Senior Product Designer

Are you a creative genius with a knack for making websites and apps function flawlessly and visually stunning?

If so, we've got the perfect role for you - UI/UX Designer!

As a UI/UX Designer, you will aim to create digital experiences that make people go "WOW!"

This role involves understanding user needs, researching, and designing interfaces that enhance usability and drive user engagement. You'll be responsible for designing intuitive user interfaces that are as smooth as butter and visually appealing as a piece of art.

Here's what you'll be doing at UIUX Studio:

- Crafting user-friendly and eye-catching designs for websites and mobile applications.

- Collaborating with developers and stakeholders to bring your designs to life.

- Conducting user research and testing to gather valuable insights and make data-driven design decisions.

- Creating wireframes, prototypes, and mockups that will make your clients jump with joy.

- Constantly staying up-to-date with the latest design trends and tools because let's face it, being trendy is cool.

Now, let's talk about the qualifications we're looking for:

- A portfolio that will make our jaws drop - show us your best UI/UX designs!

- Degree in Design or equivalent experience but hey, if you're a self-taught design prodigy, we won't hold it against you.

- Proficiency in industry-standard design software like Sketch, Adobe XD, or Figma.

- A deep understanding of user-centred design principles (you should know what makes users tick)

- Excellent communication skills because teamwork makes the dream work

• Understand the brief, participate in brainstorming and produce creative designs that result in an engaging consumer journey. 
• Collaborate with the marketing team and copywriters to understand the exact requirements and expectations. 

• Be a great team player and coordinate with other design teams to seek and provide design assistance.
• Use proficient creative software skills to create a variety of static and motion graphics for communication design. 
• Learn business requirements and organisational values to adapt the same in designs. 

• Understand how creatives are performing via analysing performance data and incorporate the same understanding into subsequent creatives.

Responsibilities :

- Execute and drive multiple UI UX projects by diagnosing business and user needs.

- Apply all pieces of user-centred design methodology and processes.

- Plan and conduct primary and secondary research.

- Convert user insights into concept designs that are not only compelling but are contrasting ideas looking at business challenges from varied angles.

- Design and manage all interaction design activities including visual design coordination with global designers.

- Present design decisions to the stakeholders that are backed up by strong experience design principles and rationale.

- Coordinate with technology teams to bring designs to a pixel-perfect reality.

- Manage communications at all levels and be responsible for project deliverables with quality and on time.

- A clear and effective presentation style to inform and influence important design decisions and maintain credibility.

- Create wireframes and visual design mockups as needed in order to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed user interaction behaviors

- Create or advise on content architecture and navigation design, Design page level layout, page flow, and task fulfilment

- Conduct user research and synthesize findings

- Define and distill complex user requirements

- Design digital products and service processes

- Conduct usability testing

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams

- Communicate design solutions.

What We're Looking For :

- A relevant design degree, or equivalent work experience in UI UX is required

- 2+ years of experience with enterprise or design-oriented systems

- Familiar with design tools such as Figma, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

- Knowledgeable about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; able to demonstrate how technical constraints and opportunities inform design solutions

- Portfolios demonstrate your expertise and experience is required

- You are able to communicate design rationale effectively in both oral and written forms, influence others, and find innovative solutions to problems.

- In the past, work has involved cross-functional collaboration with designers, product managers, software engineers, and end users.

- You have the ability to contribute to design strategy and build strong relationships across stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.

Job Profile:

We are looking for a Senior UX designer to join the Product Experience team assisting in research, design, and development of an innovative user-need based, engaging, and intuitive online SaaS platform. Work with real customers of the SaaS platform to better the design and advocate for users’ needs.

Key Attributes you'd need to possess:

• Problem Solver - Quick on your feet, some problems require creative solutions. Communicating those with peers and clients effectively, for presentations and walk through as well as support on client calls if needed.

• Team Player- Builds strong partnerships with product & engineering teams, and understands how to handle creative differences between teams and stakeholders to manage consistency at a brand level.

• User-Driven - Advocate for the user and get them the best experience driven by design. We believe in data, the numbers don’t lie! Using data to back design decisions get you extra points! 

• Business Acumen- Should be willing to learn and understand complex business challenges, and formulate solutions to solve the problems effectively. Someone who makes intelligent decisions - work effectively, plan better, and formulate solutions that can deliver returns.

Typical work week look like:

• Research- Conducting user research, client interviews, and usability testing to understand user needs; studying data patterns that highlight these using prospecting tools for performing Client-need Analysis, track their pain-points to develop a reach-out strategy.

• Ideation and Brainstorming- Brainstorming and designing new features for our SaaS platform based on research, tech requirements, and feature requests. Lots of white-boarding, paper scribbles, and ideas!

• Dev Support- Communicating with web developers, including providing input on any needed digital enhancements

• Manage the Brand Guidelines and Visuals- Designing and managing the information architecture for the marketing website and product, drafting information flows and designing wireframes, mockups and prototypes. Branding and Illustrations for OnlineSales.ai and its marketing website or any events the company will be showcased in.

Our ideal candidate should have:

• 4+ years of work experience in designing digital products or experiences

• Relevant Degree/Diploma or experience/certification in Product or Experience design

• Great understanding of user-centric design, responsive design and designing for web

• Good communication skills

• Software skills - Adobe CC or similar. Any tool you are comfortable with to design and prototype.

• Any experience in digital marketing is a plus.

• Good to have knowledge of CSS, HTML - we work hand in hand with developers

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Roles & Responsibilities:

• Create and design various materials for print and digital collateral
• Ensure projects are completed with high quality and on schedule
• Establish creative direction for the company as well as brand guidelines
• Prioritize and manage multiple projects within design specifications and budget restrictions
• Perform retouching and manipulation of images
• Work with a wide range of media and use graphic design and video editing software

Scope:

• Improve the look and feel of interactive components in the website, mobile applications, and other product software
• Facilitate the product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, wireframing, and prototyping user flows.
• Design the aesthetics/theme to be implemented within a website or product, from the layout menus and drop-down options to colors and fonts
• Be a great team player, experienced in working with agile teams. Ability to collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and UX designers.
• Present and defend your design decisions. All your design decisions should be based on the overall design roadmap as well as your own design thinking and fundamental principles (i.e. color theory, visual weight, etc.)
• Continually keep yourself and your design team updated with the latest changes in your industry’s standards.
• Create surveys for research through various social media platforms to gather feedback on users ease of use
• Conduct testing of completed applications, websites, and software to assess user experience

• 1-5 years of demonstrated experience in creating and implementing UI design
• Extensive experience in using best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• Proficient with visual design programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Figma, Sketch, Illustrator, InVision
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment to create top-performing interfaces
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to peers and teams.
• A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design and design thinking.
• Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design.
• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, and comparable languages will be a plus