Position: Lead Product Designer
Company: Syndicode LLC
Category: Design
Experience required: 3y
English level: fluent
Published: 2020-06-01T00:00:00+03:00

**WHO ARE WE?**
Syndicode operates on the market since 2014. We are an IT outsourcing company, developing integrated solutions and products that help businesses achieve their goals. Our main development technologies: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, React.js. Our offices are located in Kyiv and Dnipro. Many people also work remotely from other cities in Ukraine.

**WHAT IS THE PROJECT?**
Fuzu is an online job marketplace for hiring in African countries, carrying a critical social mission. It is helping people embark on meaningful careers, build better lives for their loved ones, as well as help companies grow by enabling them to find the right kind of talent. It takes a fresh approach to job-seeking, recruitment, and learning to focus on testing and developing one’s skills and competencies.
The project is #1 career platform in African countries, nominated as one of the most promising start-ups on the continent. We believe that every human being is born with talent, but lack of opportunities and support makes us fall short of our potential. On Fuzu, learning, inspiration, and employment opportunities are just one click away. 
• Location
Finland, Helsinki

**WHAT PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ARE VITAL TO US?**
• At least four years of experience in a digital product design role;
• A proven UX and digital product design track record with an up to date portfolio showcasing your experience;
• A thorough understanding of UX, UI, design thinking, agile and lean start-up;
• Researching and thinking through complex user problems, finding reasonable solutions, mocking them up in detail, and working with engineers to build them;
• Results-focused with a willingness to be flexible to meet the needs of the practice;
• Experience with user research and testing;
• Ready to create a lot of Design Concepts to validate ideas;
• Fluency in working Figma, Adobe CC, etc.;
• Developing processes and frameworks to enable consistency and efficiency such as design systems, guidelines, and patterns or component libraries;
• You understand the Data-Driven Design approach and not afraid to generate hypotheses based on data research, relentless desire to improve continually;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Being a trusted mentor and thought leader, skilled in design operations management.

**WHAT MAIN TASKS WILL YOU PERFORM?**
• Entire product design lifecycle;
• Influence continuous delivery of value to end customers;
• Lead ideation and innovation process through lean startup approach with short learning cycles;
• Involve designing mock-ups and high fidelity prototypes;
• Create engaging visual designs that account for user needs and business objectives;
• Working closely with software engineers and business stakeholders;
• Leading product research activities;
• Perform user testing;
• Coordinate design processes.

**WHAT ABOUT LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY?**
Our candidate should have an Advanced English level (C1 ) or higher to communicate with clients.

**WHAT PERSONAL QUALITIES SHOULD OUR CANDIDATE HAVE?**
Purposefulness, discipline, self-organization, honesty.

**CONDITIONS**
• Is there a trial period, and how long does it last? — Two months. 
• How often are there overtimes, and what is the approach to payment? — We aim to maintain a work-life balance and usually do not practice overtime. In exceptions, we pay 100% as a standard working day. 
• What is the work schedule? — We focus not on the hours but the result. The working schedule is flexible, from 8:00-11:00 to 17:00-20:00, respectively. 
• Is it possible to work remotely for some days? — Each employee has the opportunity to work remotely.
• What is the number of vacation days? — Fifteen working days, excluding holidays and weekends. 
• What is the number of paid sick days per year? — Sick leaves are unlimited. The company provides 100% compensation for all sick days. 
• Is the office open or closed layout? — We have a 3-floors open-space, a large comfortable office on Sofievskaya, near the metro station. Independence Square (Kyiv) / Most-City Business center (Dnipro). 
Parking (Both Kyiv and Dnipro) 
• Office address: Sofievskaya 1/2a, Kyiv / Hlinky 2, of. 1003, Dnipro

**THE PROCESS**
How many stages of the interview? — Five steps: HR & Design interview, Test Task, Interview with CTO Syndicode, Final interview with CTO & CEO Fuzu.

IF YOU LIKE EVERYTHING, PLEASE SEND YOUR CVS. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR INQUIRIES!