Your Role and Responsibilities

Based in Garage China, we are looking for a passionate Senior User Experience (UX) / User Interface (UI) Designer to join our team, to design and build exceptional digital experiences, with world leading emerging technology.
 
The IBM Garage is an Innovation and Transformation consultancy located in the heart of the start-up community. Our design led practice applies Design Thinking and Lean User Experience (UX) techniques to help our clients, large and small, deliver amazing experiences to their customers by helping them identify and build the right solution on IBM Cloud technologies.
 
We are looking for a Senior Designer who is a passionate advocate for excellence in UX and UI design. Someone who understands the principles of connecting with humans, through designing delightful and intuitive digital products. We bring a fast paced, collaborative environment in an industry co-located workplace, supported by our team of developers who specialise in emerging IBM Cloud technology.
 
Collaboration and rapid iteration is at the core of the way we build products. We are looking for designers who can work quickly to deliver irresistible experiences for mobile and web applications. IBM Garage designers team with other designers and developers, to rapidly design and build engaging solutions for client in 4 to 10 week cycles.
 
If you are interested, we would love to hear from you and chat through your portfolio. As a small team, connected to our Asia Pacific and broader World Wide IBM Garage teams, we would be excited to welcome your integral advice, contributions and collaboration to create amazing things for the real world.

The candidate will have:

• A passion for designing innovative digital solutions with emerging technologies.
• 5+ years proven experience creating delightful and innovative digital experiences.
• Experience working closely with customers through a continuous design process, leading customer engagement, and facilitating client workshops.
• Ability to work within constraints, designing and developing wireframes through to visual designs.
• Demonstrate an ability to create wireframes, high-fidelity designs and prototypes using tools such as Sketch, Photoshop and Invision.
• Ability to rapidly conceptualise, design and engage in critique.
• An understanding of interface and user experience design best practices for web, mobile and innovative digital solutions.
• Experience working with developers and demonstrate an understanding of designing within an agile development practice.
• Understanding of design models such as Google Sprint, IDEO Design Thinking, IBM Design Thinking, and Lean UX.
• Ability to work independently, when needed, as well as collaborate with a cross-functional team.
• Proven communication, storytelling, and prototyping skills.
• Proven typography awareness and skills.

 

Introduction

Thomas J. Watson said it best: “Good design is good business.” Visualization is critical to discovering data-driven insights and effectively communicating that knowledge to others. Designers at IBM work to create experiences that work together, work the same, and work for our clients. Does the thought of creating the platform at the heart of solutions like Watson, Blockchain, IoT, and Security excite you?  If so, read on!

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Consult with existing and prospective clients, help assess design requirements, scope and craft design proposals.
• Lead Design Thinking workshops with clients, to understand the user experience, challenges and opportunities, collaboratively explore innovative design solutions, and define lean hypothesis driven Minimum Viable Products.
• Rapidly design low-fidelity sketches and sleek, high fidelity visuals on tight schedules with a ton of initiative.
• Champion excellence in digital design practice and promote thought leadership with customers and team members.
• Attention to design detail, understanding and application of visual design.
• Collaborate with developers to iteratively design experiences that delight customers while delivering measurable business impact.
• This position will typically include some national and international travel.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

N/A

 

Required Education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Eligibility Requirements

N/A

 

About Business Unit

Digitization is accelerating the ongoing evolution of business, and clouds - public, private, and hybrid - enable companies to extend their existing infrastructure and integrate across systems. IBM Cloud provides the security, control, and visibility that our clients have come to expect. We are working to provide the right tools and environment to combine all of our client’s data, no matter where it resides, to respond to changing market dynamics.

Your Life @ IBM

What matters to you when you’re looking for your next career challenge?

Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.

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About IBM

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