Annalect India
Location
Bangalore | India
Job description
Associate Director (UX/UI Designer)
Position: Full-time
Location: Bengaluru/Gurugram/Hyderabad/Coimbatore/Chennai/Mumbai.
About Annalect India:
We are an integral part of Annalect Global and Omnicom Group, a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 70 countries.
Annalect India plays a key role for our group companies and global agencies by providing stellar products and services in the areas of Creative Services, Technology, Marketing Science (data & analytics), Business Shared Services, Market Research and Media Services. We are growing rapidly and looking for talented professionals like you to be part of this journey.
Position Overview
Annalect India, is looking for an Associate Director level UX/UI Designer to join our UX/UI team. Applicants should have a passion for simplicity while solving complex problems, user-centered design, data concepts, and Agile development. You will be working within our UX/UI design team and development team to deliver clean, clear and user-friendly experiences for our broader organization. As an Associate Director you will be responsible for the management and oversight of the design team and overall experience of multiple web applications and other engagements. This position requires you to be self-sufficient, a leader and one who takes the initiative to understand business needs, project needs and be able to direct others to achieve those goals. As the lead of this team, it will be your responsibility to ensure its alignment with already established UX/UI standards, define exceptions and communicate those to both the team and stakeholders. With each engagement, you will need to define the design needs and allocate the team resources as appropriate, help manage deliverables and timelines etc. A successful candidate will not only have the knowledge based in the design function they are leading but also have the ability set process and create documentation to support process, standards and best practices.
This is an exciting role and would entail you to
· Ensure team upholds established standards and define discipline process for all design engagements.
· Create documentation around process to be shared cross projects.
· Review & discuss with internal and external stakeholders to define both business and user needs for each engagement.
· Collaborate on overall product/engagement roadmaps.
· Oversee quality, standards and design solutions across all engagements.
· Manage and mentor team members to accomplish business deliverables.
· Based on cross engagement requirements, align on prioritization of work and allocate resources based on design needs, project complexity and organizational goals.
· Represent the discipline in corporate initiatives and external professional meeting.
· Be proficient in presenting information and delivered solutions to various stakeholders.
This may be the right role for you if you have
· Must have design portfolio links on resume or application.
· 10+ years of working experience as a UX/UI Designer with at least 5 years of management experience.
· Demonstrated experience working with client and internal stakeholders and conduct sessions guided by design principal.
· Demonstrated experience using user centered design principal.
· Experience in implementing solutions adhering to accessibility guidelines.
· Experience in creating processes of implementing design (whiteboarding, persona mapping, wireframing, etc.)
· Collaborated and offered recommendations to product owners on the roadmap owing to multiple incremental UX milestones.
· Experience working in agile teams, working alongside stakeholders, product owners and developers to implement solutions.
· Experience in assessing the design maturity of products, solutions and teams and recommending roadmaps to achieve maturity.
· Experience in providing accurate estimates of design related work & outputs.
· Experience in helping the QA team in documenting and assessing the accuracy of the design integrated with the solution.
· Proficiency with Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC and Microsoft office
· Strong, effective interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, and listening)
· Experience working with data concepts, business intelligence and/or ad tech.
· Experience working in an agile environment.
· A proven ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.
Additional Good to have skills
· Experience in process development.
· Knowledge of Power app design/development.
· Knowledge of best practices for digital user accessibility.
· Knowledge of CSS, HTML, responsive design, other front-end technologies also a plus.
· Intellectual curiosity and drive; self-starters will thrive in this position.
· A formal education in Interaction Design, Graphic Design, User Experience or related field.
Perks of working at Annalect
· Culture. We have an incredibly fun, collaborative and friendly environment, and often host social and learning activities such as game night, speaker series, and so much more! Halloween (or Hallow-ect as we know it) is a special day on our calendar since it is our Founding Day – we go all out with decorations, costumes, and prizes!
· Generous vacation policy. Paid time off (PTO) includes vacation days, personal days, and a Summer Friday program.
· Extended time off around the holiday season. Our office is closed between Xmas and New Year to encourage our hardworking employees time to rest, recharge and celebrate the season with family and friends.
· As part of Omnicom, we have the backing and resources of a global billion-dollar company, but also have the flexibility and pace of a 'startup' - we move fast, break things, and innovate.
We are an equal opportunity employer,
Annalect, a division of Omnicom Media Group, reaffirms its commitment to the policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and to carrying out this policy at all of its offices. It shall be the policy of Omnicom Media Group to (1) recruit, select, hire, train, promote, pay, discipline and terminate employees in all job classifications without regard to age, race, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, alienage, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other basis upon which discrimination against or harassment of employees or applicants for employment is prohibited under any applicable federal, state or local equal opportunity employment laws and (2) ensure that all personnel actions are administered without discrimination in violation of applicable law.
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