User Experience Design Lead

Think Design Collaborative; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Think Design Collaborative is seeking a seasoned User Experience Design Lead for its Bangalore Studio. You will lead UX strategy, influence product direction, and guide a design team across projects for timely, high-quality delivery.

The role requires deep UX expertise, strong collaboration with Business & Technology teams, and willingness to travel for on-site engagements in India and abroad. Join a dynamic studio within a global group.

Qualifications

• Understand complex business goals, product and technical content to craft engaging experiences.
• Thorough understanding of User Experience Design principles.
• Collaborate with Business & Technology teams to evolve digital products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project to on-time, quality delivery as agreed with the client.
• Be the part-time project manager & team leader.
• Raise and negotiate issues and risks with senior client management.
• Manage profitability of the project.
• Guide team members and facilitate learning within the organization.
• Stay up-to-date with design trends and best practices.
• Willingness to travel for on-site project executions in India and abroad.
• Relocate within Think Design studios in India if needed.
• Deliver design artifacts: strategy, wireframes, navigation, storyboards, guidelines, visuals, prototypes, design systems, specs.

Skills

UX Strategy

Interaction Design

Leadership

Stakeholder Communication

User Journey Mapping

Prototyping

Design Systems

Time Management

Job description

Think Design Collaborative is looking for a seasoned User Experience Design Lead for its Bangalore Studio

Skills:

• Ability to understand complex business goals, product & technical content, and Interaction Design in order to create engaging & effective experiences for our customers
• Thorough understanding of User Experience Design
• Collaboratively evolve the functionality of digital products along with Business & Technology teams
• Develop and manage user mapping as well as, User experience guidelines and acceptance criteria
• Ability to research, create and present product user journey maps, user task flows, interaction models, storyboards
• Can develop new approaches to complex design problems and convey these designs in the form of presentations, prototypes, and design specifications
• Excellent time-management, multi-tasking, and communication skills; and the ability to quickly prioritize tasks
• Must communicate clearly and effectively; strong analytical and oral communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the project to on-time and quality delivery as agreed by the client
• Be the part-time project manager & team leader
• Raise and negotiate issues and risks with senior management of the client
• Manage profitability of the project
• As the lead designer, he/she needs to guide team members well and facilitate their learning in the organization
• Stay up-to-date with latest achievements, best practices and trends in design
• Candidate should be willing to travel for on-site project executions for short/long durations in India and abroad
• Candidate should be open to temporary/permanent relocation within Think Designs studios in India
• Due to his/her role as a Design Leader & Project Manager, a Lead UX Designer will be responsible for ensuring on-time and quality delivery of all deliverables for the project even though he/she may not actually work on all of them. Depending on client requirements, as a Lead designer, he/she will be responsible for delivering all or some of the following:
• Design Strategy based on User Mapping, User Stories, Business Needs, Technology inputs
• Wireframes
• Navigation Structures
• Story Boards
• Interactive Guidelines
• Visual Designs
• Prototypes
• Design Systems
• Specification Documentation

What Think Design is offering:

• The diversity & impact of our services and client engagements; and the unique way we’re structured as an organization along with a highly innovative work environment—will add immense value to your experience.
• Be part of an organization that is a unique blend of a highly collaborative teams working closely in studio environment, who’re are part of a Global Group (Havas Global).
• Opportunity to help make & gain experience on meaningful & measurable impact on a fast growing organization.

About Think Design:

Think Design is an Award winning UX Strategy firm with expertise in User Research, Data, UI UX Design and CX. Since 2004, we have been powering mission critical initiatives of some of the world’s most renowned organizations and brands, transforming businesses across industries and impacting millions of users through our outcomes.

Think Design was founded by 3 Designers from NID, Ahmedabad, with a motivation to change the design landscape in India. Today, Think Design is part of Havas Group, one of the world’s largest Media & Communications groups with presence in 100+ countries.

To know more about us, please visit https://think.design/