Web Developer

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/

Job Description:

We are looking for a talented UI/UX Designer to join our team. As a UI/UX Designer, you will be responsible for creating intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces and experiences for our digital products. You will work closely with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to understand user needs, translate requirements into wireframes and prototypes, and design user-friendly interfaces that enhance user satisfaction and engagement. The ideal candidate should have a strong portfolio showcasing their design skills, creativity, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user requirements, business objectives, and technical constraints.
2. Conduct user research, usability testing, and analysis to gain insights into user behaviors, preferences, and pain points.
3. Create wireframes, user flows, and prototypes to visualize and communicate design concepts and interaction patterns.
4. Design user interfaces and experiences that are intuitive, responsive, and aesthetically pleasing across various devices and platforms.
5. Develop high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes using design tools such as Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, or InVision.
6. Iterate on designs based on feedback from stakeholders, usability testing, and data analysis to continuously improve the user experience.
7. Collaborate with developers to ensure the feasibility and implementation of design solutions while maintaining design integrity.
8. Create and maintain design systems, style guides, and UI components to ensure consistency and scalability across products.
9. Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in UI/UX design.
10. Advocate for user-centered design principles and contribute to a culture of design excellence within the organization.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, HCI, or related field.
2. Proven experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role, with a strong portfolio showcasing design projects and process.
3. Proficiency in design tools such as Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, or InVision.
4. Solid understanding of user-centered design principles, usability heuristics, and design thinking methodologies.
5. Experience conducting user research, usability testing, and analysis to inform design decisions.
6. Strong visual design skills, with an eye for typography, color, layout, and iconography.
7. Knowledge of responsive design principles and mobile-first design approach.
8. Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
9. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
10. Familiarity with front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities:

• Takes initiative and interacts with users effectively.
• Willing to explore ideas through design and animation before executing them.
• Willing to throw away ideas if they're not great; optimistic enough to keep hunting for new ones.
• Excited to collaborate with everyone on the team (from engineers to customer facing folks). You believe inspiration can come from anywhere.
• You don't believe users are our guinea pigs; we ship great products when they're ready and something we might often use ourselves.
• Owning the 0 to 1 designing process to shape the future of timely AI.
• Always starting with the why and focusing on things that drive impact.
• Prototyping and telling a visual story for everything.
• Ensuring quality end-products. No compromises.
• On-point time-management skills.
• Desirous to learn as much as possible about how professionals use timely AI.
• Needs to have product sense and must have worked on SaaS products

Requirements:

• An expert in either graphic/ illustrations, or visual design, and skilled in more disciplines of design like animations and interactions.
• 2+ years of experience at a digital product company.
• Familiar with the end-to-end iterative Visual designing process and creating high-fidelity visuals.
• Experience with digital products. Business to business is a bonus.

1. Execute visual designs & graphics from wireframes to development-ready stage
2. Assess user feedback in collaboration with product team
3. Build UI improvement hypotheses and innovative ideas for effective communication
4. Coordinate with engineering team for development
5. Build & manage design library and standards

• Be a hands-on user interface and visual designer for our toughest design challenges.
• Develop and detail visual designs and design specifications; drawing on existing high level designs and digital brand guidelines.
• Work alongside product, marketing, UX designers, copywriters, and developers to come up with complete design solutions.
• Review UX design documentation such as wireframes to identify gaps and issues and raise these within the team.
• Own the quality of visual design execution for your design directions as well as extend the existing design styles.
• Present and defend your work to colleagues, other teams, and management.
• Contribute to the development of our Design Club to promote learning, growth, comradeship and innovative thinking across the organisation.

• 2 or more years of experience and proven track record.
• An impressive portfolio of work that showcases excellent practical design skills including layout, colour, typography, and multi channel design.
• Full project lifecycle experience from concept through to completion.
• Experience designing for complex systems across Desktop and Mobile applications.
• Expert user of Sketch, Zeplin, Creative Suite, other tools of the trade.
• Ability to multitask, prioritise projects and communicate across teams, and take feedback positively to turn it into intuitive design solutions.
• Strong understanding of Design Systems.
• Creative ideas with a problem solving mindset.

• Degree in a design-related field.
• Recognised UX / UI certifications.
• Experience working in an agile development process.
• Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS and JavaScript.
• Basic knowledge of analytics, including Google Analytics.
• Passion for sports.