Position: Product Designer
Company: Dark Horse Solutions LLC
Category: Design
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper
Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00+02:00

We're creating a team of people who are committed to excellence and realize the value of effort and hard work. We envision you as a team member with a sufficient background in UI/UX and who wants to take a step further to embrace responsibility for the products as a whole.

**OUR COMPANY**
We are Dark Horse Solutions, a digital agency launched in New York City. We design and develop world-class websites and software. We strive to become one of the top software development agencies in the United States that provides a superior product that is delivered on time and on budget, at a price below competitors in the United States. We're creating a team of people who have a commitment to excellence and share our vision and dedication to our craft.

**ROLE DESCRIPTION**
We envision you as a member of our team who has a sufficient background in UI/UX and wants to take a step further and is seeking to:
- Continue to improve in UI/UX design.
- Expand one’s expertise beyond designing interfaces, take a leading design role, and start developing products as a whole – apart from UI/UX design, be involved in UX research, branding, business strategy, and product marketing.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Take on UI/UX design of web and mobile applications: from user flows to prototypes.
- Design websites.
- Create mood boards and concepts, select colors & typography, and present overall visual direction and design approach for websites and applications.
- Incorporate business logic into the designs.
- Prepare UI prototypes.
- Perform user testing sessions.
- Participate in meetings with the clients.
- Follow the project requirements and existing design guidelines.
- Prepare design documentation for the development team.
- Collaborate closely with the development team and supervise the design implementation.
- Create and maintain UI libraries.

**REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CANDIDATE**
- 3+ years of practical experience in UI/UX design.
- Solid visual design skills: composition, typography, colors, and information architecture.
- Ability to draw icons, diagrams, and simple illustrations; use photography, videos, and other graphic assets.
- Knowledge of Figma and being able to utilize any other tool needed to get the job done.
- English: Upper Intermediate+ (you should be able to communicate clearly with the team and clients).
- Ability and wish to deliver the best design possible.
- Precision and accuracy.
- UI animation experience or at least understanding of basics.

**PERSONAL QUALITIES WE’RE LOOKING FOR**
- Positive Attitude. Being optimistic, solving problems and finding solutions, having open and positive communication with the team, and taking good care of your well-being.
- Detail-oriented mindset. Details matter. Don’t miss them.
- Accountability. You realize that everything you do has a direct impact on our client’s business success, on our team’s success, on your personal success.
- Proactivity. You suggest solutions, communicate problems as soon as possible, raise concerns, and question assumptions. Do the necessary research to come up with a solution.
- A team player. The ability to welcome support from the team; and the ability to support the team.

**OUR WORKING SCHEDULE AND ORGANIZATION**
- Work from the office in Lviv.
 -Full-time.
 -Working days: Mon – Fri.
- We have internal and external calls that usually happen 8 AM – 2 PM EST.
The company is headquartered in New York. Our team members are in Ukraine and Pakistan.

**WHAT’S ON THE OFFER**
- Flexible working hours.
- Paid professional courses.
- Paid vacation: 24 days/year.
- Paid time off and sick days.

**OUR TEAM PHILOSOPHY**
- We take pride in our work and put in the effort required to deliver an excellent product.
- If something doesn't work out, we invest all the necessary amount of time to figure out why and we fix it, or even redo it, if needed.
- If we don't know how to do something, we find out how. If we don't know or "have never done it before", we learn and try.
- We meet deadlines - it is a point of pride and principle. Any project may have unexpected complications - that's why we give our clients realistic and conservative deadlines, and we meet them.
- We deliver within budget, and if anything starts to go beyond, we let stakeholders know as soon as possible.
- We make mistakes, everyone does - but it is critical that we fix them as quickly as possible and, most importantly, learn from them.
- We keep our promises, hard stop. We win by building a reputation that is associated with accountability, trust, and reliability - our word is everything. This applies to our work with both teammates and clients.