Lead Product Designer - UI

Phonepe

Bangalore,India

Job Description

About the job

About PhonePe

PhonePe is India’s leading digital payments platform with over 280 million registered users. Using PhonePe, users can send and receive money, recharge mobile, DTH, data cards, pay at stores, make utility payments, buy gold, and make investments. PhonePe went live for customers in August 2016 and was the first non-banking UPI app and offered money transfer to individuals and merchants, recharges and bill payments to begin with. In 2017, PhonePe forayed into financial services with the launch of digital gold, providing users with a safe and convenient option to buy 24-karat gold securely on its platform. PhonePe has since launched Mutual Funds and Insurance products like tax-saving funds, liquid funds, international travel insurance, Corona Care, a dedicated insurance product for the COVID-19 pandemic among others.

PhonePe launched its Switch platform in 2018, and today its customers can place orders on over 300 apps including Ola, Myntra, IRCTC, Goibibo, RedBus, Oyo etc. directly from within the PhonePe mobile app. PhonePe is accepted at over 18 million merchant outlets across 500 cities nationally.

Culture

At PhonePe, we take extra care to make sure you give your best at work, Everyday! And creating the right  environment for you is just one of the things we do. We empower people and trust them to do the right  thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one. Being enthusiastic about tech is a  big part of being at PhonePe. If you like building technology that impacts millions, ideating with some of  the best minds in the country and executing on your dreams with purpose and speed, join us!

Why PhonePe: At PhonePe our vision is to provide financial inclusion to a billion Indians. Today we have made significant progress on this vision by making digital payments far simpler and ubiquitous than it has ever been. However we wish to make it so easy, safe, and universally accepted that people never feel the need to carry cash or cards again. And not just in Urban India. At PhonePe, our aim to transform the entire Indian landscape so that every Indian, in every corner of the country, makes significant economic progress. Onwards and upwards! That is our goal.

Job Description   

As the Creative Design Team, we are on to build one customer experience for our users across all touchpoints, digital or physical. We are able to achieve this by integrating multiple functions of visual design on product and offline, brand and marketing design and communication, content strategy into one.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a UI Designer, or similar.
• Advanced proficiency in visual design software, such as Figma, Sketch & Adobe Creative Suites XD, Photoshop, Illustrator.
• You would be someone who has demonstrated experience in designing interfaces for consumer experiences at scale.
• You should be able to lead the projects with product design stakeholders from the front. 
• You would be someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment following a rapid iterative design approach, where the only thing constant is change.
• Having a Bachelors, Masters, or postgraduate degree in visual communication or fine arts is a plus.
• Must demonstrate craft in visual design, user interface design and typography while being an expert in iconography, illustration & motion design.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and presentational skills to ensure you effectively communicate your designs and all the decisions that shaped it, with your stakeholders.
• Must have a portfolio showcasing recent works as live experiences or preferably in the form of prototypes, but less of static comps.

Role and Responsibilities

• As a Lead Product Designer in PhonePe, you will be the custodian of producing original end-to-end UI design, motion design, illustration, iconography, and prototyping.
• You will work closely with the lead experience designers and product managers, under the guidance to gather context and design the final UI based on wireframes finalized & agreed upon with product, design, & business stakeholders.
• You will ensure alignment of the proposed visual design solutions as per the brand guidelines and in accordance with the brand personality right from the early stages.
• Work within brand guidelines to create layouts that reinforce a brand’s style or voice through its visual touchpoints
• You will be shipping the final UI in accordance with the guidelines while maintaining the highest standards in the visual aesthetics. 
• You will be a bridge between the product design and the front-end engineering in translating the designed experience into detailed UI specifications.
• You will be the custodian of the product UI right from the design stage all the way until the experience is shipped to production. This means that you will also own the responsibility of creating a quality assessment for all designs in the development stage, ensuring zero loss in quality while in the transition from design to development to live production.

PhonePe Full Time Employee Benefits (Not applicable for Intern or Contract Roles)

• Insurance Benefits - Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accidental Insurance, Life Insurance
• Wellness Program - Employee Assistance Program, Onsite Medical Center, Emergency Support System
• Parental Support - Maternity Benefit, Paternity Benefit Program, Adoption Assistance Program, Day-care Support Program
• Mobility Benefits - Relocation benefits, Transfer Support Policy, Travel Policy
• Retirement Benefits - Employee PF Contribution, Flexible PF Contribution, Gratuity, NPS, Leave Encashment 
• Other Benefits - Higher Education Assistance, Car Lease, Mobile & Broadband Reimbursements, Salary Advance Policy

Working at PhonePe is a rewarding experience! Great people, a work environment that thrives on creativity, the opportunity to take on roles beyond a defined job description are just some of the reasons you should work with us. Read more about PhonePe on our blog.