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"Design is where science and art break even."
— Robin Mathew
A fast-growing tech company is seeking a Lead UI/UX Designer to lead the design of intuitive, beautiful, and user-centric experiences across their messaging platform.
Responsibilities
- User Experience Design: Translate product requirements into wireframes, user flows, journey maps, and interactive prototypes
- Conduct user research and usability testing to validate ideas and improve the product experience
- Identify and solve UX problems based on data, feedback, and best practices
- User Interface Design: Design polished, visually appealing interfaces for mobile and web platforms that align with our brand and enhance user engagement
- Create and maintain design systems, component libraries, and style guides
- Ensure consistency in typography, color, spacing, and interaction design across all platforms
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, developers, and QA engineers to implement features from concept to production
- Provide design specifications, assets, and guidance for development teams
- Participate in sprint planning, feature discussions, and design reviews
- Design Tools & Handoff: Use tools like Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or Framer to create high-fidelity mockups and prototypes
- Deliver organized and annotated files that are ready for implementation
- Support smooth handoff and work closely with frontend developers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation
- Continuous Improvement: Gather feedback from users and internal teams to identify areas for UI/UX improvement
- Keep up-to-date with the latest design trends, tools, and methodologies in UI/UX and real-time communication apps
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in UI/UX design for digital products (mobile and web)
- Proven track record of designing consumer-facing applications, preferably in messaging, communication, or social domains
- Strong portfolio showcasing user-centric design thinking, workflows, and polished UI
- Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, or XD
- Understanding of responsive design, platform-specific guidelines (iOS Human Interface Guidelines, Material Design)
- Good grasp of UX principles, accessibility standards, and mobile-first design
- Experience designing real-time messaging apps or chat-based platforms (Preferred)
- Familiarity with designing for chat UX, notifications, message input behavior, reactions, media handling, and dark/light modes (Preferred)
- Exposure to user research, A/B testing, and analytics-driven design improvements (Preferred)
- Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS to understand feasibility and limitations during handoff (Preferred)
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and design sprints (Preferred)
Key Skills
- Experience with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, or XD
- Understanding of responsive design, platform-specific guidelines (iOS Human Interface Guidelines, Material Design)
- Good grasp of UX principles, accessibility standards, and mobile-first design
- Experience designing real-time messaging apps or chat-based platforms (Preferred)
- Familiarity with designing for chat UX, notifications, message input behavior, reactions, media handling, and dark/light modes (Preferred)
- Exposure to user research, A/B testing, and analytics-driven design improvements (Preferred)
- Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS to understand feasibility and limitations during handoff (Preferred)
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and design sprints (Preferred)
About Hawk Martech
A fast-growing tech company building a next-generation, secure, and real-time messaging platform aimed at transforming global communication.
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