Lead UX/UI Designer
Full Time
London Shoreditch United Kingdom
https://www.stylindex.com/
Stylindex is a fast growing, London-based fashion tech startup. The world’s leading global creatives use Stylindex to hire talent & production teams for photoshoots & videos.
We’re looking for a highly creative Lead UX/UI Designer who loves to innovate, experiment, surprise, delight, and have fun with design.
Role Details
Stylindex was selected for tech accelerators Y-Combinator, Entrepreneur First, Seedcamp, and Techstars, and we have just raised a round of $1M+ in seed funding, with investment from fashion industry VCs.
Our current site looks like a relatively simple database, but we have many cool features & functions in the pipeline.
About the role:
> You will be our first Design Lead, so you will have a chance to set the tone for design as we build our brand and design team.
> Stylindex’s users are the world’s leading visual creatives, so you will be encouraged to push boundaries, develop new design trends, and have fun.
> You will collaborate with the CEO and a team of enthusiastic engineers. We are a small team of fun, passionate people, looking to do something that has never been done in our industry.
Responsibilities
> Establish visual creative direction for all products.
> Ship world class interfaces.
> Design wireframes, prototypes, interaction studies, and polished visual interfaces.
> Make decisions on a variety of matters consistent with goals and objectives.
> Manages personal duties and areas of responsibility on a day-to-day basis with periodic assistance and direction from others.
> Assignments range from focused to broad in nature and scope.
> May play significant role in marketing, customer outreach, correspondence, training, and culture building activities.
Skill/Attributes Required
Technical requirements
> Fluency in best practices for responsive web design.
> Strong knowledge of information architecture.
> Mastery of Sketch.
> Careful attention to details, pixel perfection and visual form.
> Knowledge of rapid prototyping tools, such as InVision.
> Working knowledge of interactive or motion design.
> Experience working with engineers.
> Understanding of the technical development process, or ability to code a plus.
More reasons we’ll love you:
> You have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
> You demonstrate senior thought leadership around industry trends.
> You thrive in a fast-paced work environment that requires independent self-direction with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication.
> You demonstrate initiative, self-confidence, energy, and an eagerness to learn.
> You present ideas, expectations and information in a concise and well-organized way.
> You have the ability to think outside the box and challenge preconceived notions around UI/UX.
> You demonstrate passion and excitement for the opportunity to solve some of the industry’s biggest user problems that exist beyond the pixels on a screen.
> You are able to function independently with minimal oversight and direction.
> You are able to grow and direct a team of designers.
Apply/Respond by: 17/03/2018
Send: CV/Resume
We will need to see your portfolio. Please do not apply unless your portfolio demonstrates clean design thinking, and the ability to solve complex user flows, such as managing projects, budgets, etc.
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