts, design decisions, and progress updates to product managers, developers, and business stakeholders.

Research, Feedback Loops & Iteration (User-centered cycles)

● Comfortable running iterative design cycles informed by user feedback, product KPIs, and usability data.

● Experience synthesizing feedback from stakeholders and users into design improvements.

● Ability to benchmark competitor UX/UI patterns and leverage market trends to inform design strategies.

Accessibility & UX Quality (WCAG + usability)

● Working knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA guidelines: semantic structure, color contrast, keyboard navigation, focus states, reduced motion, and accessible patterns.

● Ability to create clear error states, loading states, empty states, and user-friendly microcopy that enhance the experience.

Front-End Familiarity (bonus, not required)

● Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for communicating component behavior and prototyping.

● Awareness of responsive layout behavior, breakpoints, and component constraints in real-world development environments.

Tools, Testing & Workflow (recommended)

● Experience with usability testing tools (Maze, UserTesting, Hotjar, LogRocket, FullStory, or similar).

● Familiarity with analytics tools (GA4, Amplitude, Mixpanel) to inform UX decisions.

● Experience versioning design files and working in Agile/Scrum rituals (standups, sprint reviews, backlog grooming).

● Ability to maintain organized Figma files, component libraries, frames, and prototypes for long-term usability.

Communication & Collaboration

● Excellent written and spoken English for clear UX documentation, design specifications, and team communication.

● Ability to collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, QA, and cross-functional teams.

● Strong presentation skills: explaining design rationale, exploring alternatives, and negotiating scope trade-offs.

● Strong ownership of UX quality and consistency across the product.