Interface Designer

Overview

We're looking for an epic designer. You'll be responsible for the conceptualization and design of internal user interfaces, applications and consumer-facing website for global brands and funky neighborhood startups. You should be focused & detail oriented. You should be able to apply strategic thinking to design and delivery innovate end-to-end user experience that combines beauty, accessibility and optimize end-user experience. You'll typically be working very closely with our developers on 2-3 projects that have timelines of 6-8 weeks.

What would you be doing at Commutatus?

• Product Development - As part of our UI/UX team, you will be heavily involved during the product development process, you will be required to carry out research and also provide partners and the team with your inputs on how to make the product better!
• Prototyping - You must be able to translate solutions from the product development phase into beautiful & efficient prototypes.
• Handoff - Your prototypes must take into consideration the development lifecycles and handoffs between design and development must be seamless.

What we expect in our ideal candidate

• Focus on quality - You are someone who focuses most of his efforts on ensuring that we generate high-quality content.
• Critical Thinker - You like to challenge the status-quo. We want you to have a passion for solving problems. You must have a habit of constantly tinkering with your work to make it the best.
• Organized and Structured - One of the most important characteristics for this, if you are someone who is best friends with To-Do lists and Calendars, we want you. Our prototypes generally have several screens and are iterated often, being organized will help you deliver on time consistently.
• Someone who loves to get things done - You are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and take responsibility. We do not hire people just to manage other people. We expect you to deliver results directly.
• A head for numbers - You are data-driven. If a button should be on the right - you need to have a scientific understanding of why and a method to measure it's impact as well! You can give examples of how you have moved some metrics before.
• Technical knowledge and experience of working with engineers is a plus - You may have started out your career as an engineer or maybe it's a secret passion. Either way, you need to be able to communicate effectively with our developers.
• Willingness to explore new things - As we are a fast-growing startup, we routinely like to experiment with and implement new technologies/methodologies.
• Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time - An average developer at Commutatus works on at least 3 projects at the same time. As a UX/UI designer, you might be working on the Order Management section of an E-commerce Website in the morning and finish off the day with improvements on a Food Ordering Mobile Application.
• Identify problems and propose solutions without being told to do so - We love independent problem solvers. If you feel that something can be done better, we absolutely love it if you go ahead and propose the change.
• Resourcefulness - In the age of Google, very few problems cannot be solved with some extensive Googling. We like our employees to be resourceful and exhaust every avenue before escalating the issue/problem to the senior manager.
• Ownership - As we are a startup, we are a very tight-knit family. We value employees taking ownership of the work they do and the company in general.