Kunato is a NY-based IT firm helping to create the first marketplace that monetizes digital content on the internet (icommerce). We are looking for a Senior UI/UX Designer to join our team!
Minimum qualifications:
- Practical experience or a Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Design, UX, a related discipline
- Able to join the company immediately (within 1-2 weeks)
- Comfortable using Figma and its features and a good understanding of design systems
- A portfolio with good design rationale and visual design skill
Preferred qualifications:
- At least 3 years of experience
- Interest in designing for emerging markets.
- Ability to deliver end-to-end design from concept to launch and iterate after user research.
- Track record in collaborating with Product Managers and Engineers to design and launch new product features.
About the job
As a UI/UX designer at Kunato, you will work closely with Product Managers, Engineers and Business Development to understand the problem statement and design an end-to-end solution that can be iterated upon and scaled.
-You will help develop design requirements and deliver product features that are intuitive, accessible, and easy to use that could potentially reach millions of people around the world.
-You will rely on user-centred design principles to produce high-quality visuals — from concept to execution — across mobile and web.
-You’ll collaborate with your fellow designers to constantly refine the design language and create innovative, great-looking products that people love to use.
If you can work in a fast-paced environment, love the UX/UI role from research to the actual design and testing, can communicate clearly and effectively your design rationale, can work comfortably from home, can attend sprint planning, and enjoy working remotely with other designers, developers and product managers (in the same and different time zones) - then this can be your new long term job.
When applying please send in your application along with your portfolio and if we see a potential fit then we will invite you to a job interview online via video conference call.
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Job brief
We are looking for a talented UI Designer to create amazing user experiences. The ideal candidate should have an eye for clean and artful design, possess superior UI skills and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts, and transform them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals and experience
- Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
- Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks
- Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
- Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
- Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback
- Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards
Requirements and skills
- Proven UI experience
- Demonstrable UI design skills with a strong portfolio
- Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps
- Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, OmniGraffle, or other visual design and wire-framing tools
- Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for rapid prototyping.
- Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
- Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders.
- Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
- Up-to-date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
Roles and Responsibility
Effectively prioritizing and executing tasks in a fast-paced environment; Create full mockups of UX flows, components, and Freedom services; Create intuitive interfaces and interaction layers using best practices, the latest web trends and all available tools to augment the user experience;
Developing and annotating user flows, journeys, and persona; Illustrate design ideas with clear storyboards, process flows, sitemaps, and prototypes;
Conduct design brainstorms with product owners to understand the product details and user needs;
Drive digital design process – including websites, digital campaigns, and interactive experiences;
Defining and managing the appropriate design approach for differentiating experiences;
Create workflows, low-fi designs, high-quality designs, and other artifacts needed to collaborate and iterate from vision through execution;
Work with the Product Team including input sessions, UX reviews etc; Creating original design, typography, iconography, and art for digital screens centered around modern & industry-trending designs;
Pushing yourself and the team for continuous improvement in our design and design processes through open communication and feedback;
You’ll design the solutions, features, iterations, tests, and delightful moments that will take VRAI to the next level;
Creating frameworks and model which enable others to understand key concepts and relationships as well as generate valuable input;
Lead digital projects from strategy to conceptualization, prototyping, and final execution.
HTML, CSS, Javascript, UI Prototyping, Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw, Adobe
Must Knowledge of Adobe XD.
Experience: 3-5 Years Experience
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As a UI/ UX Designer, you’ll create both functional and appealing features that address the clients’ needs and help the company grow its customer base. You will work towards turning the company software into easy-to-use products for clients
What you will do:
Understanding our business requirements and any technical limitations
Translating concepts into user flows, wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
Facilitating the client’s product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products.
Designing and delivering wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and mock-ups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
Identifying design problems and devising elegant solutions.
Making strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features.
Taking a user-centred design approach and rapidly testing and iterating your designs.
Collaborating with other team members and stakeholders.
What you need to have:
3+ years of experience as a UX designer, UI designer, or similar role
have a UI design portfolio
Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences
Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design.
Be passionate about all things UX and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge in the industry’s latest trends and technologies.
Ability to work efficiently and demonstrate a bias for action in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment
Experience with design and prototyping tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch
Experience with HTML5 & CSS3
Some knowledge of Usability Factors in Human Computer Interaction
Bachelor's degree in UX Design or related design discipline
UI & UX Designer
Type: Internship / Full-Time
Location: Pune (Work From Home allowed until COVID-19 situation improves)
Experience: 0-1 Year
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About the position
We are looking for a UI/UX Designer to join our award-winning, talented team, building the next generation automated drone applications for our global customers. Ideal candidate gets to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced, result-driven environment. Applicants must have substantial experience informing designs through critical design thinking, rationalizing for B2B systems, websites and mobile devices.
Responsibilities
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Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers.
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Quickly and iteratively create interaction flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups throughout the design process
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Present design work to UX, Product, and Engineering teams, as well as stakeholders.
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Develop and maintain detailed information architecture and design specifications
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Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps.
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Design graphics user interface elements like menus, tabs and widgets.
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Build page navigation buttons and search fields.
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Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like.
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Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches, and tables).
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Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders.
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Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness).
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Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback.
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Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors, and images.
Requirements
- A portfolio of UI/UX design work for both web and mobile platforms.
- Collaboration: Work with individuals of varying roles, skill sets, and backgrounds
- Domain knowledge: Understanding UX fundamentals & technology
- Initiative: A bias toward action, even on items not explicitly within your direct responsibility
- Rational creativity: Ability to think way outside the box, and then dial in on what is feasible
- Communication: Written/verbal storyteller; can present to multiple audiences
- Empathy: Ability & desire to truly get to know your user’s pain points
- Resiliency: Comfortable with ambiguity, failing in a safe environment and getting out of your comfort zone
- Attention to detail: You absolutely sweat the small stuff
- Curiosity: A hunger to grow and learn new things
- Advocacy: Strong support and appreciation for Enterprise Design Thinking and the importance of the user.
Skill(s) required
- Prototyping, UX design, UI design, User Research, Wireframing, Illustration
Perks
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Fast-paced Startup culture
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Hacker mode environment
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Enthusiastic and approachable team
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Professional autonomy
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Strong meritocracy
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Zero bureaucracy
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Company-wide sense of purpose
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Flexible work hours
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Informal dress code
- Culture that promotes challenging oneself & continuous improvement. End-to-end Ownership given to team members.
You will start your journey at Smart Owls as an individual contributor working in a team to introduce and showcase the unique way in which Smart Owls help institutes to go online.
We're looking for someone who can take direction from written or spoken ideas and convert them seamlessly into interactive layouts.
We aim to delight users with a simple and functional design.
What you'll do:
Create UI/UX design of Mobile and Web applications that will truly delight our users Create interactive consumer and business applications by developing concepts, layouts, design system for the product.
Analyze user interface problems and create design solutions that meet measurable business goals and requirements
Work closely with the other teams to develop user scenarios, storyboards, and high-level requirements.
We are looking for people who have: 1 year of experience in Product design/ Interaction design.
Experience designing digital products and systems, not just websites.
You have helped build products.
Hands-on experience with design software like Sketch (Mandatory), Photoshop, Invision, and Zeplin.
Being open to feedback, and willingness to implement changes based on feedback and requirements