Instructional Designer

LOCATION: Hyderabad - Hybrid (2 days a week)/WFH

A Little Bit About The Role

As an Associate Product Designer, you will play a critical role in shaping user-centric solutions through innovative design practices. This position bridges creativity and strategy, requiring proficiency in both visual and interaction design. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, support senior designers, and contribute to the development of exceptional user experiences that align with business goals. This is an opportunity to grow your skills while delivering impactful design outcomes.

What You Will Be Doing

Design Execution:

• Develop wireframes, prototypes, and polished design assets using tools like Figma.
• Apply design principles to create intuitive and visually appealing interfaces for web and mobile platforms.
• Ensure designs adhere to brand guidelines and accessibility standards.

Collaboration:

• Work closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to gather requirements and refine designs.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions, workshops, and design critiques.
• Facilitate smooth design-to-development handoffs, providing necessary specifications and documentation.

Research & Usability:

• Conduct user research and usability testing to inform design decisions.
• Analyze research findings to identify opportunities for improving product usability and user satisfaction.
• Advocate for user-centered design practices within the team.

Innovation and Learning:

• Stay updated with design trends, emerging tools, and best practices.
• Brainstorm and experiment with innovative design approaches to enhance product offerings.
• Take ownership of small projects and mentor interns or junior team members as needed.

What you will need to be great in this role

Experience:

• 3-6 years of experience in UX/UI or product design roles.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver impactful design solutions in collaborative environments.

Skills:

• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles, information architecture, and accessibility standards.
• Ability to create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.

Attributes:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Problem-solving mindset with lateral thinking abilities.
• Eagerness to learn, adapt, and contribute to team growth.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality designs.

Leadership:

• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines effectively.
• Willingness to mentor junior designers and contribute to a culture of design excellence.

Portfolio Requirements:

• A portfolio showcasing design projects, highlighting your role in problem-solving, design execution, and user-focused solutions.
• Examples of work that demonstrate strong visual design, user research, and prototyping skills.

Certifications (Optional but Beneficial):

• UX/UI certifications (e.g., Nielsen Norman Group, Interaction Design Foundation).
• Design thinking or ideation certifications (e.g., IDEO, LUMA Institute).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, supported by Scrum or other relevant certifications.

NOTE: This role is ideal for someone eager to make a meaningful impact through design while developing their expertise in a supportive and innovative environment.

Preferred Skills

Storyboarding, User Experience (UX), User Interface Design, Usability, Information architecture, Site Maps, User Flows, Wireframing (Figma), Prototyping, Minimalism, Lateral Thinking, Problem-solving skills, Design Thinking, Accessibility, Design Systems

Qualifications

A bachelor's degree is not necessary, but strong communication skills are essential.

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
• Employee stock ownership plan
• 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!

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 100 strong from around the world that are radically open-minded and believe in excellence, respecting one another, and pushing our boundaries to the furthest it's ever been.

We are seeking an experienced and creative Learning & Development (L&D) Specialist – Instructional Designer to design, develop, and implement engaging learning experiences that support employee growth, enhance job performance, and align with business goals. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in instructional design, adult learning principles, and e-learning development tools.

As a Motion Graphics Designer at Quick Radius, you do more than bringing graphics to life. You use your strong creative background to create powerful videos that capture an audience and leaves them wanting more. In addition, you have these skills and experiences:

• Strong technical skills and proven ability to use a variety of Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition)
• The ability to partner with other creative team members and key stakeholders to create content used across a variety of platforms (web, mobile, social media, and more)
• Able to work in a fast paced environment and have strong project management skills
• Interact with clients to understand brief and share ideas
• Be a great communicator, receive and interpret feedback, and meet tight deadlines
• Respond to user feedback, data/analytics, and client feedback to improve the creative work in future iterations
• Ability to work on types of video - Explainer, Promotional, Marketing, SaaS product demo, Social media, Video editing, Animation, Mixed types of video

Roles & Responsibilities:

 3+ years of experience developing mobile apps.  Experiencing fine tuning applications to improve performance and memory utilization.  Thorough understanding of iOS development for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad devices.  Experience of design and development of iOS applications, preferably in an Enterprise setting  Proficient with Xcode, Objective-C, and Cocoa Touch  Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, SQLite, MapKit, UIKit, Core Location, etc.  String knowledge in Restful, SOAP APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services  Strong knowledge of Storyboard, Autolayout, ARC.  Experience of design and development of iOS applications, preferably in an Enterprise setting  Proficient with Xcode, Objective-C, and Cocoa Touch.  experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, SQLite, MapKit, UIKit, Core Location, etc  Experience with offline storage, threading, multitasking, and performance and memory tuning with  tools  (such as Instruments).  Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines  Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred  Knowledge of Graph APIs is preferred.  Familiarity with cloud message APIs, Local and push notifications  Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, TFS or SVN)  Familiarity with continuous integration.

Candidate Required:

 Excellent communication skills  Be an effective Team Leader and should be able to handle and lead a team with effective delegation.  Proficient in mobile app UI development and best practices  Ability to understand that business needs may shift your priorities and adjust accordingly  Exceptional written and oral communication skills.  Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on listening and questioning skills.  Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.  Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

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.

• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers
• Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
• Design graphic user interface 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
• 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)
• Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images
  
  

• Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
• Portfolio of design projects
• Knowledge of wireframe tools (e.g. Wireframe.cc and InVision)
• 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
• BSc in Design, Computer Science or relevant field

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced and talented UI designer to design and shape unique, user-centric products and experiences. You will be able to make deliberate design decisions and to translate any given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction. The ideal candidate should have experience of working in agile teams, with developers and UX designers.