Graphic Designer

• Conceive and implement concepts, guidelines and strategies in various creative projects and oversee them to completion
• Collaborate with account executives to obtain knowledge of the clients’ requirements
• Direct and motivate teams of art directors, illustrators, copywriters etc. to help them use their talents effectively
• Lead brainstorming/creative sessions to generate ideas
• Write and design unique and well-crafted copy that meet clients’ needs as well as our own
• Revise content and presentations, approve/reject ideas, provide feedback to the team
• Train and guide subordinates into accomplished professionals
• Monitor results of team efforts and propose actions for the future

Responsibilities

• Work towards making the interface of the Flam app & website visually world-class, clean and legible, intuitive to understand, and aesthetically appealing.
• Experienced in collaborating with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, and Developers to see an idea through conceptualization, design, validation, and development
• Collaborate with team members from the Tech, Marketing, and Community teams
• Exceptional in terms of customer empathy, human-centric UI designs
• Good understanding of UX principles, Information Architecture, Usability techniques, and UI patterns

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in building user interface
• Visual design sense across the board
• Designing UIs / Applying illustration skills to UIs
• Typography
• Communication with peers and clear articulation of thoughts and decisions
• Motion Design and Illustration Skills, Micro-animations of illustrations is a plus

Responsibilities:

• Take a lead in product and design ideation, planning and prioritisation. Also be responsible for the creative direction the product should take. 
• Drive user research, create detailed user journeys and take appropriate design decisions backed by user-behaviour and data. 
• Work closely with the Product and the engineering team deliver delightful customer experiences and ship new features
• Take part in creative and holistic thinking across our diverse products and conduct design reviews and status meetings as needed.
• Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps.
• Running user testing of applications, software, websites. Troubleshoot UX DESIGNER problems.
• Communicating scenarios, end to end experiences, interaction models and screen designs to other stakeholders
• Develop UI mock-ups and prototypes 
• Effectively mentor and inspire a team of designers. Help the team in raising the bar, resolving blockers, prioritising and breaking down complex projects into simpler tasks.

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

Job Description- Sr. Visual & Graphic Designer

As a Graphic Designer you will...

• Develop and maintain a consistent brand image and identity across all company materials
• Collaborate with the marketing team to design a variety of assets including social media designs, blog designs, landing page designs, animations, digital ads, site graphics, iconography, illustration, etc.
• Work on multiple projects in parallel while staying organized and meeting deadlines
• Help define and develop our brand narrative, style, and positioning
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to production like online and offline brand visual display, promotion materials, video clips...
• Must understand product design standard. Establish and promote design guidelines according to brand requirement know well about the trending design style and enhance the brand creativity meanwhile.
• Rapidly create sketches illustrations to visualize and effectively communicate your ideas
• Occasionally collaborate with the product team to design visual elements for the application

Qualifications & Requirements:

• 6+ years of professional experience as a designer
• 2 years of minimum experience in internet design industry, experienced in illustration design or advertising design are preferred.
• Perfect graphic design and video editing skills, proficiency in Photoshop/Illustrator/Premiere/After Effect or other visual design tools;
• Strong communication skills, fully understand the design needs or use scenarios. Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Good cooperation and teamwork ability. Responsible for team, strong executive power, and capable of learning, able to withstand high-intensity work pressure.
• Please present your designs when come for interview.

Nice to have skills:

• Experience with marketing, advertising, user psychology, and conversion optimization.
• Strong illustration skills.

What we value:

• Be a team player
• Embrace change
• Communicate clearly
• Deliver creatives on time

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Pune, Maharashtra.