Volunteer UI UX Graphic Designer

Techrity is helping new talents into Tech by providing laptops, internet data and building innovative solutions for social good in Africa.
Techrity is a nonprofit focused on talent development, and building innovative solutions, using technology for social good in Africa.
Techrity is a non-profit that aims to bridge the gap in unemployment, gender inclusion and poverty by providing the vital resources needed to kickstart young talents into tech and build solutions for SDGs in Africa. We achieve this by providing vital resources such as laptop, browsing data, mentorship support, and inspire innovators and builders through our build4socialgood hackathon and incubation programme.
Why Techrity
According to Quartz Africa, The African continent is the fastest-growing continent for developers globally, But this Large population of young and inexperienced coders require upskilling and education opportunities to boost their capabilities.
Solution
Techrity is on a mission to bridge the digital divide, gap in unemployment and foster innovations in Africa by kickstarting talents into tech with vital resources and building solutions for social good.
Talent Development
The kickstart programme is aimed at providing beginners and developers who learn programming with their phones or who are hindered by browsing data to access these vital resources such as providing personal laptop, internet browsing data, and Mentorship support needed to grow and sustain their careers in Tech. We are bridging this digital divide by providing 10, 000 Africans with internet browsing data in 10years, we believe this will go a long way to foster innovation in R&D and technology.
Social Innovations
The Build4SocialGood program is aimed to promote social innovation by bringing together innovators, thinkers and builders to ideate around these local African challenges and build solutions to tackle them, this program is aimed at encouraging Africans to innovate more in R&D in technology.
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Techrity is a non-profit organization focused on bridging gaps in unemployment, gender inclusion, and poverty by equipping young talents with the resources to build solutions aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa. We achieve this through initiatives like providing laptops, browsing data, mentorship, and inspiring innovators through our Build4SocialGood hackathon and incubation program.
We are looking for a volunteer UI UX Graphic designer to join our core team.
As a volunteer UI UX Graphic Designer your responsibilities include gathering user requirements, designing graphic elements.
Responsibilities

• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers
• Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
• Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets
• Build page navigation buttons and search fields
• Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like
• Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables)
• Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders
• Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
• Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images
  

Requirements And Skills

• Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
• Portfolio of design projects
• Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
• Good time-management skills
• BSc in Design, Computer Science or relevant field
  

Benefits

• Training And Mentorship
• Swags
• Monthly Data support
• Recommendation Letter upon request

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