Lead UX/UI Designer

1 Year ago • 8 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

Lead UX/UI Designer with 8+ years experience, managing teams, and expertise in Figma. Strong understanding of user-centered design and design thinking.

Must have:

UX Design Experience
Team Management
Figma Expertise
User-Centered Design

Good to have:

Heuristic Analysis
Usability Testing
Mobile-First Design
Responsive Design

Perks:

Team Building
Passionate Environment

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prototyping

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visual-communication

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Job Details

Product - UX/UI

Bengaluru

Job Description

Who We Are:

Gameberry Labs, a thriving mobile games studio established in 2017 and headquartered in Bangalore, has aimed for an extraordinary vision – to become the premier game development company on a global scale. As a bootstrapped and profitable startup, Gameberry Labs has taken the mobile gaming scene by storm. Since our inception in 2017, our games 'Ludo STAR' and 'Parchisi STAR' have captivated players around the globe, resulting in an impressive 250M+ downloads.

Our Belief:

Our profound belief in the transformative ability of mobile games lies in their power to reshape modern connections, entertainment, and learning experiences. We see them as personal buddies that boost our brains, melt away stress, and keep spirits high - anytime, anywhere.

Our Mission:

We want to make millions of people happy with games that they would love to grow old with. We are driven by passion for creating exceptional gaming experiences that people will cherish for years to come. With our fearless team of dreamers and innovators we are constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of mobile gaming.

Highlight Reel:

We've rocked an impressive 250M+ game downloads.
We have made $150M+ in lifetime revenue from our games.
Both 'Parchisi STAR' and 'Ludo STAR' have hit the 100M+ downloads individually.
We were in the list of Top 10 India HQ Games Publisher in 2021.
We have handled more than 1M+ concurrent users playing our game in 2020.

Cool Tidbits:

Our games attract a monthly player base equivalent to the population of Australia, with over 20M players engaging each month!
Players spend an astronomical 297.6 Mars Round Trips worth of time on our games daily!!!

Job Requirement

Responsibilities

Set and own UX strategy: You develop the strategic plans for the UX team. This could entail building strategic UX artifacts like user journeys and personas.
Helping the team understand user motivations better for better UX solutions.
Align with the product management team: Understand the product vision and requirements. Aid the team in delivering specs that align with the vision and timeline requirements. All along keeping the output quality high.
Oversee the UX team: Lead and mentor direct reports, make hiring decisions for the team, and help individuals improve by providing feedback on research and design work.
Plan budgets: Work with cross-functional leaders to allocate the resources necessary for the UX team to complete their work, for things like research and tooling.
Delegate and manage UX deliverables: Prioritize and assign work to the team while ensuring deadlines are met and manageable.
Facilitate the design process: Set and maintain team workflows, evaluate what is and is not working, and document the design process. Wherever necessary improve and evolve the existing process.
Lead design reviews: In a design review, help the UX team explore, and identify areas to improve in the brief output. Constantly under the product and user better so that reviews and feedback could be given with an objective lens.
Communicate with stakeholders: Speak regularly with other teams and leadership about progress, upcoming work, product vision, and any work requests assigned to the team.

Requirements

8+ years of UX design experience. Experience managing a team of a minimum of 3 to 4 UX designers.
Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments.
Expertise in standard UX software such as Figma is a must. Basic knowledge of how responsive works on different device sizes.
Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to internal team members and cross-functional teams. -> Clear communication skills
A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design and design thinking.
A good grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting heuristic analysis, and usability tests guiding and mentoring the team to do these.
Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
Understand product specifications and user psychology
Aiding the team in creating new prototypes based on user testing and feedback
Conducting usability testing to identify user pain points and creating an improvement strategy
Enabling the team in creating wireframes to demonstrate best-in-class user experience including interaction flows, information architecture, and designs
Have an understanding of visual communication.
Work with UI designers to implement attractive designs
Follow up on the performance of the executed designs based on conversion rate etc.
Ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design implications.
Be passionate about resolving user pain points.
Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
Be detail driven, and able to manage time across several projects at the same time.
Be passionate about team building with empathy and a solution-oriented attitude towards people and outputs.
Be passionate about all things UX and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge of the industry’s latest trends and technologies.
Above all has the intent to constantly learn, evolve, and drive change with the best interest of the User and Product in mind.