UX-UI Designer

What You’ll Do:

  • Develop and drive new strategies along with product managers, design leadership, research and data science
  • Design, prototype, and develop elegant solutions.
  • Conceive innovative concepts, prototype and iterate to push the boundaries of user interface design.
  • Deep product and systems thinker who loves untangling complex problems and is able to think about global implications and cultural nuances.
  • Strong ability and passion on delivering universal designs that can scale not just across platforms but also internationally and across user types.
  • Identify user needs, sketch solutions with prototypes, test ideas with our research team, and refine designs with data and customer feedback.
  • Document detailed interaction models and UI specifications.
  • Collaborate with other designers to maintain design consistency and coherence.
  • Evangelize best UI practices to other designers, engineers, and product managers.
  • Mentor other designers.

Requirements:

  • Expert at designing and building products for mobile & desktop experiences.
  • Demonstrate ability to tackle complex problems and be able to identify and mitigate risks.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a strong ability to influence cross-functionally
  • Experience being a design lead who leads large projects and direct/mentor other designers
  • Passion for identifying and solving customer problems
  • Comfort in a fast-paced, highly-dynamic environment with multiple stakeholders
  • Skilled with Figma (or Sketch) and prototyping tools such as Framer, Principle
  • Excellent communication and presentations skills
  • Comfortable presenting and working with senior executives
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