Position: Lead Designer (UX/UI) (Relocation to Abu Dhabi)
Company: United Software
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

We are Further Ventures - the global venture network providing real backing for regional companies with global ambitions
    Our aim is to become the leading Venture Studio Platform globally. We partner with entrepreneurs, offering capital and resources - such as product, tech, design, marketing and legal - to build game-changing ventures. In addition, we operate as a Venture Capital fund.
    We are a team of mentors and partners on a growth mission: real capital, real connections, real people. Our network is our greatest strength, helping companies start and scale up faster than the competition. With us, there are no-frills or red tape - just building great companies with people we like to work with. 

To date, we have already launched several ventures, including: a salary advance/lending solution, a B2B food marketplace, a quick commerce delivery app, a neobank, and a crypto venture. 

**About your role and responsibilities**
Are you authentic, bold, and grounded like us? Do you think like an entrepreneur, are respectfully honest, and like working in a team? Come and build the next unicorn with us! 

As a Lead Designer, you will be part of a creative and dynamic team based in Abu Dhabi that is highly motivated to create impact. 

**Your tasks & responsibilities:**

- Collaborate with Venture Architects, Product Managers, Developers and Marketing to implement designs across the entire product lifecycle
- Execute end-to-end design efforts across all our platforms, from conception with stakeholders to final implementation with product managers and developers
- Design easy-to-use and beautiful web and mobile products that users will love
- Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, wireframes, process flows, and sitemaps
- Develop mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like
- Create screen designs and prepare its assets for our frontend developers
- Take full ownership of your work and the details required to ship a successful product
- Contribute feedback regularly towards improving our company and products
- Handle multiple projects at once as part of a fast-paced, deadline-driven creative team
- Run design and UX workshops

**About you**
- You have a degree in a Design field or have equivalent work experience
- You have 5+ years of relevant Design experience in a senior role
- You have solid experience in leading cross-functional teams of 5+ people
- You have a portfolio of amazing interface designs with a “wow!” factor that shows how you think, not just what you’ve made - send us your link or add it to your resume
- You have hands-on experience creating wireframes, user research, prototypes, user testing, etc.
- You have business know-how: understanding of business metrics, ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative data and the ability to translate company goals and objectives into digital experiences
- You have tech know-how: Understanding the limitations and necessities of the development side
- You have advanced knowledge of the best UX/UI practices for web and mobile and the best components for Android and iOS
- You are collaborative, self-motivated, curious, and humble 
- Experience with agile methodologies and design sprints is a plus
- You are fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Full-time availability in Abu Dhabi (freelance or part-time not possible)

**What you can expect**
- Attractive compensation based on your experience
- A great office space at Al Raha beach, less than an hour from Dubai Marina 
- A remote culture, which allows you to be flexible within the UAE
- A highly dynamic and energetic environment with a lot of opportunities to grow
- Space for your own ideas and taking responsibility fast
- Fame and glory for what you will have helped build
- A relocation package and quarterly return flights back home (if coming from outside the UAE)
- Extensive health insurance package
- Choose your Apple Equipment for your daily work