Position overview: We are looking for an experienced UI Designer with 4 to 6 years of proven expertise in creating intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces. The ideal candidate will be passionate about creating user-focused and visually engaging digital experiences for our products, as well as be experienced with product management practices. In this position you will have a dual role, primarily creating UI designs for our product suite and working with our Product team to deliver features from our product roadmap, in a fast-paced growth environment.
Responsibilities:
- User Research and Analysis:
- Conduct user research to understand user behaviors, needs, and pain points
- Plan and conduct usability testing sessions to gather feedback and validate design decisions
- Interaction and Visual Design:
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and user flows to communicate design concepts
- Develop and refine how information is presented (Information Architecture) in our products, ensuring logical and efficient user flows
- Develop User-focused designs that align with brand guidelines
- Ensure a common design language within and across our products
- Collaboration:
- Present and advocate for your designs to internal teams and key stakeholders
- Work closely with developers, product managers and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of design solutions
- Product Planning & Delivery:
- Develop requirements utilizing insights gained from customer and stakeholder discovery
- Collaborate with the engineering team during the development process to ensure alignment with product requirements
Qualifications:
- 4 to 6 years of professional experience in UI design, with a strong portfolio showcasing relevant work
- 1 to 2 years of experience as a Product manager or Product owner (preferred)
- Proficiency in design tools; preferred use of Figma
- Knowledge of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, etc.) (preferred)
Applicant Instructions:
All applicants are asked to submit a cover letter alongside their resume that contains the following details:
- Include a link to a portfolio of past UI designs.
- Provide a link to the design scenario described below.
- Mention the Drips core value (available on our website) you embody the most.
- Include your salary requirements or range.
Design scenario:
Our fictional startup is developing a music listening mobile app. The current sign-up flow has received complaints about it being confusing and time-consuming with a 35% abandon rate. Your task is to redesign the sign-up flow to make it more user-friendly and efficient. Note: for this exercise we want to see how you think through user flows, not necessarily how beautiful your designs are
- Using a design tool of your choice, create designs for a revised sign-up process
- Annotate in the designs how user pain points are addressed
- Annotate in the designs the user flow and any major steps and user decision points
- Annotate in the design any assumptions you’ve made with respect to information architecture and user flow
- Welcome Screen:
- User sees the app’s welcome screen with a ‘Sign Up’ button.
- Account Information:
- User is required to enter their email, create a password, and input additional personal information (name, date of birth, city/state of residence).
- Verification:
- An email verification link is sent to the user’s provided email address. User needs to click the link to verify their email.
- Once email is verified, user uses an authenticator application for identity verification
- Profile Setup:
- After email verification and authenticator app setup, users are redirected to a profile setup page where they must add a profile picture, bio, music preferences and other details.
- Preferences:
- Users are prompted to set preferences related to app notifications, account settings, and music preferences.
- Terms and Conditions (our fictional lawyers require this):
- Users must accept the terms and conditions before proceeding.
- Completion:
- After completing all the above steps, users are finally registered and directed to the app’s main screen.
- Sign-up options
- Users want a simpler option for sign-up
- Identity Verification
- Some users don’t have an authenticator app
- Excessive Information Input
- User feel that too many personal details are requested
- Long process
- Too many mandatory steps to sign-up