Senior Visualizer - Mumbai

Creates user journeys along with the content team, develops wireframes, prototypes, style guides, user flows, and effectively communicates interaction ideas using any of these methods.

• Makes conceptual and stylist decisions. Designs fantastic layouts, to illustrate the design idea to other members of the team or management.
• Brainstorms with the team to come up with ideas, workflows, user journeys and presents it to the client.
• Expert in understanding how to use different technologies to enhance visual, motion and optimising for
  faster loading.
• Responsible for defining the standards and improvements for the overall UI of the project
• Defines base structure and end to end UI workflow for the team to adhere
• Presents and defends design decisions to internal teams as well as clients. All design decisions would be on their own design thinking and fundamental principles (i.e. user psychology, colour theory, visual weight, etc.)
• Establishes visual tone, character, and messages that will effectively communicate with the target audience and fulfil the project objectives.
• Provides innovative solution for interaction design across all mediums and devices.
• Responsible for the proper placement, context and meaning of every image, graphic and every other interaction element within a creative assignment.
• Be the quality and brand custodian for all the work going out from your team.
• Should have good knowledge of various transitions and micro-interaction animations for a dynamic user experience
• Continually keep themselves and their design team updated with the latest trends in industry’s standards
• Have a passion to create and motivate team to develop international award winning work.
• Works as client/PM on project assigned to ensure all deliverables and deadlines are met within budget and quality

Department Management

• Handling multiple projects, collaborating closely with developers, copywriters, animators and clients etc.
• Takes brief from the client/servicing team, ideates with their content and tech partners, researches, designs user journeys, wire framing, prototyping, Interface designing, plans, presents, executes and delivers the project end to end along with the team.
• Oversees flawless delivery of all projects within individual client clusters.
• Plans daily work requirement with their manager, set deadlines, quality processes, and delivers on time.
• Assists CD/Group heads in presenting work to client.
• Collaborates with other creative staff to share learning and experience and to establish initiatives that will improve IA’s creative product, enhance quality, productivity, and profitability of the group’s work.
• Promote IA values in every thought and action, which will contribute to overall office morale, spirit, character and work quality.

Client facing

• Be the day-to-day resource for interaction with mid- to senior-level clients.
• Attend meetings with the team and interact with client for presenting designs and taking their feedback.
• Sell creative ideas in an effective manner to convince clients.
• Proactive ideas over and above regular briefs to generate more business.
• Attend all the review meetings.
• Be an engaging and trusted advisor that client respects.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with a proven record of accomplishment in UX for web and mobile designs applications.
• A. in graphic design, Communication Arts, and with equivalent UX certifications
• Proven highly versatile design skills. Portfolio necessary - should have live projects included.
• Hands-on experience in creating wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, interface design etc.
• Self-learning and able to learn new tools and work in a fast moving environment.
• Experience using tools such as Photoshop, Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Illustrator, InVision etc.
• Understanding of basic front-end languages: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript.
• Strong knowledge of visual design and colour theory a must.
• Should have great understanding of user interaction psychology in their design process.
• Be well versed with various UX terminologies like Personas, Affordance, card sorting, tree testing etc.
• Have a robust research oriented approach while developing a solution for any products.
• Should be able to decode Web analytics report and provide creative ideas with problem solving solutions.
• Strong management experience including team and other stakeholders.
• Design sense needs to be versatile keeping with the current trends of UI design/patterns and interactive components.
• Expertise in providing innovative UI solutions.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills is necessary and the confidence to explain and support your thinking, both internally and externally.

• Have knowledge/experience of working on any of the CMS platforms like Sitecore, AEM, Drupal etc
• Experience working in an agile/scrum development process.
• Keep abreast of competitor products and industry trends.

What You Can Expect From Interactive Avenues Interactive Avenue’s vision is to make advertising more insightful to the brands. We do this by employing the world’s very best talent to solve some of the toughest challenges of today’s digital marketing landscape. It’s important that we hire people whose values reflect those of our own: genuine, results-focused, daring and insightful. As an Interactive Avenues employee, we promise you a workplace that invests in your career, cares for you and is fun and engaging. We believe these factors create a workplace where you can be yourself and do amazing work.