About Our Client-
Our client is a modern Indian lifestyle brand. All their products are 100% PeTA approved Vegan and Proudly Indian. They currently operate in bags, wallets and footwear and are building an iconic global consumer brand from India.
Role & Responsibilities:
The Creative Lead is responsible for overseeing the creation and execution of all creative
concepts and guidelines, ensuring they meet the brand's objectives, and elevating the brand's
visual identity. The Creative Lead manages a team of creative, develops creative strategies, and
collaborates with other teams to ensure consistent and compelling brand messaging.
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Qualifications will include:
Creativity skills, including graphic design, art direction, and visual storytelling
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to collaborate with cross-functional
teams and communicate ideas clearly and persuasively
Experience in developing and implementing creative strategies
Strong branding and brand management skills
Proficiency in writing and copy writing skills
Experience managing a team of creatives
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication Design,
Advertising, Marketing or a related field
Portfolio of work that showcases creative and strategic thinking
Experience in the lifestyle or fashion industry is a plus
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Role Description
We are looking for a Branding Designer / Graphic Designer to produce and oversee creative solutions to address our marketing needs. They should have in-depth knowledge of graphic design, styles and layout techniques.
You should also have experience executing marketing
projects from conception to production, including logos, theme decks, website implementation and marketing. Ultimately, they should be able to determine the requirements and delivering high-quality
pieces on tight deadlines.
Responsibilities & Personal Skills
Oversee all branding design projects, from conception to delivery
Understand the brief, participate in brainstorming and produce creative designs that result in an engaging consumer journey.
Generate ideas and design dynamic original pieces and themes for sales and events.
These should include illustrations, infographics, gifs, typography and layouts made using graphic design softwares
Collaborate with the marketing team and copywriters to understand the
exact requirements and expectations.
Translate creative thinking into imagery and copy that retains and clearly expresses the initial ideas.
Keep creative elements under control in order to deliver them on brief, on time and on budget, often to tight deadlines.
Maintain brand consistency throughout all our marketing projects.
Managing multiple design projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
Well-versed with social media and marketing and online platform banners
Contributing to the brand strategies developed for projects including ideas that
demonstrate insight and innovation; solutions that engage audiences
Being capable of taking responsibility for owning, shaping, developing and delivering creative projects while working as part of a team and individually.
Stay up-to-date with design and fashion trends, industry developments and tools.
Qualifications & Experience
Minimum 4 6 years of experience in graphic design, branding, illustrations etc. for creative agencies, other web companies, e-commerce industry etc.
Proficient in graphic design software Adobe, Figma, etc
Good communication skills plus professional written and interpersonal skills. Ability to meet deadlines and collaborate with a team
Strong aesthetic and visual design skills with the ability to combine various colors, fonts and layouts in both static and basic motion graphics.
Attention to visual details
E-commerce background is a plus point.
Understanding the Fashion Space is a plus.
What will I be doing?
As the UX Lead, focused on our Core Experience area, you will define a cohesive strategy and deliver cross-team, multi-phase projects from concept through implementation.
You need to lead an existing team that will be focused on creating a simple, easy-to-use, and best-in-class experience for our users. You'll lead a team of 4-5 product designers not only by means of their product work, and you'll also be a coach and foster their career development
You'll work cohesively with the leadership and engineering team.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Analyze the product’s present UX pitfalls, optimization, and growth opportunity or the impact of a user problem and then help tune the project scope accordingly with the product partners
- Understand frequency of usage and the relative importance of a feature/experience, and how it fits into the complete product
- Rationally narrow down to a design recommendation with a strong focus on short-term and long-term implications of the choice Independently deliver high-quality visual design work and support the production with the engineering partners
- Write relevant front end code (HTML, CSS)
What Skill do I need?
- We emphasize proof of work more than your credentials. Lead and support key design projects
- Relevant work experience of 5+years (preferably in a start-up space)
- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary UX/Product design teams to deliver high-quality projects at scale
- Proficient in Sketch, XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, or other design tools
- Has experience working in AGILE methodology
- Knowledge of current UX best practices, including user research and accessibility across mobile and web
- Only NIFT, NID, or pearl graduate
- Develop standard UI components and style guides
- Build wireframes and storyboards to conceptualize design
- Define visual elements, product elements, and overall design
- Taking design briefs to understand requirements
- Effectively communicate your designs to developers and other key stakeholders
- Create and implement interaction models and user interface specifications
- Conduct industry research and stay up-to-date on best practices, competitor UI designs, and emerging technologies
- Conduct, observe and analyze usability testing sessions
- Conduct user testing of applications, software, and websites
- Develop consistent, intuitive architectures
- Support the QA team to make sure features are implemented in the coded version as intended
- Determine timeline and deliverables
- Evaluate and set best practices and standards
- Work with UI managers and team to define user flows and sitemaps
- Measure the human-computer interaction (HCI) element of a design
- Collaborate on scenarios, end-to-end experiences, and screen designs
- Work with frontend and backend developers as needed
- Be a hands-on user interface and visual designer for our toughest design challenges.
- Develop and detail visual designs and design specifications; drawing on existing high level designs and digital brand guidelines.
- Work alongside product, marketing, UX designers, copywriters, and developers to come up with complete design solutions.
- Review UX design documentation such as wireframes to identify gaps and issues and raise these within the team.
- Own the quality of visual design execution for your design directions as well as extend the existing design styles.
- Present and defend your work to colleagues, other teams, and management.
- Contribute to the development of our Design Club to promote learning, growth, comradeship and innovative thinking across the organisation.
Must Have:
- 2 or more years of experience and proven track record.
- An impressive portfolio of work that showcases excellent practical design skills including layout, colour, typography, and multi channel design.
- Full project lifecycle experience from concept through to completion.
- Experience designing for complex systems across Desktop and Mobile applications.
- Expert user of Sketch, Zeplin, Creative Suite, other tools of the trade.
- Ability to multitask, prioritise projects and communicate across teams, and take feedback positively to turn it into intuitive design solutions.
- Strong understanding of Design Systems.
- Creative ideas with a problem solving mindset.
Good to Have:
- Degree in a design-related field.
- Recognised UX / UI certifications.
- Experience working in an agile development process.
- Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS and JavaScript.
- Basic knowledge of analytics, including Google Analytics.
- Passion for sports.
Graphic Designer-
Opportunity
Create marketing material for our growth initiatives, social media platforms, and branding collaterals. The ideal candidate should have an eye for clean, simple, and artful visual design. A successful candidate will be able to translate high-level requirements into visual elements that align with the language of our products
What you will do
- Develop out of the box campaigns for Social Media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube)
- Conceptualize original graphic design ideas that bring simplicity and user-friendliness to complex roadblocks
- Present concepts, participate in design/project critiques and refine design direction
- Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards
- Conceptualize and execute creative for organic/paid content & campaigns of varying scale and complexity for the app products, PR & Brand
- Maintain accuracy and attention to detail throughout the creative and production process
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams comprising interaction designers, content writers and product managers
Technical Expertise
- Knowledge of Colour Theory, Visual Hierarchy, Typography, Colour, and Information Composition
- Proficiency in Adobe Suite especially Photoshop and Illustrator
- Be able to design eye-catching branding, iconography, and illustrations
- Be able to work in a cross-functional team as well as independently
- Up-to-date with the latest visual trends, techniques, and technologies
- Must be comfortable with a fast-paced environment
- BS/MS in Visual Design, Graphic Design, Communication Design is a plus
What you'll do
- Translate ideas into concepts, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
- Work with a cross-functional team of engineers, content writers, and product managers to anticipate and identify user needs and align product goals with the user's goals.
- Come up with features and improvements that you can ship quickly and measure for effectiveness.
- Design and discover workflows that allow you to test designs early and often, and then iterate upon feedback.
- Identify new product opportunities, inform launch decisions, and product improvements.
- Use and evolve our internal design libraries and design system.
- Work closely with engineers and other partners to ensure what is shipped is true to your design work.
- Help with hiring and establishing a design culture within the company by evangelizing thoughtful design and its impact on the bottom-line.
- Directly contribute to the overall product and design direction of the whole company.
You're right for us if -
- You have an online portfolio that documents your work and thinking process - or a PDF would do too. (If not, you might be asked to take a design assignment)
- You have a high bar for your work and the team.
- Strong empathy for users
- You have solid Visual Design, UI, and Interaction Design chops.
- You are someone who cares deeply about getting to the root of the problem you're solving and take time to understand all the facts before making informed design decisions.
- You engage complexity head-on before simplifying.
- You have a strong bias for action when it comes to prototyping to help facilitate better product discussions.
- You understand the balance between craft, speed, and impact on the bottom line.
Mesky is an innovative, massive, creative, and groundbreaking social e-commerce product offering a distinctive shopping experience to users in one and only integrated platform.
It’s a B2B2C (business to business to consumer) integrated platform providing an All-in-One experience of “Shopping and Posting”.
Job Overview:
We are looking for a passionate UI / UX Designer Technology for one of our upcoming portfolio companies building a massive new innovation product & features.
You should be a strategic thinker, an effective communicator, and an expert in technological development.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Design and Build sophisticated and highly scalable apps using flutter.
Build custom packages in Flutter using the functionalities and APIs already available in native Android and IOS.
Translate and Build the designs and Wireframes into high-quality responsive UI code.
Explore feasible architectures for implementing new features.
Follow the best practices while developing the app and also keep everything structured and well documented.
Manage the code and project on Git in order to keep in sync with other team members and managers.
Communicate with the Project Manager regarding the status of projects and suggest appropriate deadlines for new functionalities.
Ensure security guidelines are always followed while developing the app.
Maintaining software through product lifecycle including design, development, verification, and bug fixes.
Perform time profiling and memory leaks assessment.
Requirements: Attributes, Experience:
B.Tech/B.E with 5+ years of experience in User Experience Design processes.
2 years preferably in e-commerce.
Experience in creating navigation maps, Interaction flows, wireframes, and Visual Design comps.
Coordination with business and marketing teams to better understand the product strategy and market positioning.
Performing client presentations at various project stages.
Creating assets for the Prototype Team/Development Team.
Coordinating with Programmer and Developer to execute the final user interfaces.
Strong Planning and Organizational Skills that go along with proper time management.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Improve the look and feel of interactive computers and product software
Create overall concepts for the user experience within a business webpage or product, ensuring all interactions are
intuitive and easy for customers
Analyze customer responses and website data to determine high traffic web pages and why some perform better
than others
Design the aesthetics to be implemented within a website or product, from the layout menus and drop-down options
to colors and fonts
Build storyboards to conceptualize designs and convey project plans to clients and management
Account for and track the human-computer interaction (HCI) element of a design
Create surveys for research through various social media platforms to gather feedback on user's ease of use
Conduct testing of completed applications, websites, and software to Assess user experience
Qualifications for UI/UX Designer
3-5 years of demonstrated experience in creating and implementing UI design
Proficient with visual design programs such as Adobe Photoshop
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment to create top-performing interfaces
Experience creating storyboards and site mapping
Advanced problem-solving skills and the ability to optimize data for the best possible outcome
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple milestones and projects efficiently
Professional written and interpersonal skills
Continued education and research into UI trends and current design strategy and technology
Experience with coding and ability to troubleshoot using HTML, CSS and comparable languages
• To create designs/product concepts artwork/illustrations/visuals/ in various graphics packages, (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) by a required deadline.
• Liaising with internal marketing & communications teams on design production and specifications at the Client location.
• Creating new designs & specifications for the client’s brand. Ensure all product briefs are to the clients requirements, the correct specification and delivered on time.
• Contributing to the in-house team as well as the client teams with ideas and recommendations in creative design and innovation
• Conceptualize 2D/3D/Stop Motion video ideas and execute them in a timely manner
• Be market aware Industry trends in the field of design, competitor campaigns