Product Designer I

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 I

Team: Growth or Community

Experience: 2-5 Years

Location: Bengaluru (WFO)

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.
• 3 to 6 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
• 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.