Graphic Designer

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• Ability to meet deadlines and collaborate with team members.
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Job description.

Role : UI/UX designer

EXP : 3 - 5 yrs

Mode : WFO

Location : Coimbatore

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site UI/UX Designer role located in Coimbatore. The successful candidate for this position will be responsible for designing and implementing user interfaces and experiences that will allow users to interact effectively with our products and digital solutions. The UI/UX Designer will be required to work closely with cross-disciplinary teams to understand and translate requirements into intuitive and effective user interfaces and experiences.

Desired Candidate Profile :

• Candidate should have creative & analytic mindset.
• Should expert in Graphic, Web & Mobile App Designs.
• Expert knowledge in Adobe XD, Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other design tools.
• Should have knowledge of HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript.
• Must have knowledge in wireframing tools.
• Knowledge Material-UI.
• Must have knowledge SEO friendly websites.
• Experience with Responsive Website Design.
• Understanding of user experience, usability and responsive web design will be preferred.
• Good knowledge of the latest web technologies, cross browser and platform issues.
• Good Communication skills.
• Strong sense of aesthetics and familiarity with latest design trends is needed.
• Keeping up to date with recent technological and software developments.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. 

About Us:

Docsumo is Document AI software that helps enterprises make automated decisions from customer documents. We help enterprises convert unstructured documents such as invoices, bank statements, tax returns into actionable data. We are backed by Sequoia, Barclays, Techstars & Better Capital, Fifthwall & others.

Job Summary :

As a UI / UX designer, you will be working closely with the founders and the engineering time to deliver top quality user experience. This is a great opportunity to come in on the ground floor and play a strategic role in shaping our user experience.

Responsibilities:

• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers. Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps.
• Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, widgets and build page navigation buttons and search fields.
• Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like.
• Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables)
• Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders
• Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)

Requirements:

• At Least 2 years of work experience in designing great web and mobile applications.
• Working knowledge of the following technologies and software: Sketch, InVision, Visio, HTML, CSS (SCSS), iOS, Android, Design Systems, Figma and Adobe Photoshop.
• Candidates with a good online portfolio will be given priority.
• You possess a Degree in Design or related field from a top tier institute.
• You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and can articulate your ideas to different stakeholders.
• Ability to understand the business problem, identify the key challenges, formalize the problem, and prototype solutions.
• Consistent track record of documenting, synthesizing, and communicating results.
• Must be self-motivated, flexible, collaborative, with an eagerness to learn.

• Planning concepts by studying relevant information and materials.
• Illustrating concepts by designing examples of art arrangement, size, type size and style and submitting them for approval.
• Preparing finished art by operating necessary equipment and software.
• Coordinating with outside agencies, art services, web designer, marketing, printers, and colleagues as necessary.
• Contributing to team efforts by accomplishing tasks as needed.
• Communicating with clients about layout and design.
• Creating a wide range of graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and websites with software such as photoshop.
• Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements when necessary.

Responsibilities:

1. Execute visual designs & graphics from wireframes to development-ready stage
2. Assess user feedback in collaboration with product team
3. Build UI improvement hypotheses and innovative ideas for effective communication
4. Coordinate with engineering team for development
5. Build & manage design library and standards

Requirements:

1. Diploma / Degree in design from reputed institute (completed / ongoing)
2. Exposure to B2C / Mobile products (Preferred) 
3. Hands-on knowledge of design tools such as Sketch, XD, Figma, Zeplin
4. Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
   
   

About Us 

upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a  new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale.  upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management,  Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc. upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build careers of tomorrow. 

• upGrad was awarded the Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19 • upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most  sought-after startups in India 

• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany. 

• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech • upGrad is the official education partner for the Government of India - Startup India program 

• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of  Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning \

Role Summary 

This role will primarily be responsible for envisioning, defining, and owning the execution of upGrad's product design strategy. As the strategic design leader, team coach, and customer champion you'll galvanize people to solve complex problems, developing strategies, and ensuring product designers have the space to create products that deliver enduring value.  You will also lead change cross-functionally to drive better experiences and influence our company's product, operations, content, and data to unlock the unrealized wants of learners and coaches across new subjects and fields.

You’ll lead your team through the design process, help build a vision, and navigate ambiguity through partnering with research and enabling experimentation, all while mentoring, and growing a hardworking and capable design team.  

You’ll run design critiques, host collaboration & brainstorming sessions, drive design execution excellence, identify areas of process efficiency, and promote a high-output and fast-paced design practice.

Roles & Responsibilities

•  Work closely with your team and other designers in defining, designing, and iterating  on product features across web and mobile platforms 
• Get out of the Office and work with research to observe the impact of your work in the real world, and take that input back to your work as a designer to be constantly improving our products.
• Invest in design standards, documentation, and processes alongside your team members to further our design practice 
•  Shape product strategy and vision together with product managers and have a significant impact across all the product teams
• Bring consistency to all the platforms and products
• Drive and support cross-team initiatives that make the Design practice better at upGrad such as improving our hiring processes, expanding our community presence,  interviewing potential new team members
• Work in the way that works for you and what you're designing, whether that's spending time sketching or jumping straight into pixels and code.
•  Work with other members of the Design team to help them deliver great work and develop their own skills. This could be as a mentor, a coach, or a collaborator. 

Skills Required::

•  7 years of Product Design experience with at least 2 years of experience leading  product design teams
• Consistent track record of leading highly collaborative cross-functional teams thought ambiguity and deliver the best products possible to our customers are an experienced mentor and coachable to give and receive honest, thoughtful,  and direct feedback that removes roadblocks encourages growth, and accelerates delivery
• Are intent on crafting psychologically optimistic spaces where your direct reports and your collaborators are confident in sharing their ideas, opinions, and reservations in order to get to the best customer-focused solution
• Experienced recruiting, hiring, and retaining multi-disciplinary design teams
• Ability to understand complex feature sets and their dependencies while being able  to deliver a design strategy that accounts for capabilities and limitations of the product 
•  Methodology rich, including standard approaches for design deliverables including  user journeys, research plans, mocks, prototypes, documentation, and quality checks 
•  Have the ability to communicate research findings and design decisions openly and  confidently, regardless of the audience  
• Have partnered with research teams or led research experiments to validate and  inform product thinking 
• Have a proven history of partnering with engineering in a continuous delivery environment