Graphic Design Lead

JOB TITLE: Associate Visual Designer

LOCATION: Remote/Hybrid.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLE:

We’re looking for a mid-level visual designer with expertise in Figma. You will help us in our internal and client projects. We highly value craft expertise, and we love to see strong product thinking as well.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Establish the look and feel for various interfaces, including websites, mobile devices, apps and any other devices
• Work within brand guidelines to create layouts that reinforce a brand’s style or voice through its visual touch points
• Design user-centered interaction models, wireframes or screen mockups
• Design logos, icons and infographics
• Create and organize design assets
• Juggle multiple projects while effectively managing timelines and expectations
• Deep understand of usability, accessibility and web standards
• Create and managing design systems
• Designing components, and tokens on Figma
• A keen eye for aesthetics & attention to detail
• Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines
• Take in constructive feedback and produce quality work
• Work cross-functionally with engineering & design teams
• UX Experience is also a plus

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE GREAT IN THIS ROLE:

• A solid foundation in typography, layout and design
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Experience with transitions, motion design and dynamic interaction
• Excellent visual, written and verbal communication skills, along with presentation and negotiation skills

SOFT SKILLS:

• Collaboration - Ability to work in teams across the world
• Adaptability - situations are unexpected and need to be quick to adapt
• Open-mindedness - Expect to see things outside the ordinary

LIFE AT FOUNTANE:

• Fountane offers an environment where all members are supported, challenged, recognized & given opportunities to grow to their fullest potential.
• Competitive pay
• Health insurance for spouses, kids, and parents.
• PF/ESI or equivalent
• Individual/team bonuses
• Fun/challenging variety of projects/industries
• Flexible workplace policy - remote/physical
• Flat organization - no micromanagement
• Individual contribution - set your deadlines
• Above all - culture that helps you grow exponentially!

Qualifications - No bachelor's degree required. Good communication skills are a must!

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Established in 2017, Fountane Inc is a Ventures Lab incubating and investing in new competitive technology businesses from scratch. Thus far, we’ve created half a dozen multi-million valuation companies in the US and a handful of sister ventures for large corporations, including Target, US Ventures, and Imprint Engine.

We’re a team of 80 strong from around the world that are radically open-minded and believes in excellence, respecting one another, and pushing our boundaries to the furthest it's ever been. 

Ungrammary is looking for a Graphic Designer

If you have the ability to translate your vision and imaginations in great designs, then this the place for you.

Come be a part of our Graphic Designers troop.

Job Role:

1. Assist UX UI designers with iconography, empty states, visuals and illustrations
2. Preparing creative briefs for clients 
3. Work on digital and print design such as brochures, case studies, and report design
4. Designing landing pages

Amagi is a global leader in cloud-managed services for the Streaming TV and Broadcast TV industry. Amagi enables TV networks and content owners distribute and monetize their content. Amagi’s clients include premium networks and platforms such as NBCU, CBS, PBS, Samsung TV Plus, Redbox, XUMO, Roku, A+E Networks, Viceland TV, MGM, ShortsTV, Yahoo! Finance, PeopleTV, Tastemade, Turner Corporation, Discovery Networks and more.

Amagi pioneered the use of cloud technologies in the broadcast industry, and today manages 300+ channels with deployments in more than 40 countries. Amagi is an advanced tier partner of Amazon Web Services (AWS), and works on the latest cloud technologies that are shaping the media and entertainment industry. Amagi has sales offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, and operations center in New Delhi, and an innovation center in Bangalore. For more information, visit http://www.amagi.com">www.amagi.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job role: UX Manager

Location: Bangalore

Role reporting into: Head of UX Strategy and Design

Does this role have direct reports?: No

Job Responsibilities:

• Own the Product design philosophy and UX strategy
• Team management and mentoring
• Initiate/ participate in user research initiatives and insights to drive design decisions
• Translate user needs and business goals into innovative products that provide an engaging user experience.
• Collaborate effectively with cross functional teams right from Design, Product Management, Engineering, Operations to Marketing
• Practice design thinking, understand ‘jobs to be done’ framework, agile and lean UX methodologies
• Knowledge of wireframing, visual design and rapid prototyping tools
• Manage shifting priorities, deliver pixel perfect products, and consistently meet project deadlines.
• Should partner with content writers to help articulate User Guide documentation, demo video scripts etc.
• Ensure the quality of the design throughout the development cycle.

Job Requirements:

Ideally a person should have had the below experiences / possess the below abilities to succeed in this role:

• Previous experience of having managed a team
• Proven problem solving skills with the ability to understand complex ideas
• A portfolio that demonstrates a user centred design process, interaction and visual design skills with experience designing web apps/ cross platform products in the consumer as well as enterprise space.
• Should be self-driven and proactively look at improving user workflows of existing products
• Should have the ability to thrive in ambiguity
• Have demonstrated ability to conduct user research, usability testing to uncover unarticulated user needs, usability issues etc
• Good learning ability to grasp new domains and comfort to understand both depth and breadth across the technology platform(s)
• Should be a team player and be comfortable collaborating across teams.
• Should possess good communication skills to articulate the design process and design decisions to stakeholders
• Should be proficient in developing and documenting detailed user experience specifications

Preferred Work Experience: 8+ years , preferably with a combination of work experience in start-up environments as well as large corporates 

Education/Qualifications: B-Des /M-Des from institutes like NID, Srishti or IDC (IIT)

• Create Intuitive websites, Responsive design, Web and Mobile application/Product interfaces
• Good at following practices like W3C standards, Tableless layout & SEO friendly markup
• Creating ideas for a social media campaign, print communication, packaging and branding
• Creating promotional videos by collaborating with the marketing team
• Create and iterate design mock-ups, prototypes, specs and production visual assets such as graphics and icons

Identify customers needs and gaps in our content and recommend new topics

Required:

• A portfolio that demonstrates your visual and interaction design experience
• Strong ability to communicate, articulate your design decisions, and consider feedback from product managers, engineers and other designers
• Experience with 3D software tools like Maya, Blender, Unity, etc
• Should be well-versed in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Passionate about graphic design, typography, photography, motion, and illustration

Degree in Design, Fine Arts or a related field is a plus

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll collaborate in perfect synergy with other designers and product managers on India’s top community safety app, and design in a fast-paced environment.
• You’ll understand the user experience strategy for a productand drive the overall design solutions based on usability, consistency, business goals, time to market and customer experience.
• You’ll create wireframes, storyboards, user flows and process flows to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
• You’ll apply user-focused design processes to create high quality user experiences on our app.

What you’ll bring to the team:

• You’ll bring an in-depth understanding of design patterns across web and mobile platforms.
• You’ll bring critical experience and skills in visual design, UX design, research, micro-interactions
• You’ll bring a demonstrated ability to be a self-starter who will drive progress.
• An expertise in Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Invision, Pixate, Framer or other visual design and wire-framing tools.

Interview Process & Prep Notes:

Portfolio Review
Design Approach, Experience, Project overview. Be ready to deep dive and effectively articulate your experience in the UX Field by showing us your portfolio, showcasing past experience, sharing your understanding of design approach, design thinking and your wizardry with tools, processes or unique skill-sets.

Design Assignment
Solution Approach, Task Flows, Mind Maps, Prototyping, Visual skills. The moment is finally here where you walk the talk and demonstrate your ability in UX Designing by acing a short challenging assignment shared by our designers.

Team Fitment
Behavioural Assessment, Culture Fit, Project Knowledge, Role OperationBe yourself. It works out better for everyone if we are genuine and can see if we are a cultural fit for each other.
Everyone here is focused on our mission and hope we can align.

Intro

Develop the brand guidelines and graphics for product and marketing assets. The individual will also own the design of visual assets for marketing of the product across touchpoints.

What will you do
Develop and strengthen brand assets including style and brand guidelines

Deliver high-quality, on-brand graphics to support a superior customer experience.

Maintain a set of design best practices and guidelines to reduce and minimize production efforts

Produce creative assets including graphics, templates, and layouts and visual standards for marketing activities across multiple channels. These include web, social media, events, email campaigns, and other activations.

Support your design work using insights from quantitative data and site metrics, segmentation and customer feedback

Quality control to ensure accuracy and a high creative bar.

Present work to team and key stakeholders for review, feedback, and approval.

Digital platform design experience and understanding for cross platform design guidelines.

What will you need

Bachelor's degree in design/relevant disciplines or equivalent work experience.

Proficiency with full Adobe creative suite

Extensive knowledge of Graphic Design, Print Design/Layout, Web Design and Development, with experience in design/development for both mobile and desktop applications.

Ability to drive the design process by independently defining requirements, scoping projects and prioritizing tasks.

Demonstrated strong visual design expertise with ability to produce fresh, simple, elegant and exceedingly usable layouts and interactions and iconography.

What would be a bonus

Prior experience working in a fast-growth Startup

Prior experience working in eCommerce related startup