UX Designer - Illustrator/Figma (2-3 yrs)

About Ixigo :

ixigo is India's leading travel platform with over 150 million users. Ixigo (which offers a separate trains and flight & hotels app) allows Indian travellers to compare & book from 120+ travel suppliers and OTAs across flights, trains, hotels, buses & cabs ixigo's vision is to empower travellers with trustworthy & personalised travel recommendations. ixigo trains app has become the world's 6th most downloaded travel app on Google Play store as per analytics platform SensorTower's 2018 report.

It is also the 2nd most downloaded travel app in India.This top spot makes ixigo the fastest growing and most trusted travel app in the market. ixigo has played a pioneering role in launching innovative industry first products driven by AI, Voice and ML in the travel space. The travel platform has launched a slew of AI and big data innovations, including its award-winning multi-lingual voice-based travel assistant - TARA. Founded in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo's investors include Sequoia Capital India, Fosun RZ Capital, SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip & Micromax.

Company Size :

- Mid-Sized

Working Days :

- 5 days/week

Office Location :

- Sector 53, Gurugram

Role & Responsibilities :

As a UI/UX Designer at ixigo, you'll be responsible for collecting and translating user insights into delightful experiences. Ultimately, you'll create both functional and appealing beautiful features that address our customer's needs. You will use your creativity and eye for design - along with your technical knowledge - to develop great experiences.

Role & Responsibility :

- Create close working relationships with Product, Strategy, Marketing, and Engineering, to shape and deliver design vision and strategy

- Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers

- Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps

- Practice an iterative, user-centered design approach and create best-in-class deliverables in every phase of the UX design lifecycle.

- Lead discovery sessions and brainstorms.

- Develop user flows, wireframes, UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites, feature function and look like

- Present concepts, ideas and potential solutions to stakeholders and senior management and implement their feedback.

- Participate actively in UX testing and revise designs after synthesizing test results.

- Utilize deep knowledge of UX best practices and trends in media, online learning and emerging

- Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)

- Creating and maintaining a site-wide style guide

Ideal Candidate :

- 2-4 years experience of UI/UX design experience in a product team

- Deep understanding of fundamental visual design disciplines (typography, iconography composition, color, composition, layout, etc.).

- In-depth knowledge of UX collaboration tools such as Figma, Sketch, InVision, Miro and similar

- Phone and Tablet design experience for Android and iOS is a must

- Demonstrable experience with responsive design a must.

- Bachelor's degree / diploma in Graphic Design from tier 1 colleges.

- Portfolio must exhibit understanding of user experience design principles and knowledge of UI best

practices and usability

Soft Skills :

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to effectively communicate ideas and make presentations

- Strong interpersonal skills

- Aptitude to build relationships across the organization

- Ability to accept feedback and work in a professional manner

- Capacity to handle many tasks concurrently and work under deadlines.

- Perks, Benefits and Work Culture

- Compensation: - Commensurate to skills & experience; comparable to the best in the industry.

- Culture: - ixigems enjoy a fun and rewarding work atmosphere. We do not believe in hierarchies, and we encourage communication and constructive collaboration. We believe in the personal growth of individuals, creative approaches to solve real-world problems, and questioning the status quo!