VAS is seeking a highly skilled Senior UI Designer to drive the visual direction of our digital products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into elegant, high-fidelity designs and interactive prototypes. You'll work closely with product managers, developers, and other designers to shape digital experiences that are both visually compelling and highly functional. If you are a strategic, detail-oriented designer with deep experience using Figma to create high-fidelity designs and prototypes, we want to speak with you!

Responsibilities:

• Design Leadership: Lead the end-to-end UI design process for web and mobile applications, from initial concept to final developer hand-off.
• Visual Strategy: Develop and maintain comprehensive design systems, style guides, and pattern libraries to ensure brand consistency across all platforms.
• Interactive Prototyping: Create high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes (using Figma) to demonstrate complex animations and transitions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Product Managers and Engineers to define product direction and ensure technical feasibility.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and constructive feedback to junior designers, fostering their professional growth and maintaining high quality standards.
• User Advocacy: Incorporate accessibility standards and user research insights into design decisions to create inclusive, user-centric experiences.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience: 10+ years of professional experience in UI or Product Design, with a strong portfolio showcasing complex digital projects.
  Tool Proficiency: Expert-level mastery of design tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Demonstrated experience with user research methodologies, usability testing, and A/B testing.
• Technical Knowledge: Understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, and basic JavaScript) to facilitate smooth developer hand-offs.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to defend design decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or a related field.

Accountability

• Knows responsibilities and lives up to them.
• Holds others accountable for delivering what was promised.
• Maintains a results-oriented mindset by getting work done beyond goals set at performance management.
• Adapts, overcomes, and continues effort when things do not go as planned and clearly demonstrates a measure of resilience.

Communication

• Shows an ability to effectively send and receive communication from teammates and other stakeholders.
• Asks questions, asks for help, and stays open when needed. Shows a collaborative, participative, and informed approach on a timely basis about issues, clarifying expectations, and adjusting to the level of understanding.
• Displays active listening and seeks clarification when necessary to demonstrate an ability to give and get the message

Execution

• Acts according to business plans, expectations, and agreements.
• Organizes, prioritizes, and focuses actions to deliver the expected and agreed upon results.
• Leverages resources and solves problems creatively to achieve excellence.
• Makes on-the-spot decisions using sound judgement to meet objectives and timelines.

Leadership

• Leads by example, proving if the team is to work hard and produce quality content, leaders must too.
• Shows commitment not only to the work at hand, but also to promises.
• Demonstrates commitment to act for oneself and in support of the team, including taking the lead role, delegating responsibility to lead from within the team, and pushing from behind toward a goal.
• Shows an ability to be trustworthy, reliable, and open to the team and teammates.

Passion

• Demonstrates a genuine interest in URUS values and culture statement.
• Reveals enthusiasm aligned with URUS strategy; shows dedication and pride to be part of the team 
• Prioritizes company goals over individual goals.
• Demonstrates a personal commitment to be positive and solution-oriented, bringing energy and enthusiasm to customers, team members, and colleagues.

Teamwork

• Understands and trusts teammates and strives to make others better.
• Helps create an environment that uses the best of everybody. Puts team and company goals ahead of personal goals. Offers and accepts cross departmental support. Leads without title if necessary. 
• Sets and accepts direction, communicates with team members, and prioritizes group results over status.

Work Ethic

• Takes ownership of tasks and can be relied on to do the work given.
• Takes a proactive and resourceful approach when something needs to be done as an autonomous, self- starter that prioritizes based on business knowledge.
• Upholds a dedicated and dependable attitude with a hungry, agrarian commitment to deliver results.
• Seizes opportunities to improve processes, situations, or performance to achieve personal, team, company goals.