UI/UX Designer

The core objective of this project is to upgrade the Dance School website, developed on the Wix platform, to include advanced features and functionalities that cater to both our users and administrative team.

• Professional Dashboard Development:
• Redesign and enhance the existing benchmark tool to a more professional standard. This includes improving the UI/UX design, functionality, and integration within the website.

Engagement Type:

• Mode of Work: Remote
• Shift Time: 6 AM to 3 PM IST

This Role Requires:

• Minimum Exp Required: 3 Years
• Wix Platform Expertise: The developer should have a strong understanding of the Wix platform, including its capabilities, limitations, and best practices for customization.

Interview Rounds:

• Technical and HR Technical Round - Ask questions on the previous work experience.
• HR - Behavioural and cultural fit.

Job Description

We are looking for a UI UX Designer to join our team.

In this role, you will be entrusted with the art of design

Technical Competency :

● Translating wireframes and experiences into highly-polished visual composites with a user-centered design methodology,

● Building beautiful and engaging user interfaces according to user needs, business requirements and technical constraints,

● Mentoring less experienced designers and improving internal processes.

● Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs

● Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end

● Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

● Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment.

Interpersonal skills :

● Must be comfortable working in a team and independently when required.

● Must be disciplined, proactive, and self-motivated

● Needs to have problem-solving and analytical skills

● Good to have previous experience of direct client interaction for project brief and updates

What You Need To Apply:

● Have 5+ years of experience as a UI Designer

● Have outstanding UI portfolio with commercial web or mobile projects,

● Can lead and drive younger UI designers

● Are able to create interactive design and high fidelity prototypes,

● Can share your knowledge and improve internal processes,

● Have a high command of written and spoken English

● Have exceptional communication skills and team-working skills,

● Have a strong social portfolio.

● Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.

● Self-motivated with the ability to work independently or jointly in a self-directed way.

● Proven analytical and problem-solving capabilities

● Keen attention to detail

● Strong work ethic and desire to build industry-leading products

● Proactive instead of reactive

● Looking for ways to improve self and projects

• Understand product specifications and user psychologyConduct concept and usability testing and gather feedbackCreate personas through user research and dataDefine the right interaction model and evaluate its successDevelop wireframes and prototypes around customer needsFind creative ways to solve UX problems (e.g. usability, findability)Work with UI designers to implement attractive designsCommunicate design ideas and prototypes to developersKeep abreast of competitor products and industry trends

About Us:

We are a Napkin to a Product Market Fit Studio and work together with our customers in the journey of "an idea to the first product version". Most of our customers are Corporate Innovation Hubs and Early Stage Organizations.

Here are a couple of things about us that may interest you:

1. Fast growing: We were featured as one of Deloitte's Fastest 50 growing tech companies from India thrice (2016, 2018 and 2019). What this means for you is a great career growth opportunity

2. Successful track record: Our founders have had past successes - founded a decision management company acquired by SAP AG (now part of Hana Big data stack and NetWeaver BPM), an early engineering team of Zoho (a leading billion $ SaaS player) & some Private Equity experience. Some of our past colleagues from these companies went on to become CTOs (Redbus) and founded companies (one of them founded and then exited to Apple). We are profitable and what that means for you is long-term opportunities to generate wealth

3. Current success: Marquee customers (including the venture capital division of a large conglomerate) along with some exciting startups that are part of our clientele. We work on building MVP products. What this means for you is cutting-edge technology learning opportunities

4. Top Class peer group: We have a talented set of folks primarily focused on solving cool and exciting problems

5. Top-Class Learning & Development Programs: We run our entire L&D programs.

Must Haves:

• Minimum 4-9 years of design experience

• At least three years of experience working on digital products which include creating highly-detailed annotated wireframes, user flows, process flows and high-fidelity screens

• Worked on Information Architecture, Interaction Design and Product Design

• Strong knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology, particularly as applied to Web-based applications and mobile applications Can establish and run a good design process (exploratory and evaluative research, sprints, reviews etc.)

• Are comfortable with and interested in actively designing the product by himself/herself

• Familiarity and experience with standard design, prototyping, and user research tools, such as Figma, Miro, and Sketch.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Are deeply empathetic to customers and users and understand how the business works

• Design systems experience is an added advantage

Responsibilities:

• Clear understanding of the critical characteristics of the intended user population

• Understanding of the users' current jobs and tasks, underlying goals, and mental models of their work process and products

• Understanding of platform-specific nomenclature

• The ability to sketch and generate big-picture ideas for early-stage UX work

• Experience developing rapid prototypes

• Design test case scenarios

• Collate feedback from users for further improvement

- Own the end-to-end design process of the team to drive high-quality product design.

- Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.

- Find creative ways to solve UX problems(usability and findability)

What You’ll Do & Achieve (Role & Responsibilities)

• Generate ideas and concepts to create emotionally engaging user flows, storyboards, wireframes, interactions, prototypes, design specifications, and presentations focusing on information architecture and interaction to articulate a user’s journey
• Design solutions that meet measurable business goals and requirements
• Self-motivated to work in a fast-paced, iterative environment by managing multiple projects and expectations effectively
• Evolving and evangelizing our Design System
• Developing and conceptualizing a comprehensive UI/UX design strategy for the brand.

What you’ll Need (Requirements)

• Organized, self-directed, efficient and able to manage multiple complex projects in a timely manner
• Actively seeks out learning opportunities and sharing new discoveries
• Capable of creating lo and hi fidelity prototypes to quickly storytell a variety of concepts, get customer feedback, and iterate on designs
• Solid knowledge of design principles and methods as well as interaction patterns and behaviors
• Solid UX Skills in designing wire-frames, process flows, sketches, scenarios and navigation models all incorporating interaction guidelines for Mobile to produce effective design solutions.
• Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Figma, Adobe Creative Suite etc.,
• Strong Portfolio to demonstrate your works.
• The position needs verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a project team
• 6+ years of experience in UI/UX design strategy for the brand.

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.