UI/UX Intern

 Roles and responsibilities

• Work with founders, to understand business objectives and customer insights
• Work with product, engineering and customers to co-create the product with early customers
• Prepare wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to take ideas from inception to execution
• Build a design strategy, establish high-quality design processes, and create a culture of design within.
• Drive user research to identify problems and experiment with solutions; inform the product roadmap by advocating for user needs
• Strategize, develop, and extend the visual design systems and pattern libraries

• 4+ years of relevant experience
• Self-driven individual with high ownership and a strong work ethic
• Ability to turn complex design problems into beautiful, intuitive solutions
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design and ship new features
• Aesthetic appeal - you have an eye for beautiful designs/visuals
• Expertise in product thinking & user empathy; being able to identify the key user needs and connect them with effective solutions
• Excellent craft skills, such as visual storytelling, pixel-perfect UI design, and prototyping
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Comfortable running a full design process from beginning to end
• Ability to conduct user research studies

Catalyst IQ is hiring for one of the leading Fintech companies in India.

About company: We are India's leading financial services company that offers full-stack payments & financial solutions to consumers, offline merchants and online platforms. The company is on a mission to bring half a billion Indians into the mainstream economy through payments,commerce, banking, investments, and financial services. Its investors include Softbank, AntFinancial, AGH Holdings, Elevation Capital, Berkshire Hathaway, T Rowe Price, and Discovery Capital.

About the team: Central Design Team

Our Central Design team is responsible for all the Product Design and Research work related to various products. The team mainly looks at the design of the our consumer app and the products in the Merchant Ecosystem comprising of the EDC and POS Devices, the Golden Gate app (the FSE ecosystem), the Unified Merchants Portal (UMP), Net Banking Panel, different deltas and various products are aligned with each of the Deltas.

About the role:

As a product designer, you will be in a fast paced environment, and your day-to-day tasks will consist of engaging with product managers and other stakeholders, to understand the requirements and creating well designed flows, high and low fidelity prototypes,and visual interfaces for a good user experience. You will use your knowledge of design, expertise and skills to design products for these specific responsibilities assigned to you.

Expectations/Requirements:

· Work closely with cross-functional teams to gather and understand business and feature requirements.

· Translate requirements from the PRDs into concepts into wireframes and mock-ups that lead to intuitive user experiences.

· Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and mock-ups optimised for a wide range of devices and interfaces.

· Request and drive user research/usability tests as needed. Collaborate with all stakeholders on high fidelity interactive prototypes, design validation and improvement.

· Work with development team to ensure high quality designs are fully actualised.

· Participate as a contributor to an interdisciplinary team that includes other designers, project management, business and software developers.

· Staying up to date with the latest trends in product design.

· Work collaboratively with other designers to ensure a consistent, integrated brand perception and user-experience.

Superpowers/ Skills that will help you succeed in this role

· A degree in design, or equivalent experience in Design. Minimum 8+Yrs of Industry experince.

· Professional experience in User Experiences on web and mobile applications.

· Have worked in a product company ecosystem.

· Deep understanding of design processes and research methodologies.

· Well organized, responsible and dedicated, with the ability to work on multiple projects and deliver refined design in a short time.

· Proficient with the tools in Design and Prototyping (Figma / Sketch).

· Fast learner and extremely self-motivated to lead. Ability to handle multiple projects in an agile, fast and dynamic environment.

Why join us?

· A collaborative output driven program that brings cohesiveness across businesses through technology

· Improve the average revenue per use by increasing the cross-sell opportunities

· A solid 360 feedback from your peer teams on your support of their goals

· Respect, that is earned, not demanded from your peers and manager.

Compensation:

If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you. With enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants – and we are committed to it. India’s largest digital lending story is brewing here. It’s your opportunity to be a part of the story!

Role Responsibilities: 

• Participate in requirements gathering, identify and document user needs after extensive research through interviews and discussions with target users and stakeholders from the business. 
• Design effective new user experiences as well as improve existing ones. Validate the created User Experiences to meet envisaged goals and stipulated standards. All this should be done within agile sprints.
• You are expected to collaborate across the spectrum with product development and marketing teams to facilitate dissipation of the deeper context of the product being worked upon. 

Expected Expertise: 

• Preferably have a B.Des/DesDegree or equivalent degree with experience in Design industry with an amazing design portfolio. Have 0-3 years of experience in UX Research. 
• A user-centred approach to design with experience in conducting user research 
• Experience in employing any of the relevant research methods: unmoderated sessions, Tree sorts, surveys, A/B tests, ethnographic enquiries, UX heuristics and benchmarking, to name a few.
• Effective Communication and collaboration skills that enable team-members to build robust products from the researched insights.
• Should be eager to see the bigger picture by connecting the dots of the product, users, stakeholders and context.

• Lead, Mentor, Deliver and Communicate for all the projects at the studio across research, design strategy, user experience design, and product design
• Constantly evolve design deliverables across research, strategy, branding, prototyping, user experience, usability testing, etc.
• Collaborate with clients across full UX lifecycle to drive impactful outcomes using design & design thinking
• Identify risks in projects and work towards mitigating them
• Ensure that each individual project team is aligned to the project goal and they deliver accordingly
• Setup, hire & train designers to build an outstanding design team
• Train & Mentor a team of design leaders within the studio
• Maintain strong documentation for mentors, design processes, etc
• Create a repository of templates, questionnaires, and earlier project learnings and keep the same life during each project to make them relevant

• 10+ years experience
• 5+ years experience in leading design teams
• Masters in Design / related disciplines
• Critical thinking with the ability to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders
• Technical expertise & depth in user research, visual design, product design, prototyping & remote collaboration
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills. Must have managed a team of 10 or more in previous roles.
• Keen attention to detail across design functions
• Excellent documentation, storytelling, and oratory skills
• Proficiency with research techniques and modern design and prototyping tools like Figma
• Strong crisis management and risk mitigation skills

• Delivery of projects within budgets and timelines with quality
• Growth of team members in terms of skill and hence the designation
• Awards and recognition for the projects you lead
• New processes and templates to increase team efficiency and productivity
• Growth of business by identifying new opportunities or crafting winning pitches
• Inspire everyone around with the design

https://ownpath.xyz/">ownpath is an early stage startup with a mission of making ambitious career opportunities accessible to everyone, starting with Design. We recently completed a 3 month program on Design Management for Gojek, for which we received highly positive reviews. We had Kristin Skinner (Co-author of Org Design for Design Orgs) and Meredith Black (Ex-Pinterest) as some of the instructors for the program.

We're currently working on a https://ownpath.xyz/product-design-fellowship">Product Design Fellowship program to help junior designers develop key skills and transition towards becoming Product Designers at leading startups.

The program will involve designers working in teams, building live projects, and showcasing their work to prospective employers during Demo Day. We currently have Gojek, Razorpay, and Scripbox as industry partners. We're seeking a Head of Design Education to join us as part of the Founding team to help us run a successful cohort and build a foundation for future programs.

Key responsibilities

• Own the program experience in terms of identifying focus areas, pedagogy, learning outcomes, and evaluation criterion, and ensuring a high placement rate
• Collaborate closely with our instructional designer to innovate on scalable &highly engaging learning experiences
• Conduct regular Office Hours to guide learners on their projects and curate learning resources for both the cohort and the broader design community
• Collaborate with our community manager to grow our learner and mentor communities

You ideally have

• Around 6 years worth of experience in designing digital products/experiences, preferably with some experience at fast-growing startups
• Strong interest in making design education accessible and outcome-driven
• Experience with conducting or organising conference talks or workshops
• Excellent communication skills

Key Benefits

• Huge opportunity for impact by helping build a design school from scratch as an exciting alternative to conventional avenues for higher education
• Excellent stepping stone for a Head of Design role at fast-growing startups
• Develop your network by interfacing with Heads of Design/Product in the industry
• Get mentorship from Heads of Designs/Product

This is a full-time paid role, with an option to convert to a equity-based partner role based on performance and fit.

Shreyas Satish,

Founder & CEO,

ownpath, Inc.