UI/ UX Designer

Introduction

Equip helps recruiters screen candidates across skills with its automated assessments. We are a B2B SaaS tool with a very self-served product. We are looking for a product designer with a minimum of 2 years of B2B Product Design Experience, preferably SaaS.

Responsibilities

1. ~70% of your time will be spent on Figma designs for app and product pages. We are a B2B SaaS product
2. ~20% will be spent on designing marketing and ad landing pages
3. ~10% will be spent on creatives for marketing, etc

Why You Should Join Us

1. We may not have design skills, but we already have millions of users who are very happy with our services. Really, millions and very happy!
2. As a small team, we move super-fast. We promise you your first design contribution will go live on our website on your first day at the job!
3. Small teams are where you have the greatest learnings and impact.

Salary

1. See the top of this post :)
2. The actual amount will depend on (i) skill (as demonstrated in the assessment, assignment and interview), and (ii) experience
3. 100% cash
4. No ESOPs to begin with. ESOPs may be offered after 1 year, based on performance

Skills

1. Figma
2. Visual Design
3. Experience with SaaS Products
4. Excellent English
5. When you see a well-designed product, you can identify what works and use it in your next project
6. When you see a poorly-designed product, it irks you and you want to fix it

Hiring Process

You can find the detailed process on this link: https://whimsical.com/product-designer-4AL2Fya9QMZng9dr8vQjrY

Reporting Structure

As a small team, we are fairly flat in how we operate. But, you will report to the CEO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayanthneelakanta/

Responsibilities & Qualifications-

• Proven graphic designing experience of 8 to 10 years
• A bachelor’s degree in graphic design, design, or art preferred
• A strong eye for visual composition, typography & colour for print media (reports, infographics, brochures, flyers)
• Ability to conceptualise and design graphics for reports, collaterals, and social media campaigns
• Possession of creative flair, versatility, with experience in conceptual and design thinking
• Ability to work with a wide range of media from design to graphics
• Proficiency in desktop publishing tools: Corel Draw and/or Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and After Effects).
• Effective time management skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines
• Experience of liaising with printers, knowledge about printing production and techniques
• A team player
• A strong portfolio (in PDF format) is a MUST

Designation: Lead - UI Designer (ABL_SS_481), Senior UI Developer (ABL_SS_433)

Position description:

• Design experiences for mobile and web.
• Perform the entire design cycle of assigned projects; i.e. understand objectives, ideate solutions, wireframe & prototype, create visual designs, and make iterative improvements.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the users from research and be their champion in all internal discussions.
• Instill form and function in your designs with thoughtful use of layout, color, gradient, type, icons, imagery, and interaction.
• Interface with developers to ensure that the final development matches your design vision.
• Create and manage style-guides for swift and consistent performance of the team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• UI Design for Mobile and Web application platforms.

Reporting Team

• Reporting Designation: Head - Digital Strategy (ABL_SS_251)
• Reporting Department: Digital Strategy (2172)

Educational qualifications preferred

• Field specialization: Design and visual communication, Web Designing and Computer Graphics

Required Competencies:

• Designer competent in creating excellent mobile and web experiences. You have premier work to showcase in your portfolio.
• Believe in user-centric design and can justify your design decisions with sound logic and backing.
• Obsessed with being pixel-perfect and are well-versed with platform design guidelines (Material Design, iOS guidelines, etc).
• Possess good knowledge of usability, color, typography, iconography, and interaction design.
• Keen to interact with your users and optimize your design based on the principles of UX research.
• Able to design cross-platform experiences with clarity on what will work on desktop and mobile, and what will not. 
• Should have fluent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Required Skills:

• 5-8 years of experience in digital design for mobile and web.
• Competence in prevalent design tools (like Sketch/XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InVision/Zeplin)
• An elaborate and consolidated portfolio showcasing your work and skills.

About First Principles

We are a Tech Holding Company and our portfolio companies generate millions in revenue. What is unique about FirstPrinciples is that most of our companies remain controlled and majority owned by First Principles and its team members rather than by external investors. We are proud that our design team builds world class products from India. https://firstprinciples.io/">https://firstprinciples.io/

About this Role
We are looking for an experienced UI designer to design functional and appealing web and mobile app designs, focus on user-centric products and experiences. The ideal candidate will have experience working in agile teams, with developers, UX designers, and copywriters.
You will be able to make deliberate design decisions and to translate any given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction.

You will be responsible for:

• Creating User Interface Design, components, wireframes, prototypes, and effectively communicate your interaction ideas in all design contexts.
• Continually keeping yourself and your design team updated with the latest changes in industry’s standards.
• Following material design and design system principles.
• Focussing on design contexts, consistency, usability, brand personality, and conversational design.
• Following standard of quality design, communicate with stackholders, manage time and tasks, create original and own design.

• 3 years of experience in user interface and graphic design
• Hands-on experience creating wireframes, prototypes, logo and branding design, user interface design, visual illustrations, infographics, flyers/newsletters, and components design.
• Knowledge of gif animation, UI style guidelines, branding design
  Good understanding of design visualization i.e. color theory, visual weight, typography, iconography, patterns, grid system, responsive design etc.
  Experience using tools such as Figma, Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, InVision, Aftereffects.
• Knowledge of responsive grid systems.
• Creative ideas with a problem-solving mindset and are open to receiving objective criticism and improving upon it.
• Excellent communication with internal & external stakeholders

• Leveraging customer insights to anticipate needs and obstacles within the path to purchase and designing strategies to target the obstacles and share knowledge with key stakeholders
• Interpreting the user journey to better understand and improve the customer experience (through digital engagements) and touch points that move consumers down the funnel to increase conversions
• Resolving gaps in the total customer experience to optimize the experience
• Facilitating the buying journey for products and/or services by understanding the key benefits of the offers
• Developing illustrations, logos and other designs
• Using the appropriate colours and layouts for each graphic
• Working closely with the marketing and production team to produce final design
• Amending designs after feedback
• Ensuring final graphics and layouts are visually appealing and on-brand

Desired Candidate Profile

• Proven graphic designing experience of 3-7 years
• A strong portfolio of illustrations or other graphics
• Familiarity with design software and technologies (such as InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premier Photoshop)
• Good at developing illustrations, logos, and other designs
• A keen eye for aesthetics and details
• Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines

Requirement:

• 1 to 2 years’ experience on developing apps or games
• Passionate about games as well as creating digital assets.
• Should be understanding of current mobile platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, and other Adobe Creative Cloud tools etc.
• Should be fast in execution with Adobe Creative Cloud tools.
• Should be understanding of popular mobile, casual, and social games.
• Willing to work in a game product Startup company.

Why Should you Join us ?.

• Lots of learning opportunities- Free Books / Courses.
• Competitive Salary
• Free Medical Insurance for you and your family!
• Lunch on all day you order we pay 60%.
• Unlimited Snacks, Tea & Coffee in the house at all times.
• Work with a super-talented team of engineers and designers.
• Casual Dress Code- Slippers, shorts, all is good!

BlackLight Games: 

At BlackLight and we bring classic game experience to mobile. Our games have been rocking the Play Store since launch.

Our real time multiplayer games are a piece of cutting-edge technology, we take pride that they are played by more than 2 million players daily. 

Our flagship game, Ludo SuperStar has been downloaded more than 50 million times. Other titles include - CallBreak, Carrom, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire and Word games.