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UI/UX DESIGNER *** SPONSORSHIP WILL NOT BE PROVIDED *** UK - REMOTEMy clients are a pioneering within Agri-tech product that leverages transcriptomics, machine learning, and AI to analyse gene expression in production animals in the context of real-world farm data. Role: We’re looking for an experienced UI/UX designer to play the crucial role of designing world-class software features that bring cutting-edge computational biology and AI-driven precision agriculture to users in the farming community. You'll contribute to clients mission as part of a multidisciplinary product team that comprises biological science subject matter experts, bioinformaticians, data scientists, and software engineers.Responsibilities:● Develop a deep understanding of the wider business and tech context of the UX problems being tackled, and conduct UX research, with support from the Head of Product. ● Create artefacts, such as sketches, wireframes, high-fidelity mock-ups and interactive prototypes, to facilitate testing of design ideas. ● Working with the Head of Product and Head of software, create software UI designs iteratively as a product trio team, to ensure designs satisfy UX, business and tech requirements. ● Prepare design documents to record the key considerations behind design decisions. ● Perform iterative UI reviews with software and QA engineers throughout the feature delivery process to ensure the design is translated properly by the engineers into real features. ● Maintain the UI-kit and establish a design system, such as layout grid, typography, colour palettes and high-level code-aligned interface components. Ensure the design system aligns with the company's branding.Requirements:● Excellent communication skills. Candidates will have a strong advantage if they are fluent in Finnish and Swedish in addition to English. ● Proficient in tools such as Figma for creating high-fidelity prototypes. ● Comfortable and confident in presenting designs to stakeholders. ● Experience working with a multidisciplinary team (especially software engineering) in an agile environment. ● Experience in designing intuitive user interfaces of novel technical products for non-tech users, especially in data visualisation.Preferable Skills:● The ideal candidate will also demonstrate graphic design skills to support the creation of digital and in-print marketing materials.Key Attributes:● Strong sense of empathy with users, can put oneself “in the shoes of the user”.● Has a “can do” attitude in the start-up environment, a keen and innovative problem-solver.● Confident and collaborative team player who is not afraid to speak up about product or company issues.What We Offer:● An open-door, inclusive culture, based on respect for each other. ● Fully remote work with occasional travel to meet customers.● Competitive salary based on skills and experience. ● The opportunity to grow and share a significant part of its success as the company grows, through future bonus schemes or employee share option plans and other perks.