Graphic Designer

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.

Job Overview:

As a Visual Designer, you will play a crucial role in designing the visual elements of our products. This role requires a balance of skills in graphic design and UI design, with an understanding of UX being a significant plus.

Website: https://alter.game/

We welcome both freshers and experienced candidates; what matters most to us is your skill and creativity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop visual elements for our applications and games, ensuring they are visually appealing and user-friendly.
• Design UI elements for our digital products, focusing on creating an intuitive and engaging user experience.
• Utilize graphic design and prototyping tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Adobe XD to create high-quality designs.
• Create graphics for various purposes, such as marketing materials, in-game assets, and corporate branding.
• Contribute to the development of our products from a visual perspective, ensuring consistency and quality across all platforms.

Qualifications:

• Familiarity with graphic design and UI design principles.
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Adobe XD).
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• A strong portfolio showcasing your graphic and UI design skills.
• Knowledge of UX design is a valuable addition.
• Open to both freshers and experienced candidates – skills and creativity are our primary criteria.

Hiring Process:

1. A quick introduction call to get to know you.
2. A design task to demonstrate your skills.
3. A technical interview to delve into your technical and design abilities.
4. HR call to discuss company culture, values, and expectations.
5. Offer letter to the right candidate.

·      Capable of independently creating 2D/UI graphics and animations and integrating them in Unity

·      Participating in art reviews and being receptive to feedback and art direction

·      Troubleshooting any art issues from a creative & technical standpoint

·      Creating Mood boards, Style guides, Art guidelines & other necessary documentation

Strong 2D skills, but a mastery of showing ideas, and sketching out and clearly communicating a wide range of possibilities.

1. We are looking for designers having good creativity and communication, who are passionate about delivering a well-designed, scalable, intuitive user interface.
2. Motivated to learn things through sharing and experimentation that will help them and company become better at creating solutions.
3. Promotes a humble behaviour and maintains curiosity in learning new things to take on new challenges.
4. Developing user experience for web apps/mobile apps (iOS/Android).
5. A deep understanding of current technologies and design trends, and the desire to innovate using digital platforms.
6. Screen design of new websites or mobile applications using design tools like Photoshop, illustrator, XD etc.
7. Wireframe and UI prototyping.
8. Capability to communicate with clients, provide insight into UX decisions and collaborate with the project team.
9. Coordinate with engineering teams to develop great user experiences and ensure designs are optimized and implemented effectively.

• To design flows and experiences that are delightful, intuitive and elegant.
• Execute on a master level with an eagle eye for detail.
• Give feedback on product strategy and design work to continually push the level of quality on the team.
• Collaborate Product and Engineering to deliver a world class experience to our users.
• 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.
• Evaluate current processes, identify best practices, develop plans to reach goals and implement improvements.
• Strive every day to ensure the product is more loved by customers than it was the day before

• 2+ years demonstrated experience with end-to-end (hybrid UX and UI) product design in a product company.
• Strong visual design skills, ideally with experience designing iconography, illustration and creating motion graphics
• The ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision (not just 'how it should look' but 'what we should build').
• Experience in building and shipping applications or software (mobile/web).
• Must have a portfolio featuring examples of design work.
• Clean visual design sense and skills in typography and grids
• Hugely customer-focused with a passion for great customer journeys and experiences 
• To be a constant learner. You will be always growing - both personally and with the team
• Experience using data to inform design improvements 
• Brownie points 🍪 

• If you have built gamified consumer digital products or have ideas for the same. 
• Illustration skills
• Creating motion graphics
• Strong visual design chops

Why this Role? 

• Change the way kids learn: ​Because Company is solving a​ unique problem, we have the chance to reimagine education. Be it collaboration or puzzles or video conferencing or interactive videos, there is a huge scope for innovation. How to make it fun? Motivating? Cheerful? You can help us get there. 
• Tackle challenging and impactful problems: ​We believe everything can be brought​ to life when designed beautifully and will challenge you to balance visual aesthetics, minimalism, and usability all while still delivering on time.

So, what will you do as a Visual Designer? 

• As one of the earliest employees, there will be a lot on your plate. All the time! 
• You'll help make our experiences 10x better for kids by bringing your creative flair to the product.
• You'll ensure that the design aligns with our goal of creating a fun and engaging experience for the kids
• You'll work closely with the other teams to contribute to the overall user experience and not just to the tasks you are working on 

This might be for you if... 

• You have worked in a startup and relish the chaos and pressure 
• You are someone who can quickly bring ideas to life
• You understand kids and how their tastes might be different from adults
• You understand priorities and can work with different levels of fidelity based on the priorities
• You are eager to learn and work with the best in the field!

• 4+ years of work experience
• Build intuition of the product as a whole
• Gather requirements from stakeholders, derive problem statements and plan design engagements. Also, proactively launch efforts to improve different aspects of the product
• Conduct research to understand real world practices and usage behaviours employing suitable methods and accessories
• Analyse findings, derive meaningful and actionable insights from research
• Create functions, features and formulate optimised task flows to solve business problems and cater to user needs in collaboration with other stakeholders
• Interpret the solution on to an interface using the principles of digital psychology, visual design and interaction design for web or/and mobile
• Present design propositions and solutions to stakeholders using wireframes, mock-ups or high fidelity prototypes, receive feedback, advocate for best practices and iterate based on feedback
• Decipher usage pattern with the help of analytics and iterate design to be more efficient
• Cultivate efficient frameworks and practices for the enrichment of the team and contribute for the improvement of design system

• Experienced and well versed in conducting different methods of research and usability testing
• Good knowledge and understanding of design principles, interaction design standards and UI patterns for web and mobile
• In depth understanding of the elements of a design system 
• Great aptitude for solving complex business problems

• Design specialisations - Illustration, motion design, graphic design, data visualisation, service design
• Domain specialisations - E-comm & B-B 
• Cross-functional skills - Technological