UX Designer

Role - UX Designer

Experience - Min 2.5 years

Location - Mumbai

About our client :-

Our Client is a brand co-creation platform that transforms powerful ideas into authentic, profitable, and experience-led brands that can define the future of brands in key consumption categories like fashion and lifestyle; food and FMCG, home and decor and beauty and wellness. We are a team of experienced entrepreneurs, marquee investors, and industry professionals who have expertise and experience in building some of the most popular brands in the country. We partner with passionate entrepreneurs to combine our collective learning and experience with data science, digital ethnography, and technology platforms to build brands that connect to the new generation of Indian consumers.

What you’ll be doing :-

• Own the solution design and user experience aspects of any project/product. This includes conducting user research through interviews, observations and other research methods & translating it into insights that are simple, intuitive and result in delightful user experiences.

• Understands product specifications and identifies user touchpoints/ interactions through the various journeys

• Work closely with the product team to translate business requirements into user personas, conceptual diagrams, wireframes, prototypes (paper sketches to high- fidelity), flow diagrams and finally production quality mocks for web, mobile web and apps.

• Create images and videos for our various products selling on multiple e-commerce websites.

• Producing graphic content for landing pages, page layouts, site graphics & static & banners

• Defining standards and guidelines for UI and Usability.

• Will work across different brands from food/fashion/BPC categories.

• Suggest design solutions in the form of sketches, storyboards, wireframes, and paper/interactive prototypes.

What will you bring :-

• You are comfortable working hands-on in a fast-paced start-up environment.

• Must have the ability to work with a sense of urgency and be able to successfully navigate changing priorities

• 2-3 years of experience as a visual designer

• Advanced proficiency in visual design software, such as Adobe Creative Suite's InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator or any other relevant tools

• Knowledge of 3D design and animation tools such as 3DS Max, Maya.

Why work with us :-

• You will be part of our founding team and get your hands dirty in the 0-1 stage of building a D2C brand.

• You will work with a solid set of people from diverse backgrounds.

• You will independently lead projects and have ownership of your deliverables.

• You will be pushed out of your comfort zone and watch your learning curve spike

Experience as a UI/UX Designer as well as a strong portfolio of related projects

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop)
• Proficient in prototyping tools such as Sketch, InVision, etc.
• Basic HTML5, skills are a plus   Should have experience in Figma and photoshop      

* Study design briefs and determine requirements.

* Schedule projects and define budget constraints.

* Conceptualize visuals based on requirements.

* Prepare rough drafts and present ideas.

* Develop illustrations, logos and other designs using software or by hand.

* Use the appropriate colors and layouts for each graphic.

* Work with copywriters and creative director to produce final designs.

* Test graphics across various media.

* Amend designs after feedback.

* Ensure final graphics and layouts are visually appealing and on-brand.

Requirements:

* Proven graphic designing experience.

* A strong portfolio of illustrations or other graphics.

* Familiarity with design software and technologies (such as Corel Draw, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop).

* A keen eye for aesthetics and details.

* Excellent communication skills.

* Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines.

* Degree in Design, Fine Arts or related field is a plus.

UI/UX Developer cum designer Job Responsibilities

• UI developers should be adept at Javascript /AJAX / JQuery / Material Design.
• UX designers should have firsthand knowledge of Digital Advertising / dashboard designing with business requirements in mind.
• For both, UX & UI designers with experience in Ad agencies / Native Ads / IAB standards implementation would be a plus.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering team to define, adapt and implement innovative solutions to carry forward product visual direction 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
• Effectively communicate interaction and design ideas using prototyping tools eg: invision, after effects etc
• Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards
• Create production- ready assets by proficiently using standard industry tools, like Photoshop, creative cloud, illustrator, fireworks, Adobe Xd, Email templates, HTML5/ CSS3, Figma, InDesign and/ or sketch

• Strong front- end web development experience with HTML5/ CSS3, JQuery, Bootstrap for UI developers
• Solid understanding object- oriented programming
• Should have experience in Chart Libraries
• Previous experience designing, developing and deploying solutions that involve integration using well- published APIs (JSON or XML data transfer knowledge integrating with RESTful services. etc.).
• Both UX and UI developers, should have experience in creating designs for various device sizes.
• Should have good understanding of aspect ratio, browser compatibility and image transformations
• should possess good analytical and communication skills. Able to write and communicate effectively motivated to work in startup environment

Experience:

• Candidate should have minimum 1 year experience in UI UX Designing.
• Must have a Dribbble & Behance portfolio