About the job
Job Summary:As a Lead UI/UX Designer, you will create the user interfaces for the future Mobile applications used to do Service and Installation of pedestrian doors. Your responsibility will be to deliver design artifacts, such as user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that balance design aesthetics with easiness of use and intuitive functionality. The Lead UI/UX Designer will mainly collaborate with end users and customers to learn first-hand about their workflows, needs and pain points.
You will be part of a global app team with coworkers in Chennai and Sweden but working closely together with different App users, the Firmware Developers of our products and our technicians in various location globally.
Duties And Responsibilities Include The Following.
- Collaborate with customers, end users, cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and researchers, to conceptualize and deliver exceptional user experiences.
- Work autonomously on visual design and information architecture for apps.
- Translate complex ideas and requirements into elegant, minimalistic design solutions that prioritize both aesthetics and functionality.
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that align with user needs, business objectives, and design beyond best practices.
- Work closely with developers during the implementation phase to ensure design fidelity and a seamless user experience.
- Maintain a deep understanding of industry trends, design tools, and emerging technologies to stay at the forefront of UX/UI design.
- Provide clearly defined specs and functional annotations to engineers.
- Proven experience as an App Architect, with a strong background in mobile app development and system design.
- Proficiency in native iOS/Android app development frameworks.
- Good knowledge about standard toolsets (Android Studio, Gradle/Gradle Wrapper, Swift package manager/Cocapods etc).
- Good understanding of the Android application stack (lifecycle, view hierarchy, navigation, state keeping etc).
- Good understanding of the developer testing infrastructure (Unit testing, mock frameworks, concurrency model testing etc).
- 5+ years Experience in creating digital visual design and UI for apps.
- 5+ years Experience in presenting your work, narrating design rationale and advocating your design solutions to various stakeholders.
- Understanding of UX patterns, best practice and when to push beyond such limits.
- You master the art of turning complex challenges into easy-to-use solutions.
- Portfolio that shows deep expertise in how typography, colors, icons, illustrations, and photography come together to shape meaningful and beautiful user experiences.
Android Studio, Gradle/Gradle Wrapper, Swift package manager/Cocapods
Unit Testing
Education And/or Experience
- Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, information systems or demonstrated equivalent education and relevant work experience.
- 8+ years of total work experience.
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience as UI/UX Designer .
- Ability to effectively communicate in the English language, both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to read and interpret technical journals, specifications, international technical standards, etc.
- Talented individual with an open mind set, who takes initiative and are eager to learn.
- A result-oriented problem solver by heart that sees solutions instead of problems.
- Team player, who love working with people and are always ready to both help and ask for help when needed.
- You share our belief in lean and agile values, cross-functional teams, where many competences are working together for successful projects.
- Takes responsibility and own initiatives,
- Strong communication and team working skills and enjoy collaboration with others.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Employees work primarily in an office environment, within a well-ventilated area, and is exposed to moderate noise levels.
- Compliance to all relevant Assa Abloy policies and procedures related to Quality, Security, Safety, Business Continuity, and Environmental systems.
- Travel and fieldwork, including international travel may be required. Therefore, employees must possess, or be able to acquire, a valid passport.
- Must be legally eligible to work in the country in which you are hired.
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 52,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.
As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.
As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.
