Design Intern

Ø Responsibilities

·                 Investigating user experience design requirements for our suite of digital assets.

·                 Developing and conceptualizing a comprehensive UI/UX design strategy for the brand.

·                 Producing high-quality UX design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, flow diagrams, storyboards, site maps, and prototypes.

·                 Designing UI elements and tools such as navigation menus, search boxes, tabs, and widgets for our digital assets.

·                 Testing UI elements such as CTAs, banners, page layouts, page designs, page flows, and target links for landing pages.

·                 Providing advice and guidance on the implementation of UX research methodologies and testing activities in order to analyze and predict user behavior.

·                 Adhering to style standards on typography and graphic design.

Ø Requirements

·        Degree in UI/UX design experience for digital products or services.

·        A portfolio of professional UI/UX design work for both web and mobile platforms.

·        Working knowledge of the following technologies and software: Sketch, InVision, Visio, HTML, CSS (SCSS), iOS, Android, Design Systems, and Adobe Creative Suite.

·        A team player but can work independently too.

·        Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Conduct workshops and collaborate with clients to understand business needs, user needs & goals of the project
• Create personas to understand target audiences, craft user journeys and use cases for the product
• Create design assets that showcase relationships between product features, users and data
• Collaborate with other designers and stakeholders to achieve goals of the project
• Create high quality wireframes that fulfill the goals of the product in a highly efficient and simple manner
• Audit designs that are already developed to identify improvements or conduct usability tests on your designs
• Managing and distributing work for junior ux designers and ensuring their time is utilized effectively
• Be involved in hiring process by taking interviews/assessing assignments
• Set new benchmarks in creating any UX artefacts and documents

• 4+ years experience & 1+ years of experience in leading small teams
• Degree / Bachelors in Arts or Design is preferred
• Critical thinking and highly developed wireframing, presentation and prototyping skills
• Very keen attention to detail
• Excellent documentation skills
• Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools like Figma
• Ability to present and explain your work to others with articulate communication
• Ability to plan & deliver projects on time.
• Ability to manage and mentor people

• High quality wireframes, prototypes and documents that meet the goals of the project
• Continuous communication between internal teams, project managers and stakeholders
• Documentation of the screens designed for smooth handover to visual designers and developers
• Timely delivery for any task assigned to you or your mentee
• Growth of mentees to ultimately become completely independent

The ideal candidate will have strong creative skills and a portfolio of work which demonstrates their passion for illustrative design and typography. This candidate will have experiences in working with numerous different design platforms such as digital and print forms.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the team to ensure consistency of designs across various media outlets Create compelling and effective logos, designs, print and digital media Maintain awareness of current industry and technology standards, social media, competitive landscape and market trends

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field 3-5 years of experience in graphic design Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite Strong communication, conceptual thinking, typography skills and design skills Portfolio of work

• Working closely with the Product Manager to create wireframes and visuals for web and app
• Conceptualizing and designing of merchandise

Desired Candidate Profile

• 1-3 years of experience in Graphic Designing
• Proficiency in design software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD and Figma
• Understanding of UI & UX design
• Experience in merchandise designing    

• Create compelling and effective logos, designs, print and digital media.

• Maintain awareness of current industry and technology standards, social media, competitive landscape and market trends.

• Participate and brainstorm with the team about the ideas of creative designing for social media and all types of Ad formats adhering to company standards

• Demonstrate solid conceptual, visualization, and communication skills during all phases of creative development from enquiry to delivery.

• Create videos for our ventures using any video editing tools.

• Conceptualize, create & design images across digital media on our ventures with readymade live images.

• Design brochures for upcoming projects as and when required.

• Create printable format ads for any outdoor advertising of our projects when required.

• Able to design creatives in a unique, trendy and impressive way.

What You’ll Do

• Actively practice and evangelize customer-centric design thinking.
• Deeply understand business goals, distill them into design problems, and come up with elegant solutions.
• Own and drive the end-to-end process for solving UI/UX design problems: ideate, conceptualize, design, test and refine.
• Use quantitative data and qualitative feedback to inform the design decisions iteratively.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of product managers, software engineers, customer success managers, and marketeers to design intuitive and engaging user .
• Create user scenarios, user journey workflows, wireframes, UI designs and interactive prototypes throughout software product development lifecycle.
• Deliver hi-fidelity design mockups and assets ready for software frontend development.

What We’re Looking For 

• 5+ years of hands-on UI/UX design experience in Web and mobile responsive apps.
• A strong design portfolio showcasing your problem solving skill and high design caliber.
• Fluency in contemporary design aesthetics, paradigms, and tools.
• You are creative, detail-oriented, and methodical with a passion for user-centered design.
• You are self-motivated with a go-getter attitude who can work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, result-oriented work environment.
• You are a self-aware and humble team player who is a great partner to work with for cross-functional teams.
• You are an excellent storyteller and communicator.

Nice to Have

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in design or a certification in UI/UX design or HCI from a renowned design institute.
• Design experience in the food or e-commerce industry.
• Familiarity with accessibility in design or designing for ADA compliance.