UX Designer

Roles & Responsibilities

• The role will involve creating and iterating digital products along with the various product teams. No mundane DTP work. The design team is clearly positioned as the voice of the customers.
• Platforms: Mobile and Web

You need to be comfortable in:

• Interacting with real users on a regular basis
• Creatively presenting your case to stakeholders
• Making functional and aesthetic design experiences
• Seeing through the pixel-perfect development of your vision

Ideal Candidate

Along with Design (UX/UI), you need to possess at least 2 of the following skills:

• UX research
• Art and illustration
• Design strategy / Business analysis
• Motion/interaction design
• UX writing
• Front-end development

Metalpace.com is seeking a talented UX Designer to join our team. As a UX Designer, you will be responsible for creating exceptional user experiences across all of our digital platforms. The ideal candidate has a strong background in user-centered design principles and methodologies, as well as a keen eye for detail.

Responsibilities:

• Work with cross-functional teams to understand business and user needs and create design solutions that are visually appealing and intuitive to use
• Develop and maintain wireframes, prototypes, and user flows that effectively communicate design concepts and solutions
• Conduct user research, testing, and analysis to inform design decisions and validate design solutions
• Collaborate with front-end developers and other stakeholders to ensure designs are implemented as intended
• Continuously monitor and iterate on the user experience to ensure it aligns with business objectives and user needs

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or related field
• 3+ years of experience in UX design for digital products
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, etc.
• Strong portfolio showcasing previous UX design work with clear explanations of design decisions and outcomes
• Experience conducting user research, testing, and analysis
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams

At Metalpace.com, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We offer competitive compensation packages, opportunities for career growth, and a fun and dynamic work culture. If you're passionate about creating exceptional user experiences and want to be part of a talented team, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Responsibilities: 

Plan and implement new designs 

Optimise existing user interface designs 

Test for intuitively and experience. 

Understand the business problems and work closely with the UX team and take lead in converting wireframes into intuitive visual design experiences. 

Working closely with product, business and design teams to improve the overall user experience. 

Testing UIs and user flows after development. 

Present and defend your design decisions. All your design decisions should be based on the overall design roadmap as well as your own design thinking and fundamental principles (i.e. color theory, visual weight, etc.) 

Continually keep yourself and your design team updated with the latest changes in your industry's standards. 

Position –  Product Designer

Location – Mumbai/Bangalore 

About Us

upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc. upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the careers of tomorrow.

• upGrad was awarded the https://iamaiida.in/index.php">Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2018-25-most-sought-after-india-linkedin/">LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India 
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2017/sectors/india">top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also https://www.ft.com/content/9150579a-f24c-11e6-95ee-f14e55513608">covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech
• upGrad is the https://yourstory.com/2017/01/startup-india-learning-program-offers-free-online-entrepreneurship-course/">official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program 
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/top-10-courses-and-training-programs-on-artificial-intelligence-in-india-ranking-2018/">#1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 

Roles & Responsibilities

* Reviewing and improving our current platforms

* Define visual elements, product elements, and overall design

* Individually contribute to projects along with the product manager, developers and stakeholders

* Interacting with the team for ideation and work critique

* Evaluate and set best UI practices and standards

* Creating functional as well as beautiful solutions to the most hideous of problems across all devices

* Intriguing us with new ideas, thoughts, or observations

• Intriguing us with new ideas, thoughts, or observations

Skills Required

* Full time-based in Mumbai/Bangalore, we like to work collaboratively

* 2 - 5 years of relevant design experience

* User obsessed with strong Visual skills

* Hold other creative inclinations; we believe hobbies are an integral part of Designer’s growth

Freedom to execute with an opportunity to build a new product

Qualification – Any Graduate

Years of Exp – 2 - 5

• You will be partnering with the Product Owners, Engineers, Data Scientists, and other colleagues, working in a cross-functional and distributed team. Together, you will be actively involved in defining the customers’ and the business’ problems.

• You’ll identify the key metrics for the projects you are involved in and take ownership for achieving their success.

• You will research and bring forward new findings and learnings for reaching complex company goals - such as launching in new territories and offering new products.

• From wire-framing to designing end-to-end flows and prototypes, you will be in charge of designing products that solve problems in a simple and elegant way while taking care of every small detail.

• We love turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution that truly solves customer needs, thus you will be running user testing workshops and guerrilla testing

• Once that’s done, iterate, implement with the technical team, and present the final solution during the design reviews;

• We are not stopping here, we believe in continuous improvement, so you’ll review the performance of the release, identify learnings and find ways to enhance it.

• To ensure we are speaking the same language as a team, we have the support of a design system - so you’ll kick in!

• As a Lead Designer, you will have more responsibility around hiring, people management, and ownership of the product (or family of products) that you work on. You will also interact with our most senior stakeholders, and you will closely mentor a small team of Designers.

1. 2-4 years of experience as a Graphic Designer
2. Be willing to learn and grow, learning new skills and understanding the new mediums for today's technology.
3. Ability to illustrate your idea in various looks and styles, and quickly translate your ideas visually for your team
4. Someone who can take direction from written or spoken ideas and convert them seamlessly into images, layouts, and other designs.
5. Must be an experience of Image cutting & image cleaning.
6. The ideal candidate should be well versed with Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator and coral-draw.
7. Create design artworks as per clients requirement
8. Creating graphics and layouts for Social Media, Websites, Infographics, and Print Collaterals.
9. Graphic work like logo, brochure, magazine ad, poster, icon & infographic design
10. Ability to work under pressure, and be constantly on the run, juggling multiple projects at once