What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead UI Designer position at Ayasdi?
Responsibilities:
*Develop standard UI components and style guides for use in our core product
* Gain an understanding of how the product works (high level) to communicate how screens should work
* Effectively communicate your designs to developers and other key stakeholders
* Address product, marketing, and business needs
* Conduct industry research and stay up-to-date on best practices, competitor UI designs, and emerging technologies
* Conduct, observe and analyze usability testing sessions
* Develop consistent, intuitive designs
* Support the QA team to make sure features are implemented as intended
Technical Requirements
* 5 Years experience with HTML5, CSS3 and the use of various Javascript frameworks in interface design.
* 5 Years experience creating rapid prototypes.
* 5 Years experience with web and mobile app design.
* 5 Years experience working with product teams to design UIs
* Working knowledge of responsive design and grid principles.
* Strong typography, layout, and visual design skills.
* Working knowledge of industry tools, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Balsamiq, Omnigraffle, InVision, Sketch, or Figma.
* Working knowledge of the ideation and creation of UI design deliverables: Sitemaps, user flows, wireframes, lo-fi and hi-fi layouts, prototypes.
* Ability to innovate and develop out-of-the-box solutions to complex user interaction problems.
Optional Requirements
* Experience with TailwindCSS or other UI frameworks (e.g., Twitter Bootstrap, Materialize, etc.)
* Must get obscure sci-fi references from the last 30 years, and not just star wars movies.
Behavioral Expectations
* Strong attention to detail
* Strong presentation skills
* Positive and solution-oriented mindset
* Effective communication skills: Regularly achieve consensus with peers and clear status updates
* An inclination towards communication, inclusion, and visibility
* Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and primarily asynchronous work environment
* Comfort working in an agile, intensely iterative software development process