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Product Designer Team Lead
African Institute for Artificial Intelligence
WorldwideremotePosted today
Skill Required
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Role overview
The Product Designer Team Lead (Volunteer) guides the design team in creating world-class, user-centered experiences for AI literacy programs and tools, including the offline AI literacy app at AI-4AI. This role combines design strategy, leadership, and hands-on design work, ensuring every project is accessible, culturally relevant, and aligned with AI-4AI's mission to empower diverse African communities.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow the product design team, fostering a culture of collaboration and creativity.
- Design user-centered experiences for AI literacy programs and digital tools, including the offline AI literacy app.
- Conduct user research to deeply understand the unique needs of diverse African communities, ensuring their voices guide design decisions.
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and design solutions using Figma and other relevant design tools.
- Ensure all designs are accessible, inclusive, and culturally relevant, closely aligned with AI-4AI's mission and values.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver well-crafted products—and, where possible, to define and implement effective design systems.
- Apply UX writing principles to craft clear, user-friendly content when needed.
- Present and communicate design concepts, strategy, and outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Stay updated on design best practices, trends, and tools to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring quality and on-time delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Design, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Minimum 4 years in product design, with at least 2 years in a leadership or mentorship role.
- Proven track record designing for diverse user bases and accessibility.
- Strong portfolio showing user-centered, high-impact projects.
- Advanced proficiency in Figma; experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, or similar tools.
- Experience conducting user research and usability testing.
- Team leadership and mentoring
- User research and usability testing
- Wireframing, prototyping, UI and visual design
- UX writing
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Design systems and accessibility
- Strong communication and problem-solving abilities
Additional details
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