Product Designer

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. 

BeyondScale is a dynamic IT company focused on developing innovative after-sales and CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) products. With a vibrant startup atmosphere, we are committed to revolutionizing the way businesses manage their post-sales operations and maintenance processes. To learn more about our solutions, visit our site – www.beyondscale.tech

Are you passionate about making user experiences that are both attractive and easy to use? Do you enjoy working with others to bring ideas to life? If yes, we want you to join us as an Associate UI/UX Designer!

Your role will involve:

• Working with team members to plan the direction of our digital products for the short and long term.
• Using human-centered design to create user interfaces that are not only simple but also enjoyable to use.
• Studying our customers, competitors, and industry to understand user needs better.
• Making clear and effective designs, like wireframes and storyboards.
• Collaborating closely with our agile development team to create great designs.
• Quickly testing and improving our products.
• Keeping up with design trends and tools to keep our work top-notch.

We're looking for someone who:

• Understands modern UI/UX design principles.
• Has experience designing for websites, mobile apps, and tablets.
• Is skilled in using Figma, our main design tool.
• Knows how to use graphic design tools like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Can communicate well with team members and clients.
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced, creative environment.

Extra points if you have:

• Experience with specific design tools or methods we use.
• A portfolio showcasing your design work.
• A Bachelor's degree in Design Studies or a related field.

We have a Web-based SaaS product and we are looking forward to a UX Designer to make a Dashboard.

Evenings are meeting-heavy to work with US team.

This is lead position and requires you to works across Engineering, Product and Leadership teams. As a Product/UX Designer, you’ll be responsible for defining, designing, researching, prototyping, and implementing new features as well as future iterations. We're looking for a designer who isn't afraid to jump in and explore new challenges. You have a balance of interaction design, visual design, and product thinking skills. You are customer obsessed and research driven. You’re a natural collaborator and can work independently and in a team environment.

·       The UX Product Designer, delivers a design that works, based on user evidence.

·       They research, architect, prototype, specify and make the case for user centered experience on the product they are assigned.

·       They do it by testing and iterating on proposed approaches to complete specific tasks until an approach is proven to deliver the intended user and business outcomes including Objective Key Results (OKRs).

·       If no OKRs are provided, the Product Designer establishes them and measures design approach effectiveness against them.

·       The UX Product Designer will lead the UX team, nurture and grow talent.

·       This includes receiving and giving support to other designers, contributing to and establishing standard ways of working, establishing and enforcing design system standards and components, consistency between their product and others and owning authority and responsibility over the UX competency on your product team.

Key Responsibilities

·       Creating and Consuming design system components in Figma

·       Final Visual Design/Specification

·       Critical Thinking and interpretive skills are required to approach and make recommendations for problems that don't have established UX approaches.

·       Critical Thinking and interpretive skills to follow conventional approaches for problems that do have well established UX best practices, AKA 'Conventions.'

·       Collaborative skills to support the design and product teams, advocate for users with product teams and pivot and adjust to account for business viability and development feasibility.

·       Confidence to recommend not releasing design that is not ready for users.

What we would love to see

·       Experience with enterprise product design or analytics dashboard design

·       Be able to lead a team in an ambiguous environment

·       Zeal for perfection and self improvement

·       Ambition to grow in a high paced startup!

Why us?

·       Be part of early team and be able to influence overall product design experience for a product designed for large scale enterprises

·       A no nonsense work environment with a sharp focus on work ethics

·       Fast moving growth trajectory

Requirements:
Good working knowledge of Adobe XD
Pay attention to details
Distill simplicity from complex user requirements
Excellent verbal, written, and communication skills

Work with a world-class fin-tech maverick that is focusing on creating a powerful future-focused infrastructure with sophistication and transparency.

Our client is a cross border payment platform started in 2014, with a vision to simplify the cross-border payments experience for consumers. It later expanded and scaled its offerings to meet the needs of SME’s, Financial Institutions, Enterprises, and other payment service providers. It is currently accessible in 90 countries dealing with 63 currencies, developing cutting-edge products and solutions that solve the most crucial problems in the FinTech space.

As a Product Manager, you will join the Consumer product team and lead the implementation of global products in our journey towards making remittances accessible and affordable for all.

In this role, you’ll work with cross functional teams to build product strategy and roadmap to grow our consumer business vertical.

What you will do:

• Solving issues through consumer web/ apps platform & improving the overall experience of for the consumers.
• Coordinating such that product development is an extremely collaborative effort between engineering, design, analytics and customer-facing teams.
• Working with a group of experienced Product Managers with a track record of successfully building large-scale business and consumer products that are collectively impacting millions of users around the world
• Being responsible for new product ideation, product development cycle and launch.
• Building a market excelling product line, offering best in class services and user experience that contributes to the product vision and business strategy
• Proactively identifying gaps in the market and leading the effort to develop products that drive business value
• Closely involving in documentation, validation, verification of critical performance data, feedback and findings related to the customer journey
• Working closely with a team of engineers, architects, designers, experimentation team to deliver excellence and setting the high-level mission, vision, and roadmap for the platform and the team
• Working with the design team to constantly improve the UI/ UX of the consumer facing app/ web and white-labelled platforms basis data.
• Understanding the blend between Interaction, UX and usability
• Being responsible for incorporating feedback from consumers, data inputs, market intelligence, research, competitor analysis and designing features/ functionalities to keep always miles ahead of competition
• Gathering post-launch client feedback, measuring performance and quickly capturing learnings to adapt the product.

Designation: Lead - UI Designer (ABL_SS_481), Senior UI Developer (ABL_SS_433)

Position description:

• Design experiences for mobile and web.
• Perform the entire design cycle of assigned projects; i.e. understand objectives, ideate solutions, wireframe & prototype, create visual designs, and make iterative improvements.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the users from research and be their champion in all internal discussions.
• Instill form and function in your designs with thoughtful use of layout, color, gradient, type, icons, imagery, and interaction.
• Interface with developers to ensure that the final development matches your design vision.
• Create and manage style-guides for swift and consistent performance of the team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• UI Design for Mobile and Web application platforms.

Reporting Team

• Reporting Designation: Head - Digital Strategy (ABL_SS_251)
• Reporting Department: Digital Strategy (2172)

Educational qualifications preferred

• Field specialization: Design and visual communication, Web Designing and Computer Graphics

Required Competencies:

• Designer competent in creating excellent mobile and web experiences. You have premier work to showcase in your portfolio.
• Believe in user-centric design and can justify your design decisions with sound logic and backing.
• Obsessed with being pixel-perfect and are well-versed with platform design guidelines (Material Design, iOS guidelines, etc).
• Possess good knowledge of usability, color, typography, iconography, and interaction design.
• Keen to interact with your users and optimize your design based on the principles of UX research.
• Able to design cross-platform experiences with clarity on what will work on desktop and mobile, and what will not. 
• Should have fluent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Required Skills:

• 5-8 years of experience in digital design for mobile and web.
• Competence in prevalent design tools (like Sketch/XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InVision/Zeplin)
• An elaborate and consolidated portfolio showcasing your work and skills.

https://ownpath.xyz/">ownpath is an early stage startup with a mission of making ambitious career opportunities accessible to everyone, starting with Design. We recently completed a 3 month program on Design Management for Gojek, for which we received highly positive reviews. We had Kristin Skinner (Co-author of Org Design for Design Orgs) and Meredith Black (Ex-Pinterest) as some of the instructors for the program.

We're currently working on a https://ownpath.xyz/product-design-fellowship">Product Design Fellowship program to help junior designers develop key skills and transition towards becoming Product Designers at leading startups.

The program will involve designers working in teams, building live projects, and showcasing their work to prospective employers during Demo Day. We currently have Gojek, Razorpay, and Scripbox as industry partners. We're seeking a Head of Design Education to join us as part of the Founding team to help us run a successful cohort and build a foundation for future programs.

Key responsibilities

• Own the program experience in terms of identifying focus areas, pedagogy, learning outcomes, and evaluation criterion, and ensuring a high placement rate
• Collaborate closely with our instructional designer to innovate on scalable &highly engaging learning experiences
• Conduct regular Office Hours to guide learners on their projects and curate learning resources for both the cohort and the broader design community
• Collaborate with our community manager to grow our learner and mentor communities

You ideally have

• Around 6 years worth of experience in designing digital products/experiences, preferably with some experience at fast-growing startups
• Strong interest in making design education accessible and outcome-driven
• Experience with conducting or organising conference talks or workshops
• Excellent communication skills

Key Benefits

• Huge opportunity for impact by helping build a design school from scratch as an exciting alternative to conventional avenues for higher education
• Excellent stepping stone for a Head of Design role at fast-growing startups
• Develop your network by interfacing with Heads of Design/Product in the industry
• Get mentorship from Heads of Designs/Product

This is a full-time paid role, with an option to convert to a equity-based partner role based on performance and fit.

Shreyas Satish,

Founder & CEO,

ownpath, Inc.