Product Design Lead (UX / UI)

The Air Apps team is hiring highly motivated teammates to help build, maintain and market our mobile applications. We are a 100% remote company with just over 50+ employees working across the globe every single day to build products that enrich people's lives. We combine the simplicity and greatness of Apple products by creating utility and productivity apps that make people's lives easier. Our portfolio contains Translate Now & Calculator Air, both the fastest-growing apps in their category. Our apps have been downloaded over 90 million times and received over 2 million ratings with an average of 4.7 stars.

Mission

At Air Apps, we intend to make people's life easier by offering software solutions that allow people to perform their daily activities in work, social, fitness, and learning right from their mobile devices.

About the role

The Product Designer (UX/UI) is a crucial part of the software development process at Air Apps. The Product Designer (UX/UI), in cooperation with product and development teams, is responsible for designing and optimizing the experience of Air Apps users, focusing on user-centered, easy-to-use, maximum efficiency designs.

As the Product Design Lead (UX/UI), you will:

• Leading and managing a team of product designers and ensuring high-quality design solutions.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, and user research, to define and implement innovative design solutions for mobile applications.
• Conducting user research and testing to validate design concepts and gather insights for future design projects.
• Translating complex requirements into intuitive and aesthetically pleasing user experiences.
  
• Creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity visual designs to effectively communicate design concepts.
• Staying up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in mobile design, and incorporating these into design practices.
• Mentoring and coaching junior designers, providing feedback and guidance to help them grow and develop their skills.

• Presenting design concepts and solutions to stakeholders, including senior leadership and clients.

Daily Responsibilities of the Product Design Lead

• Reviewing and providing feedback on design deliverables from the team.
• Conduct design reviews with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure design solutions align with project goals.
• Facilitating design brainstorming sessions and workshops to generate new ideas and approaches.
• Participating in user research and testing activities to gather insights into user behavior and preferences. 
• Developing and maintaining design systems and style guides to ensure consistent, high-quality design across all mobile applications.
• Collaborating with engineering and product management teams to ensure design solutions are technically feasible and meet business requirements.
• Mentoring junior designers, providing guidance and feedback on their work and helping them to develop their skills.
• Staying up-to-date with the latest design trends, technologies, and methodologies, and sharing this knowledge with the team.
• Participating in project planning and scoping activities, including estimating design effort and project timelines.
• Representing the design team in meetings with senior leaders and clients, and presenting design solutions and recommendations.

Job Requirements

The ideal candidate for this role would have a strong portfolio of mobile app design work, excellent leadership and communication skills, and a deep understanding of user-centered design practices and methodologies. A bachelor's or master's degree in design, human-computer interaction, or a related field is preferred.

The ideal candidate for this role would have:

• A strong portfolio of mobile app design work
• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• A deep understanding of user-centered design practices and methodologies
• A bachelor's or master's degree in design, human-computer interaction, or a related field is preferred.

Tools

• Proficiency in Design and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, or InVision.

• User research and testing tools such as Usertesting, Lookback, or UserZoom.
• Collaboration and project management tools such as Trello, Asana, or Jira.
• Graphic design and visualization tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or After Effects.
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