Senior UX-UI

Role Overview

Senior UX-UI Designer at BlackStone eIT. This role involves designing intuitive, user-centric, and visually engaging digital solutions for a government environment.

Role Purpose

Lead the complete UI/UX design lifecycle for web applications and mobile apps in a government setting, ensuring compliance with UAE design standards, accessibility guidelines, and multilingual requirements while translating complex business needs into user-friendly digital experiences.

Key Responsibilities

Design Lifecycle & Strategy

• Lead the UI/UX design lifecycle: research, wireframing, prototyping, high-fidelity design, usability testing, and final delivery.
• Translate complex business needs into intuitive workflows, user journeys, and interactive prototypes.
• Conduct user research, persona development, and usability testing to inform design decisions.
• Stay updated with the latest design trends, prototyping tools, and front-end technologies to ensure modern, scalable, and innovative design solutions.

Interface & Application Design

• Design responsive web application interfaces and mobile applications (iOS & Android) that align with user needs and government service standards.
• Maintain and evolve the design system and UI style guide for consistency across applications.

Compliance & Standards

• Ensure compliance with UAE government digital guidelines, accessibility standards (WCAG), and bilingual (Arabic/English) UI design best practices.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate with stakeholders, business analysts, developers, and project managers to translate requirements into user-friendly digital experiences.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of professional experience in UI/UX design, preferably with government or large enterprise projects.
• Proven expertise in Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects).
• Strong knowledge of requirements analysis and ability to transform business/user needs into creative UI/UX concepts.
• Strong knowledge of responsive design principles and cross-platform design (web & mobile).
• Experience with design systems, component libraries, and prototyping tools.
• Strong understanding of UX research methodologies: interviews, surveys, A/B testing, usability testing.
• Knowledge of accessibility and inclusivity design standards (WCAG 2.1, Section 508, etc.).
• Experience working in UAE government or public sector projects (preferred).
• Arabic language proficiency is highly desirable.

Skills & Competencies

• Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects).
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to effectively collaborate with development teams.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Comfortable handling large-scale digital transformation projects.
• Adept at balancing user needs with business goals.