Job Description

Plan, design and deliver beautiful customer-centred digital products and services as part of a cross-disciplinary team. Champion experimentation, conceptual thinking and creative expression in the design process. Deepen and evolve expertise in creating design systems for our clients. Thought leadership in branding, visual design and design systems, such as contributing to conferences and industry panels. Define the best approach to client briefs, assist in scoping work and participate in pitch teams. Advise clients and colleagues on how to use brand, visual and motion design principles to achieve customer and business goals.

Skills

• Extensive experience creating design solutions for high profile digital products or services, preferably agency, but client side will be considered.
• Expert in industry-standard design visualisation and prototyping software (for example Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision and so on).
• Highly conceptual thinking in both visual and interactive design.
• Understanding of front-end development principles and execution.
• Previous experience of managing/mentoring more junior designers is desirable.
• Experience of conducting evaluative research as a way of validating and improving your design solutions.

About the Company:

Foolproof is a product and service design company, and part of Zensar, a global technology company. We bring together insight, creativity and technology to deliver experiences that transform businesses. We employ a team working from Studios in the UK, India, South Africa, APAC and North America with specialist partners around the world.

Job Description

Accountable for creating innovative, beautiful human-centred design from initial concept to the final pixel to meet the needs of the business and its intended audience. Work with clients to build relationships, understand client vision/direction and present creative thinking whilst guiding them through an iterative customer centred design process. Demonstrate conceptual visual design thinking as well as a solid understanding of designing intuitive site functionality. Strong understanding of graphic design principles- grids, typography, iconography, colour theory, semiotics, creative methodologies and the ability to apply them to the work. Maintain high standards and ensure exceptional craft during conceptualisation, the creation of design systems and when crafting production-ready design for desktop and mobile. Strong communication skills working with Foolproofers and client-side teams. You’ll need to be able to clearly and concisely express yourself and explain/rationalise your ideas. Ensure design solutions are optimised for defined touchpoints, integrations, performance, usability and sustainability requirements. Take part in research. Locate, understand and apply insight to creative solutions. Espouse Foolproof’s values, design philosophy and practice, internally and externally. Support the planning activities of design deliverables, report on the status of such deliverables to the Delivery team and notify them of any risks. Support the wider Sales team by identifying business opportunities, leading pitches, and generating ideas and suggestions for prospective work.

Skills

• Experience of applying evaluative research to validate and iterate design solutions.
• Expert in industry-standard design and prototyping software such as Sketch, Figma, Principle, Zeplin, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision etc.
• A solid grounding in graphic design and visual communication.
• Understanding of front-end development principles and execution.
• Experience of working in cross-disciplinary design and front-end development environments.
• Recognised degree-level qualifications in graphic, experience or digital design, and HCI.
• Previous experience of managing/mentoring more junior designers is desirable.
• Fluent in English.

About the Company:

Foolproof is an experience design company and part of Zensar, a global technology company.

We specialise in end-to-end digital product and service design for global brands. We employ a team working from offices in the UK, India, Singapore and South Africa, with specialist partners around the world.