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UX Designer

Weekday (YC W21)

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: India

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About the role

  • Design intuitive, inclusive, and scalable user experiences for large-scale digital platforms
  • Collaborate closely with designers, researchers, product managers, and engineers to deliver high-quality user journeys, prototypes, and mockups
  • Translate complex requirements into clear, elegant user experiences that address real user needs
  • Contribute to and evolve design systems, visual languages, and interaction patterns
  • Advocate for users by raising the bar on usability, accessibility, and storytelling
  • Adapt and innovate design processes to thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact startup environment
  • Experiment with AI-powered design tools to improve workflows, efficiency, and outcomes

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in UX Design, Interaction Design, Visual Communication, Animation, Graphic Design, or related fields with **3+ years of experience**, **or** Master’s degree in the same fields with **2+ years of experience** designing and shipping products
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating experience in designing and shipping user experiences, including visual, interaction, and motion elements
  • Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and research teams
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a user-first mindset
  • Excellent communication and storytelling abilities
  • Experience launching or contributing to **design systems** and **large-scale, complex products** (Nice to Have)
  • Experience working closely with engineers in production environments (Nice to Have)
  • Prior experience designing for **India**, **new internet users**, or **next-billion-user** products (Nice to Have)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
UX DesignInteraction DesignVisual CommunicationAnimationGraphic DesignDesign SystemsPrototypingMockupsAI-powered Design ToolsUser Experience Design
Soft Skills
CollaborationProblem-solvingCommunicationStorytellingUser-first MindsetAdaptabilityInnovationUsability AdvocacyAccessibility AdvocacyCross-functional Collaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in UX DesignMaster’s Degree in UX Design