Lead UI/UX Designer

Company name: Blackstraw.ai

Office location: Mumbai

Notice: Immediate joiners / 15 days

Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

● Should have 8-12 years of experience in IT/design background along with client facing capabilities.

● Should have minimum 6 years of experience in designing.

● Candidate should have good communication skills.

● Ensure that established design standards are consistently and appropriately applied within design work

● Engage with product management, engineering, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors to understand the project

● Develop and present documentation, user flows, annotated wireframes, and interactive prototypes

● Leverage user testing make product improvements

● Help define user interaction models for new and existing products.

● Sketch and present UI concepts, including visual design and behaviours with paper sketches, wireframes, task/workflows, simple working prototypes, or whatever form best communicate your ideas. behaviours

● Participate in user-centred research with customers through focus groups, usage analysis, and rapid prototyping.

● Communicate UI design solutions to multiple development teams through detailed specifications and similar types of communication documents.

● Should be capable of gathering and evaluating user requirements, in collaboration with product managers and engineers

● Should be capable of illustrating design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps

● Able to prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders

● Designing graphics user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets

● Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like

● Coordinate with technology teams to understand the technology gap and plan the design accordingly

● Should have Proven client relationship skills and viewed as a trusted adviser

● Strong communication and collaboration skills, proactive communicator Key Skills

● Portfolio of design projects 

● Proficient in visual design and wireframing tools

● Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

● Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)

● Adhere to style standards on fonts, colours and images

● Good time-management skills

Education Qualification: B.Tech / M.Tech in Computer Science / Mathematics / Image Processing or related fields from one of the premier Institutes (IITs/NITs/BITS)

Seniority Level: Senior level

Industry

● Information Technology and Services

● Computer Software

Job Functions ● Engineering

Please note: It would be great if the candidate shares their portfolio along with resume.

Job Perks

• No dress code
• Work 5 days a week.
• Very relaxed working conditions
• An hour for lunch
• A competitive salary + regular reviews
• In-house training and support
• Play games on Fridays with colleagues and friends in the office
• Free Tea/Coffee and snacks