About Apna (https://linktr.ee/apnahq)
Founded in 2019, Apna is India’s largest professional networking platform dedicated to helping India’s burgeoning working class to unlock unique professional networking and skilling opportunities. We’re one of the fastest-growing unicorns currently live in 70+ cities of 20+ states. Backed by marquee investors like Tiger Global, Lightspeed, Sequoia, Owl Ventures, Greenoaks Capital & few more with solid $190+ funding. Apna is on a mission to enable livelihoods for billions in India. With over 22 million users from 70+ cities and 200,000+ employers that trust the platform - India has a new destination to discover relevant opportunities.
About the Design Team
Product Design at Apna is at the heart of our mission to create user-centric, innovative, and impactful solutions. Our design team collaborates closely with data, product, engineering, and business teams to craft intuitive and aesthetically pleasing products that solve real-world problems. We emphasize a deep understanding of user needs and behavior, leveraging this insight to drive design decisions and ensure a seamless user experience. By combining creativity with intelligence, our product designers play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our products, contributing to Apna's reputation for excellence and innovation in the industry.
Role
Title: Product Designer II / III
Team: Growth or Community
Experience: 2-5 Years
Location: Remote (Bengaluru preferred)
Requirements
Responsibilities
User Research and Analysis:
- Conduct user research to understand the needs, pain points, and behaviors of candidates.
- Analyze market trends, competitor offerings, and industry best practices to identify opportunities for product innovation.
Product Design and Prototyping:
- Design user-centric interfaces and interactions that enhance usability, accessibility, and engagement.
- Create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to visualize and communicate design concepts and user flows.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to translate user requirements into intuitive and visually appealing product designs.
- Iterate designs based on user feedback, usability testing, and data-driven insights to improve product usability and adoption.
- Create quick MVPs with No-code tools like Framer and Web flow.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing, to align product goals and priorities.
- Communicate design concepts, rationale, and recommendations effectively through presentations, design reviews, and stakeholder meetings.
- Advocate for user-centered design principles, design thinking methodologies, and continuous improvement within the organization.
Product Strategy and Roadmap:
- Contribute to product strategy development by providing insights, ideas, and design solutions that address user needs and business objectives.
- Collaborate with Product Managers to define product roadmaps, feature priorities, and release plans based on market feedback and strategic goals.
Build the Design Team with us:
- Collaborate on Design Team internal goals like Design System, User Research Methodologies, Design Team Philosophies or Visual Design
Required skills and experience:
- A well-curated portfolio or case studies.
- Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch or similar software.
- Solid experience in creating wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, and process flows.
- Well-versed in no-code tools such as Framer & Webflow.
- 2 to 5 years of experience designing digital products.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Keen on applying user research, user-needs validation and usability evaluation.
- Excellent understanding of user-centered design and visual design principles
Benefits
- Compensation: Competitive cash compensation including meaningful ESOP component.
- Flexibility for Remote roles: Enjoy the freedom of remote work, with the option to work from anywhere in India.
- Health and Wellness Benefits: Accidental Benefits and Medical Insurance for Employees and Dependents including Spouse, Children, and Parents/Parents-in-law.
- Responsible Time Off: Enjoy a generous allocation of Privilege leaves, Casual leaves, separate Sick leaves, Maternity & Paternity leaves, and Marriage leaves.
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