Remote UI/UX Designer for a US startup

1. Get your creative juices flowing by collaborating with the marketing team to develop concepts and visual assets for digital campaigns, social media, and other marketing initiatives

2. Dive into the world of motion graphics and video editing to craft content that's not just cool but Instagram Reels cool ensuring brand consistency and alignment with campaign objectives

3. Stay ahead of the curve by keeping tabs on the latest trends in design, animation, and social media

4. Take ownership of projects from concept to execution, managing multiple assignments simultaneously and meeting deadlines.

We are looking for an experienced and creative UI/UX Designer to join our team! As an UI-UX Designer , you will be responsible for delivering the best online user experience, which makes your role extremely important for our success and ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty. You will be designing ideas using various methods and latest technology.

You will be designing graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, forms, and widgets.

SKILLS:

Must have:

“Proven work experience as a UX/VD Designer or similar role”

1) Portfolio of design projects

2) Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, XD, Adobe Premier, Sketch, Invision

and After Effects.

3) Team spirit and strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders.

4) Good time-management skills

5) Hands-on experience in leading a design team.

6) Communicates company goals, safety practices, and deadlines to team.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

1) Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers

2) Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps

3) Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets

4) Build page navigation buttons and search fields

5) Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like

6) Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders

7) Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)

8) Should be quick and be able to handle pressure situations.

9) Good Knowledge over HTML,CSS.

10) Motivate team members and assesses performance.

In this role, you will participate in all phases of a product - Discover, Design, Test, Build and Measure. 

• It is a hybrid role of 60-70% UX and 40-30% UI design focus. 
• You will be liaising with the following teams - Brand, Copy, Product development and Marketing to ensure cohesiveness.
• You will need to understand and produce design assets for a responsive website.
• You will need to coordinate with the development team to help in implementation by providing accessible assets which have a precise specification.
• You should understand the design approaches that cater differently (if required) for different market segments and location and create design artefacts accordingly.
• Aspire to innovate, articulate and be passionate about design. Responsible for quality and consistency as it aligns with the design system and SKO Brand.

Key responsibilities include:

• Define and map information architectures and user journeys for the responsive web design solution
• Create, iterate and prototype testable design concepts
• Provide designs and precise specification to the dev team for implementation
• Ensure consistent approach and to be able to contribute as well as using design systems
• Gather briefs and communicate ideas clearly and effectively
• Conduct research using a variety of methods and be able to synthesise results from research into tangible insights and recommendations for discovery as well as ongoing improvement of current journeys

Experience

• In-depth knowledge of human-centred design and usability heuristics. Extensive experience in Product, UX, HCI, or Web Design
• Experience in designing responsive websites and applications
• Experience in creating, testing and iterating prototypes with stakeholders
• Experience with conducting research and articulating outputs incoherent and understandable formats
• Experience in setting/managing expectations
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and guidelines

Desirable skills include

• A design or research-related degree
• Experience speaking about design at conferences or meetups
• Software experience MUST - Figma, Adobe Suite: Photoshop/Illustrator
• DESIRABLE - Ability to prototype Lo-Fi/Hi-Fi with InVision, Framer, or Principle
• Understand Bootstrap or basic responsive HTML/CSS framework
• Embrace Mobile First and Lean UX Design Iteration
• Software experience DESIRABLE - Invision, Miro, Monday.com/Jira, and MS office suite
• Must be a champion of Accessibility and Compliance
• Understanding CMS system integrations
• Understanding of third party integrations
• Usertesting knowledge moderated / unmoderated – OR be comfortable to learn

Personality - You will be a good fit if you ...

• Have the ability to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities
• Work with all stakeholders, including the dev team, copywriter, leadership teams
• are a good communicator - making sure that any new change is communicated and documented well within the cross-functional team
• Are a good collaborator - you involve main stakeholders for design decisions.
• a champion in meeting user needs, even if it means challenging the brief or assumptions made
• Aspire to innovate, articulate and be passionate about design. Responsible for quality and consistency as it aligns with the design system and SKO Brand.
• Are a believer of Holistic Experience Design – Think about and explicitly design for every contact point and customer interaction. Whether that interaction is with the product, website, app, service, content, employee, message, call centre, etc.)

Looking for a passionate, self-driven creative Sr. UX Designer to join our team and lead experience design efforts across Mobile, Web, Smart TV, and Print media 

Mandatory Skillset:
• Experience in Enterprise Application Experience Design
• Expertise in wireframe and prototype tools
• Extensive experience with mobile-first design.
• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model, to regularly deliver design solutions for approval 

Good to have: • Certification in Human Factors or Interaction Design 

Education: B.Des, M.Des, BFA, MFA, Design background from any Top tier design institute will be plus point 

Experience: 5 to 10 years