Sales Consultant

About the Role:

We are looking for a talented and experienced Design Lead or Art Director to join our branding team. In this role, you’ll help define creative strategies, guide the design process, and ensure high-quality work across branding, packaging, and digital communication projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand client briefs and help define brand strategy.
• Contribute ideas during brainstorming sessions and team discussions.
• Review design work to ensure it aligns with the overall concept and branding goals.
• Help create mood boards and guide the design direction.
• Present design concepts to clients and explain the thought process.
• Work closely with project managers to meet timelines and deliverables.
• Supervise post-production and ensure timely project completion.
• Approve and review legal checks, illustrations, and test prints.
• Provide feedback and approvals on designs created by the team.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in graphic design, preferably in a branding or advertising environment.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Excellent eye for detail and understanding of design principles.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and MS Office.
• Strong command of English (spoken and written).

We are seeking a skilled Frontend Developer to join our global automotive team. As Frontend Developer, you will be responsible for implementing features for critical application environments for industry leaders in the automotive industry. 

Responsibilities:

Frontend Development: Develop and maintain web applications using AngularJS, Angular 2+, Typescript, AG-Grid, ExtJS.

NodeJS + Express development .

UI/UX Implementation.

Testing & Code Quality: Write and execute unit tests using the Karma framework, ensuring robust and maintainable code. 

Requirements:

Technical expertise: Strong proficiency in AngularJS (Version 1) & Angular (latest Version).

Experience with Websocket technology.

Ideally familiar with NgRx, AG Grid, SVG Rendering.

Experience with Docker.

Strong analytical, communication, and organizational abilities. Easy to work with.

Familiarity with Node.js, Express.js. 

Optional: Experience with our relevant business domain (Automotive industry). Familiarity with IT process frameworks SCRUM, ITIL. 

Skills & Requirements

AngularJS, Angular (latest Version), Typescript, AG-Grid, ExtJS, Node.js, Express.js, NgRx, SVG Rendering, Docker

We are looking for a Client Key Account Manager who has an experience in coordinating with the clients and the Digital marketing team. The Account manager will be the liaise between clients and the internal teams (content writers/graphic designers/ implementors/ Billing) to ensure the timely and successful delivery of solutions pertaining to our client's needs. Knowledge of LinkedIn Advertising or PPC campaign is a must. Also, understanding of tech is a plus since we have major tech clients on board.

Experience - 4 years - 5 years as an Account manager experience

The Ideal Candidate

Client Management: Your main task as an Account Manager is to understand and manage clients’ expectations, coordinating with the client and the team and keep them aware about the actions you're taking and how we're progressing. Communication with the client will be basic as your main job is to get results for the clients. Responding to client queries (Account updates, Billing Inquiries, or General complaints) in an effective manner, via Phone calls, Emails, and Chats within the time limits and following up to ensure resolution whenever required.

LinkedIn Ads / PPC campaign: Experience with LinkedIn Ads / PPC campaign is required. You are expected to to make day to day changes in the LinkedIn ad manager and take care of the campaigns. Not only do you need to know the fundamentals of LinkedIn or PPC Ads, but also be experienced enough to come up with campaign strategies and manage long term while getting results.

Accounts handled: You should have handled minimum 50 lakhs worth of ad spent in past on either PPC campaign / LinkedIn Ads campaigns.

Problem Solving: We’re always here to support our team members but you need to be someone who can roll up your sleeve and do your best to deal with problems - and solve those which you can actually solve. Identifying customer needs, and problems and taking proactive steps to maintain positive experiences.

Marketing Strategy: Your main job is to learn about the client's business and understand what they sell, who they sell to, etc. in order to use this to guide the client towards strategies that help their ad campaigns become as profitable as possible (with the account executive’s & account lead’s help).

Important Personality Traits

• Persuasive, Assertive, Confident, Direct
• Strong English proficiency
• Should be available in IST time zone
• Willing to work in US time zone, as and when required
• Remote working.
• Fast Internet & Power backup (if you have frequent power cut issues).
• Ready for Video calls at all times. Video calls are an integral part of maintaining the human connection while working from Anywhere.

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Developing and executing marketing strategies that drive sales to business-to-business companies
• Research through web analytics and use keywords for global promotion and generating leads through digital means.
• Plan and execute all web, SEO/SEM, database marketing, email and social media.
• Performing market analysis and research on the latest trends.
• Utilize strong analytical ability to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points.
• Identify critical conversion points and drop-off points and optimize user funnels.
• Measure and report the performance of all digital marketing campaigns and assess against goals (ROI and KPIs).
• Update information on our website to boost rankings.
• Researching and evaluating competitor marketing and digital content.
• Brainstorm new and creative growth strategies through digital marketing.
• Plan, execute, and measure experiments and conversion tests.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Experience range – 4 to 7 years

• Good understanding of software engineering practices, SDLC.
• Strong in analytical, design and problem-solving skills, with a strong desire to create new things, dive in wherever there’s a need and learn new things
• Hands-on experience in Java / J2EE application development using open-source frameworks like Spring.
• Experience in unit test frameworks like JUnit
• Need to optimize code and test programming modules
• Excellent Object-Oriented Analysis & Design skills.
• Must have experience in Software design using design patterns. Exposure to technical solutions will be an advantage
• Must have experience in relational database technologies with experience on databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Strong proficiency with Java programming - Must have experience on Micro-Services using Spring boot.
• Good to have experience in JavaScript
• Good to have previously worked on distributed systems
• Good to have a working knowledge of Redis
• Good to have exposure to stream processing and functional programming
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead a team of 4- 8 engineers closely with complete authority and accountability to deliver high-quality software products in a fast-paced environment.
• Lead your team to design and develop applications based on Microservices architecture.
• Guide your team members on the latest technologies including Java, Spring, Spring-Boot, Angular, Hibernate, Redis, Hazelcast, Bootstrap, jQuery etc.
• Leverage development tools including AWS, GIT, Nginx, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins etc.
• Collaborate with other technical managers, architects, and product owners to build an integrated enterprise-class software product suite

Skills

• Java, Spring Boot – Must, Spring Data, ReactJS, DevOps, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript ES6 & above – Good to have

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

• Improving customer experience, not only for borrowers, but also other partners on the platform.
• Ensure seamless integration with data/ service providers and lending partners.
• When not doing any of above, write tests to prevent any regressions.

• Full-stack development experience.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Self-starter: Someone who can develop independently.
• Passionate about problem solving, ability to see the big picture.
• Realizes the value of 80-20

• Regular participation on Codechef, Topcoder etc. ( If yes, please cite your rank and pass on a link to your profile! )
• Prior experience at a bank / fin-tech / non-banking financial player in a technical role.