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Lead UX/UI Designer (VN - Hybrid - Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang)

    • Ho Chi Minh City, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
    • Da Nang, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam
    +1 more
  • Product

Job description

About Nimble

We solve our client's most difficult business challenges through technology. Our company partners with the most ambitious companies around the world creating long-term impact with the work with do. If you want to grow together, work on challenging products and enjoy using the best tools and practices, Nimble is the right place for you!

Our Core Values

  • Ownership mentality:
    Treat our company and our clients’ business as ours taking care of the collective interests. This, in the end, translates to personal interests achievement through our company
  • Dependable & Resilient:
    We go to great lengths for our clients, they can rely on us to deliver and all our team members are reliable and trustworthy and we don’t give up when we face challenges.
  • Obsession for Excellence:
    Our delivery quality has no parallel.
  • Courage:
    We must have the courage to speak up, raise our concerns in a timely manner and be able to confront the status quo with ideas by being constructive and without holding on to hard feelings.

Working location

  • We have 2 offices in Vietnam. You can choose whether you would like to work in Ho Chi Minh City or Da Nang.
  • In HCM, our office is located in the Sonatus Building, 15 Le Thanh Ton, D.1
  • In Danang, our brand-new office is at cirCO Danang City Centre - Bay Capital building
  • At the moment, we are only open for hybrid work mode (2 days in the office + 3 days WFH).


What You Will Do

Although each day is usually different and presents its own challenges, there are common themes that you will face every day.

  • Overseeing all internal projects.
  • Discovering new projects, understanding the pain points and users’ expectations, and defining how to approach the problems or innovations through user experience.
  • Designing, wireframing, prototyping.
  • Supporting Engineering with design implementation.
  • Interacting with Product Managers and iterating on designs.
  • Interacting with external stakeholders, listening to and understanding their feedback while defending your design decisions.
  • Reviewing your team’s work, both internal (assets produced for Nimble) and external (assets produced for clients).
  • Ensuring brand consistency across all visual assets.
  • Mentoring your team members, providing support when necessary, and figuring out how to help each and every one of them grow as UX/UI Designers.
  • Reporting and providing insights to the Chief Product Officer.
  • Participating in the definition of the Design team’s direction.
  • Supporting the recruitment efforts and participating in the hiring process.
  • Identifying and leading new design initiatives.

Requirements

Technical Knowledge

  • 6+ years of experience as a UX/UI Designer.
  • You master the tools of your craft such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, etc.
  • You are intimately familiar with all core steps of the design process: user research, user flows, wireframing, and UI design.
  • You have expert knowledge of user experience, design patterns, and platform-specific design (e.g., iOS vs. Android).
  • You know how to create advanced, highly dynamic, and convincing prototypes.
  • You continuously stay up-to-date with industry trends, tools, and frameworks.
  • You are familiar with project management; you have the ability and experience to lead design projects independently.

People Management

  • 2+ years of experience leading a team of UX/UI Designers.
  • You have experience leading and mentoring other designers.
  • You know how to identify your team members’ strengths, how to leverage those strengths, and how to develop them further.
  • You know how to strengthen your team members’ weaknesses through mentoring and defining their growth objectives.
  • You have the ability to set objectives for the design team to reach the company’s higher goals.

Organization

  • You have excellent time management and work organization skills.
  • You can ensure that any design work produced by the team meets the level of quality expected of the team.
  • You can foster a learning environment amongst all the design team members.
  • You have the experience to identify areas of improvement for the team, and you have the ownership to lead the documentation and implementation of those improvements.

Communication

  • You speak English at a Business FLuency level.
  • You have great listening and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • You are used to working closely with Engineers to see through the correct implementation of your designs.

Bonus

  • You have some experience with software development.

Why You'll Love Working Here

  • You will be proud of any product that has our name on it.
  • We are an engineering-focused company. Both co-founders are software engineers and led the tech teams at the most prominent e-commerce powerhouses in South East Asia.
  • We really pay attention and care about processes, high quality, and aesthetics.
  • Strong processes. We not only believe but also really work following agile principles.
  • The vast amount of learning resources (Pluralsight, Pragpub, Leanpub, (e-)books, etc.) and yearly education allowance to step up your game.
  • Private medical insurance from day one, company care fund, and social welfare coverage.
  • Great equipment consisting of a MacBook Pro and large screens at office. Our equipment is renewed every 3 years.
  • Casual work attire for everyone.
  • Our office kitchen is fully stocked with drinks and snacks for the team.
  • Visa and work permit for foreigners. If you live abroad, we provide a relocation assistance package consisting of a plane ticket allowance and up to 2 weeks of initial accommodation.
  • 26 days of paid leaves/year (11 public holidays + 15 personal days).
  • Sabbatical month every 3 years.
  • Company outing every year.
  • And many more perks!


If you are a passionate individual looking to make a significant impact in a growing software development company, we would love to hear from you.

Join us in shaping the future with innovative strategies!

We keep our recruitment process practical and straightforward.

To learn more about how we work, check our handbook named Compass, Github organization, and Medium account.

Want to see what we have built? Check our Dribbble and Behance accounts.

Want to keep in touch with us? Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Nimble is an equal opportunity employer.

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