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Lead Product Designer

Posted 05 March 2022
LocationSingapore
Job type Permanent
DisciplineTechnology - Transformation & Consulting
ReferenceAK/LPD/CG/SG

Job Description

  • An emerging consumer tech company
  • Newly created role
  • Excellent career growth

This is a newly created role with an emerging consumer tech company, based in Singapore.

The company launched in 2019 and now has a dominant presence in Asia. Backed by names such as Rocket Internet, they are on a mission to digitalise a traditionally offline industry. Given their recent round of funding they are now looking to bring in several designers who will work alongside product to create products that users love, and will help the company navigate through the next phase of growth.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Work in tandem with your squad/tribe to creative visually stimultating and highly functional products, with a strong focus on the 3 key areas of Product Design: User Centered Interaction Design, User Interface and Visual Design, and Design processes
  • Be a practitioner of user centered methodologies (user journey mapping, lean experimentation)
  • Gain a deep understanding of user behaviour and be the voice of the user within the organisation
  • Execute across all phases of design work: define conceptual foundations, execute UX flows, apply visual design systems, prototype, conduct usability testing, create production-ready designs and support multi-disciplinary teams during implementation
  • Collaborate with peers in other design teams and contribute to the design community
  • Inspire, drive creativity and identify industry best practices for user experience
  • Provide leadership, direction and mentorship for design related projects
  • Provide the most comprehensive solutions by fully understanding problem areas and analysing market trends and competitors
  • Advocate for the users, understanding of the user-centric intersection between design, business and engineering

Key Requirements

  • At least 5 years' experience in hands on user centric design
  • Prior experience in tech start ups / ability to think quickly, handle uncertainty and help others navigate the fast paced nature of working in a start up
  • Good leadership skills, having previously managed a design team
  • A digital portfolio that demonstrates conceptual thinking, dynamic user experiences, a data-driven mindset and a knack for designing web apps
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to convey design decisions to stakeholders
  • Experience with relevant tools (Figma, or Sketch, XD)

 

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