Ostadkar is looking for a senior UI/UX designer. This experienced professional shall be part of our technical team and contribute directly to the design of our applications, products and services. This person must have report to product owner.
Hire for Culture, Train for Skills
We hire for culture and believe that skills can be learned. Therefore, the most important requirement is to be a culture fit for our fast pace start-up:
Have a strong passion for solving large and important challenges of our society,
Be super thirsty to learn and grow, both professionally as wly proactive in identifying issues and tacklinell as personally.
Work hard, play hard. Don’t be satisfied with a 9 to 5 work culture
At Ostadkar we value intense collaboration, innovation, and individual autonomy. Working in a highly agile framework allows us to rapidly conceive, develop, test, adjust, and validate what we’re building. Within this cultural framework, Ostadkar is seeking passionate and energetic individuals to join our full-time team in Tehran, Iran.
UI/UX specialist
The UI/UX Specialist plays a pivotal role at Ostadkar and is responsible for identifying product priorities to achieve optimal results across our divergent needs and requirements. The UI/UX Specialist helps conceive, prototype, and test intuitive user interfaces and interactions for our digital product stream. Working within an agile framework, the UI/UX Specialist is responsible for developing personas, wireframes, prototypes, and test scenarios in close collaboration with senior leadership, visual designers, and the development team.
Responsibilities:
Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, tools and techniques in all areas of user experience and interaction design
Develop personas and usage scenarios
Illustrate design ideas using wireframes, storyboards, sitemaps and screen flows
Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how the app and websites function and appear
Develop and maintain high and low fidelity interactive prototypes to support user interaction design, evaluation and testing
Develop insights into how our products can achieve strong engagement and meaningful outcomes
Work in Agile development environment to support efforts to create and deliver high-quality iOS, Android and web functionality
Necessary Skills:
Solid understanding of user experience and interface design
At least 3 years of professional experience crafting great user experiences for mobile
Experience with mobile and web technologies
Experience working with Sketch, Zeplin, Principle, Invision, and Adobe CC
Experience with wireframing and prototyping tools and a good grasp of design programs and tools
Strong conceptual skills and demonstrated ability to rapidly prototype and design to communicate ideas to others.
Bachelor's degree in IT, Design, Marketing or related fields, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Other Qualifications:
Self-motivated and ability to learn new skills quickly
High attention to detail
Ability to work independently and prioritize and manage work to meet project timelines in a fast-paced environment
Strong communication and interpersonal skills working in a multi-disciplinary, collaborative environment.
Experience working in an Agile development environment.
Strong problem-solving skills including identification and diagnosis of UI/UX issues and opportunities
Strong written and oral communication skills including the ability to be persuasive and adapt communications to the audience and issue
Good interpersonal skills including the ability to work as a member of a highly-interactive team and interact with end-users, customers, and stakeholders
Work iteratively and ability to think from a user's perspective