The Company
Testing Ground is disrupting the way new business ventures develop and grow in the different industries. We help founders and innovation leads in companies figure out where their new business vertical, test demand for it from customers across Asia and help them scale it up. We hand the new to the world and new to market products and solutions which will change the way the industry operates. We also work towards creating a workforce who is able to help other companies test and grow their business model.
Testing Ground is a Singapore based startup with early satellite bases in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, China and Vietnam. Joining us means that you will get the opportunity to learn from the founding members. Our founder has deep experience building and mentoring start-ups across Southeast Asia. His previous startup counts Eduardo Saverin, Co-founder of Facebook, as one of their investors. Our co-founders are experts in community and partnership development in China and Singapore as well as skilled in future oriented capabilities such as digital marketing, viral growth, content marketing and latest innovation strategies.
At Testing Ground, we want our team to be made up of people who have the ability to become the best. We practice Lean Startup and Agile. We do stand-ups and run experiments often. We have an open work culture but yet we are very focused and very energetic.
If you would like to learn and get your hands dirty in doing the work related to the latest innovation and methodology to creating a sustainable business model, this is the place for you.
As a startup, everyone in the team are do-ers and want to make a name for themselves. We are driven and open to new ideas. Join us and have a chance to craft out your own growth as well as the company’s growth.
The Opportunity
Unleash your capability with us
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are facing an upcoming upheaval with technology disrupting the way things are currently run. Beyond providing consulting services to these companies, we want to help them by providing them with a clear methodology to support them through this transition.
That is where you come in.
As a graphic designer at Testing Ground, you will have the opportunity to conceptualise ideas and craft inspiring designs, as well as to play a part in envisioning the creative direction for these companies. We are looking for someone who is always hungry to learn new tools and skills to develop thoughtful, creative illustrations that communicate key messages in a clean, simple way. Apply now if you thrive on exploring new concepts and enjoy watching your ideas come to life – from conceptualisation to production.
This is a full-time role (9am-6pm, Mondays to Fridays), with a monthly salary of 363 USD.
Competencies created: You will be able to
- Develop design concepts for business objectives and goals
- You'll learn how to deliver value to projects through objective-based design such as developing the style and vision for the clients that we work with.
- You’ll get to design for business success for creative and effective delivery of branding services
- Manage various stakeholders and project requirements
- You’ll have the opportunity to work with our team to ensure collaterals are delivered on time
- You’ll manage multiple projects with concurrent deadlines, ensuring high quality and accuracy of final deliverables through proofreading
About the Role:
- Create Visual Brand Identity
- Conceptualise a creative direction for Testing Ground’s projects
- Conceptualise and design branding/marketing materials for both print and web related marketing material
- Produce new artwork based on brand guidelines agreed with our team
- Create print and digital advertising materials
- Develop Key Visuals and Collaterals for Marketing Campaigns and Events
- Assist in the management of website, newsletters and all other company materials, where necessary
- Design all graphic, sales and marketing materials e.g. EDM / Posters / Banners
- Work with us in crafting visually compelling presentations
- Manage Design from Concept to Production
- Work according to briefs for the branding needs and guidelines
- Ensure design specifications are production-ready
- Engage with external printers or contractors/suppliers/vendors to ensure the highest quality of materials and that deadlines are met
- Proper documentation of all design files
Why You Will Love Working with Testing Ground:
- If you have been thinking of starting your own business, this position will give you an in-depth insight to what works and doesn’t in the different industries and countries across Asia.
- The firm believes that it is critical to encourage personal development to have a successful team. As such, we have a variety of online learning courses which you can use to pick up different skills and capabilities.
- You will be exposed to different platforms and tools to help you become more efficient in doing your job.
Experience:
At least Diploma in Art/Design/Creative fields
Skills Required:
- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite especially Illustrator and Photoshop
- Familiarity in Adobe InDesign for desktop publishing
- Ability to convey company’s message in line with brand’s guidelines through original design
- Ability to create strong design concepts
- (good to have) Skilled in video editing
- (good to have) Skilled in photography and videography
- (good to have) Knowledge of photo editing in Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom
What we’re looking for in you:
- Desire to learn and adapt to new technologies
- Able to work independently and proactively in a team
- Strong communication skills to liaise with marketing team and external vendors
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects deadlines
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
- Keen eye for detail
P.S: Assess us like we assess you. If you’d like to check out who our founder is, you can connect with him via his LinkedIn page url here and say “Hi, I saw your job post on….” : https://www.linkedin.com/in/thehappybryan/
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Senior Product Designer:
We at Vahak, are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Product Designer to join our young & diverse team. You will play a key role in designing solutions for our mobile & web applications. You must cover every aspect of design i.e. UX Research, Wire-framing & Prototyping, Pixel perfect final designs, handover and collaboration with PMs & Developers.
You will be working with designers, engineers and product managers to achieve these goals. Our ideal candidate will have strong problem solving skills, knowledge about HCD fundamentals, and a user-centric mindset. We love people who are humble and collaborative with hunger for excellence.
Responsibilities
- Interact and collaborate with Head of Product, Product Managers, Product Designers, UX Designers to understand requirements, communicate your design thinking and ideas. Create product solutions as quick sketches, mockups, hi-fidelity visual designs, prototypes to solve the problem in hand. Review, refine and iterate designs and validate it with our users.
- Ensure intuitive and amazing experiences for our users by transforming complex product requirements/concepts into easy-to-use & accessible features.
- Craft every detail of new product features with pixel perfect design, understand the edge cases along with the visual expressions
- Create new patters that are intuitive, develop scalable design systems with other designers in the team. Adhere to high quality style standards on typography and graphic design.
- Identification of UX problems in collaboration with customer support and analysts, conduct layout adjustments, iterations based on user feedback and analysis to increase product adoption.
- Adopt highly efficient design practices to own end-to-end design process (user research, wire-framing, prototype testing, pixel perfect design solutions).
- Clearly communicate design logics, stories and concepts to cross-functional team of designer, engineers, analyst and product managers.
- Ability to think and visualize concepts originally. Ability to perform tasks with little or no supervision and observe
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in design or relevant field.
- 3-6 years of experience in UI/UX design for digital products (preferably mobile).
- Portfolio of professional UX design work for mobile (Android & IOS) platforms.
- Experience of building and shipping mobile/web applications independently end to end.
- Familiarity with technical constraints and limitations to design for platforms such as mobile apps(Android/iOS) desktop and responsive web.
- Proficient with industry standard design tools (Figma, Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, Zeplin etc.)
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple milestones and projects efficiently.
- Team spirit, good time-management skills, strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders.
- Detail oriented, advanced problem solving skills with customer-centric approach.
- Continued education and research into latest UI/UX trends and current design strategies.
How to Apply:
To apply for this role, you need to have a design portfolio of your previous works. This portfolio should only include strictly the following details:
- Links or mockups of the 2 best projects/product/features you have come across as a Product Designer in your career.
Note: We strictly want just 2 projects, don’t share ad-hoc designs uploaded on Behance or any other sites. Just 2 projects will suffice, rest all will not be considered.
- After the shortlisting we will invite candidates for an online Group Discussion on a design problem.
1. Understand creative briefs and generate unique ideas
2. Act as an active contributor to brainstorming discussion
3. Thinking of interesting clutter breaking ideas and its execution
4. Must have the ability to ideate, evolve content and refer to relevant design touch-points
5. Ideation and execution of the design
6. Ability to deliver work as per timeline requirement
7. Act upon feedback and make necessary changes that meet the brief
8. Explore a variety of techniques and evolve solutions that lead to improvement in consumer impact
Here’s what you should have:
1. Candidates from NID/NIFT
2. Well versed in basic graphic design software - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, After Effects etc.
You should apply if you:
1. Love taking ownership of your work and enjoy the creative freedom that comes with it
2. Aren’t scared to dream big, think scale, and chase big hairy audacious goals
3. Want to work in a free, flexible, and performance-driven environment
4. Are a scientist at heart - Try, test, validate, implement, scale. Run experiments!
building a great consumer brand.
What you will do:
Conceptualizing visuals based on requirements
A keen eye for aesthetics and details.
Collaborating with marketing, copywriters, product team to ensure consistency of designs across various social media platforms
Positive and committed with a can-do attitude and a flexible approach to complex problems
Ability to work effectively under timeline, proactive and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Understanding and maintaining consistency & brand values across all communication channels/ social media platforms
A thorough understanding of creative design trends in tech, branding, advertising and related fields
What you need to have:
2+ years of proven graphic/brand designing experience
Advanced graphic design, illustrations, video creating and editing skills
Advanced software skills of Adobe creative suite (mainly photoshop, illustrator, premiere pro & After Effects) or other relevant software
Strong sense of typography, imagery, colours, composition and visual layouts
Experience working with other teams such as marketing, product, etc.
Must be receptive to constructive feedback and create multiple iterations of the designs
A great portfolio that demonstrates your skills
Must have a degree in Design, Fine Arts or related fields
Animation & Motion Graphics skills are a great plus
What you'll be doing :
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You'll be creating the best-in-class mobile designs for users on the Android platform, including visual & motion graphics, flash animation to explain the concepts.
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Asset creations, icon design, for the final deliverable for the release of the phone.
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You'll be continuously keeping an eye on the latest user interactive designs and leveraging those in one's own and the team's work as necessary.
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Create a look consistent with all of Indus OS while pleasing our users.
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Present the user interface visually so information is easy to read, easy to understand and easy to find.
Your Profile :
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Candidate with 4+ years experience.
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B.des, M.des from IIT(IDC) /NID/ Symbiosis/ MIT/ other design colleges.
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Creative and imaginative-, loves to explore.
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Ability to translate a concept into a visual form that explains the concept and able to give justification for each design decision.
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Strong penchant towards all things technology
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Comfortable presenting ideas and designs
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Capable of working within deadlines in a fast-paced environment, often on multiple projects
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Exceptional understanding of the graphic and the functional aspects of design and the ability to execute both
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A strong and creative portfolio with varied projects (this is important to evaluate the capabilities of interested candidates)
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Proficient with Adobe design software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash)
UI/UX Designer responsibilities include:
- Gathering and evaluating user requirements, in collaboration with product managers and engineers
- Illustrating design ideas using storyboards, process flows, and sitemaps
- Designing graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, and widgets
Job brief
We are looking for a UI/UX Designer to turn our software into easy-to-use products for our clients.
UI/UX Designer responsibilities include gathering user requirements, designing graphic elements, and building navigation components. To be successful in this role, you should have experience with design software and wireframe tools. If you also have a portfolio of professional design projects that includes work with web/mobile applications, we’d like to meet you.
Ultimately, you’ll create both functional and appealing features that address our clients’ needs and help us grow our customer base.
Responsibilities
- Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers
- Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows, and sitemaps
- Design graphics user interfaces elements, like menus, tabs, and widgets
- Build page navigation buttons and search fields
- Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like
- Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders
- Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
- Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
- Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors, and images
Requirements
- Portfolio of design projects (does not matter if the project is not live)
- Knowledge of Designing tools (e.g. Figma and AdobeXD)
- Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
- Good time-management skills
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Job description:
Graphic Designer with 0 months T0 1 yr experience.
Salary : 14K to 17K
Skills Mandatory:
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Regards,
Pratibha
