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Senior UX/UI Designer

Carry1st is the leading publisher of social games and interactive content in Africa. We work with studios across the globe - from Addis Ababa to Sofia to New York City - to level up their games and scale in dynamic, frontier markets. In addition to our full-stack publishing service, we’ve built a proprietary payments and ecommerce experience which allows customers to pay for digital content, even when they don’t have a credit card.

As our Senior UX/UI Designer, you will be responsible for designing intuitive user experiences and attractive interfaces for the Carry1st Platform, our gamer-centric digital commerce and payments ecosystem. You will partner with product managers and engineers to craft and iterate innovative features that will reach millions of users daily, employing user-centered design practices to deliver a rage of world-class, interactive mobile experiences. This is a unique opportunity to set the vision and art-style for our platform, combining classic functional utility with dynamic, fun, game-like interfaces.

On any given day, you will:

• Collaborate with product managers to understand user needs & feature requirements
• Conduct product research and apply it to user experience design
• Mock up low fidelity wireframes and clickable prototypes
• Produce high-fidelity static designs and animated content for mobile and desktop interfaces
• Work closely with engineers to ensure designs are being implemented with excellence

Requirements

What makes you a great candidate?

• 5+ years of user interface and experience design for mobile and / or mobile-web platforms
• Being user centric and be the voice of the customer
• Proven experience in all phases of the design process including user research, copywriting, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, interaction design, and usability testing
• Ability to incorporate quantitative & qualitative user feedback into improved user experiences
• Have worked on an e-commerce/ transactions platform
• Bonus: Experience working with marketplaces, Loyalty, Gamification products

Benefits

What will we offer you?

• The opportunity to create a design thinking culture
• Incredible autonomy and the ability to lead
• Mentorship from champions in the industry
• Unlimited room for career growth with support along the way
• Equity ownership

Some additional perks you’ll get access to…

• Co-working excursions and retreats: Our teams are encouraged to work from a shared location and visit each other. Carry1st will cover travel expenses, accommodation, and provide you with a daily spending allowance
• Awesome Equipment: To set our teammates up for success we make sure you’ve got everything you need to work effectively
• Remote working allowance: An allowance that you can put towards creating your own office space, whether it’s internet expenses, ad-hoc equipment, or using a co-working space
• Birthday leave: Our teammates enjoy a paid day off on their special day
• Learning and Development: Access to a Professional Development Fund to enable teammates to attend courses, conferences and training events
• Social events: Fun and regular company events to relax and connect with teammates

Although we’ve specified a location that could work well for this role, it’s not essential to be based there. Carry1st is a remote first company – in fact, we currently have people in over 19 different countries. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. Join us!

Learn more about Carry1st…

• Forbes announced that Andreessen Horowitz led Carry1st’s $20M Series A Extension
• The Hollywood Reporter announced that Nas and Google joined Carry1st’s $20M round
• PocketGamer.Biz announced that Carry1st raised $20 million to create the “Garena of Africa