User Experience Designer/Senior User Experience 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

User Experience Designer

CAST is the market leader in Software Intelligence. Its unique technology thoroughly examines the structure of complex software systems, with MRI-like precision. It delivers accurate, actionable, and automated views of software architecture, critical flaws, quality grades, sizing metrics, open source usage, and cloud readiness levels. Hundreds of companies rely on CAST for greater objectivity in crucial business decisions, faster application modernization for Cloud, raising the quality and security of their custom software. CAST operates globally with offices in North America, Europe, India, China.

Title: UX Designer

Location: Bangalore

Job definition

Working at CAST R&D means being an important part of a highly-talented, fast-paced, multicultural and Agile team based in Paris (France) and Bangalore (India). The team builds sophisticated source code analysis platform leveraging parsing, control flow, data flow and others mechanisms to fully understand the inner structure of the complex IT Systems developed and used by the Fortune 500 companies.

We are looking for a talented designer who exhibits user empathy, big picture focus; and has mature design craftsmanship and problem-solving skills, who will work collaboratively with UX researchers, product managers and engineers while driving design from concept to final implementation

Profile

• Generate ideas, from foundational concepts with big ripple effects to small UI interactions, with fellow designers, product managers, and developers. Bring a user focus to these brainstorming sessions.
• Take initial concepts and mock-ups and own the process of building them out into entire end-to-end experiences within the product.
• Quickly iterate on concepts to bring them to life.
• Create & maintain design systems that are simple to understand but help us to move faster as we scale.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to discover the problems we need to focus on and to validate design changes.
• Critique and iterate on design ideas with other team members, proactively opening up your own ideas for critique.
• Partner with us to develop a visual language that is consistent, clear, and understandable across platforms. Work in interaction details that make the product not only usable but also enjoyable to use.
• Help us mould our culture into one that relentlessly focuses on the customers who use CAST, encouraging design thinking across the organization.

Portfolio

• Portfolio showcasing your proficiency in translating research insights into great product experiences, reflecting the synthesis of good visual and interaction design principles.
• A strong portfolio is critical for this role, both in terms of demonstrating your experience and as an example of your ability to create a compelling design presentation and be indicative of problem solving, creative thinking and the delivery of solid end to end scenarios
• 2+ years of experience shipping products in a product/software environment
• Passion for design and a strong command of interaction and visual design capabilities
• Proven experience in creatively solving hard problems, driving complex design issues across multidisciplinary groups such as engineering, product management, research and marketing; and shipping relevant experiences within deadlines.
• User-centric approach to design and an understanding of how to apply research insights into design and development of the product experience.

• Should have demonstrable User Interference and User Experience design skills with a strong portfolio.
• Should have solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps.
• Should have proficiency in Figma, Invision, Sketch, Adobe XD, Illustrator or any Visual design and Wire-framing tools.
• Should have proficiency in responsive web designing and knowledge about HTML and CSS.
• Should have knowledge about material design guidelines.

An aesthetically pleasing design creates a positive response in people’s brains and leads them to believe the design works better. Users often perceive aesthetically pleasing design as design that’s more usable. We need Visual Designers who know how to make their design interfaces usable, how to draw the user’s eye to the correct information and functionality., and how to prioritise content on a page through size, colour, and the use of negative space. We need visual designers who have mastered the basics of UI, graphic design, branding, and visual communication. This is because they have to translate a brand’s style and voice into a beautiful yet usable design. We take our design process seriously. So research via surveys, customer feedback, heat mapping, and analytics forms a core part of our process. Our designs go through an internal design checklist so that we achieve user goals while keeping in mind technical limitations. You need to be someone who’s flexible, agile, responsive and honestly, calm! You will be juggling multiple projects. The office environment is young and dynamic. It's a work-hard, play-hard culture. We work in a hybrid model, three days from the office, and 2 days from home. If this sounds like you, apply to us.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Create and design various materials for print and digital collateral
• Ensure projects are completed with high quality and on schedule
• Establish creative direction for the company as well as brand guidelines
• Prioritize and manage multiple projects within design specifications and budget restrictions
• Perform retouching and manipulation of images
• Work with a wide range of media and use graphic design and video editing software

Scope:

Searce is a modern tech consulting firm that empowers clients to futurify their businesses, leveraging Cloud, AI & Analytics.

• Natural creativity:

The best designers are creative visionaries, people who are capable of stepping back, seeing the big picture, and coming up with new ways of approaching challenges and making positive changes to how the company is managed and marketed.

• Not a CAVEr: 

You are a person that people like to be around. You are not a CAVE (Constantly Against Virtually Everything) personality.

• Say no to HiPPO: 

At Searce, we want people who value everyone’s opinions & perspectives. We don’t want them to get overpowered by HiPPO (Highest Paid Person’s Opinion)

1. Have a point of view and can distinguish between "good" and "great" work.
2. Strong hands-on skills which should range from designing using Photoshop to coding UI mockups. 
3. Hands-on knowledge of front-end technologies: Html 5, CSS, JavaScript.
4. Hands-on knowledge on Photoshop / Illustrator / Dreamweaver / Fireworks / Flash. 
5. A design portfolio demonstrating the breadth and proven experience in product and services marketing communication, workflow and interaction design, visual design work, and a thorough understanding of a good design process is required.
6. Have the ability to work on digital marketing strategies, define workflows, write concepts and content to generate interest in Searce’s products, brands, and services.
7. Have the ability to think strategically, act tactically, and solve problems quickly.
8. Successfully overcome engineering challenges and understand the need for testing and iteration of new user experiences.
9. Have a track record in creating highly functional, user-focused, complete, and desirable experiences and designs.
10. Be able to lead teams through the design process and partner effectively within cross-functional teams.
11. Be innovative, enthusiastic, flexible, and creative.
12. Demonstrate excellent project management and scheduling skills.

Is Education overrated? Yes. We believe so. But there is no way to locate you otherwise. So we might look for at least a Bachelor’s degree in Design (B.Des.).

1. A lead of visual design who envisions and creates the next generation of user interfaces for customer service.
2. A design pioneer, who will invent user interfaces that combine speech, touch, and other modalities to drive intuitive interactions on smartphones, tablets, and other connected consumer devices.
3. The ability to combine strategy with design thinking to deliver an experience like our audience never had before.
4. Bring passion and dedication to his/her job and become a storyteller through exceptional and engaging designs. 

Position : All India Head - Design 

Reporting to : Joint President

Location : Mumbai (BKC)

Job Purpose

• Creating functional and appealing features on Mobile and Web applications that enhance customer experience and user-friendliness and thereby result in growing the customer base and business revenues.

Key Deliverables

• Gathering and evaluating user requirements, designing elements and building navigation components in collaboration with the Product Team
• Illustrating design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
• Designing graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets
• Conceptualising and building the page navigation buttons and search fields
• Developing UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how the application will function and look like
• Preparing and presenting innovative ideas to internal teams and key stakeholders
• Identifying and troubleshooting UX problems 
• Conducting layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Conceptualising, developing and implementing style standards on fonts, colours and images

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduation in Design with a specialisation in Application Design or Strategic Design or Interaction Design or Product Design or Information Design or Customer experience (not Fashion Design and Graphic Design)
• 10+ years of relevant work experience 
• Proven track record in conceptualising and developing successful, high-quality Mobile and Web applications

Required Skills and Competencies

• Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer 
• Portfolio of design projects
• Knowledge of wireframe tools like Wireframe and InVision
• Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
• Good time-management skills

• Ideal candidate should have 4-7 years of hands-on product design experience with mobile and web products, and proven leadership and team-building skills.
•  An outstanding portfolio that showcases your foundation in ideation, visual design, interaction and delivery
• Ability to understand and analyze user needs and conduct frequent, iterative usability testing in parallel with development. 
• Highly proficient with designing & prototyping tools like Sketch, Zeplin, Balsamiq, llustrator / Photoshop. 
• Deep understanding of design methodologies, principles and visual design.
• Someone with a MDes from any premium design colleges with 4-5 years of experience or a Bachelor with minimum 5 years of experience
• Strong in visual UI skills and have basic knowledge of UX.
• Good Communication skills
• People Management skills
• Ability to work nimbly across multiple projects, with fast-paced, iterative product development cycles

At Divami, User comes first! As a Sr. UI Designer, you'll be responsible for creating amazing user experiences. The candidate should have an eye for clean and artful design, possess superior UI skills and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts, and transform them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals 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

• Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas

• Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders

• Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback

• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards

REQUIREMENTS:

• Proven UI experience

• Demonstrable UI design skills with a strong portfolio

• Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps

• Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, Omni Graffle, or other visual design and wire-framing tools

• Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction

• Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders.

• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively

• Up-to-date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies

WORK EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
6+ yrs of strong UI Experience (preferably from Design Studios)
Full Time Design Degree (Bachelor's/ Master's in Visual/ Communication Design/ UI Design)