THE COMPANY
August Robotics is a growing international start-up which builds robots to automate dirty, dangerous and dull jobs for businesses. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong and has offices in mainland China, Germany and USA. The company enjoys the support of some of the world’s most prolific VC investors: http://tinyurl.com/robotaust.
August Robotics believes in the potential for humans and robots to collaborate and co-operate, and aspires to be at the forefront of the coming “robotics revolution”.
RESPONSBILITIES
We are looking for a UI/UX Designer to turn our robots into easy-to-use products for our clients.
The UI/UX Designer’s responsibilities include designing graphical elements, gathering user requirements, creating process flows and writing well-structured user manuals and FAQs. To be successful in this role, you should have experience with design software and wireframe tools, and have very strong English language skills. Also, if you have a portfolio of professional design projects that includes work with applications/web design, we’d love to meet you.
As a UI/UX Designer at August Robotics, you will create both functional and appealing features that address our clients’ needs and help us grow our customer base.
· Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers
· Plan and implement new designs
· Optimize the user interfaces on our existing robots
· Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
· Develop UI mock-ups and prototypes that illustrate how interfaces and web sites function and look like
· Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables) and present drafts to internal teams
· Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
· Create a thorough testing regime to ensure that the user interface works as intended on all target platforms and different system configurations
· Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
· Adhere to style standards on fonts, colours and images
· Create user manuals and FAQs in English language
· Update and maintain user manuals and FAQs in light of customer feedback and optimisation suggestions
YOUR SKILLS
You must demonstrate:
– Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
– Knowledge of wireframe tools (e.g. Wireframe.cc and InVision)
– An attractive portfolio of design projects
– Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
– Experience with HTML & CSS
– Problem solver with a customer-centric mindset
– Team spirit, positive energy and strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
– Strong proficiency in English
– High degree of initiative, independent thinking, and creative problem-solving skills
– Excellent attention to detail
– University degree in Design, Computer Science or some other relevant field
In addition to the above requirements, ALL of which you must demonstrate to be considered for this role, the following skills are helpful but not required:
– Native-level fluency in English
– Experience as a technical editor
– Frontend programming skills
– Project management experience
– Enterprise VI Design experience
– Experience in Industrial Design
– Programming skills in Python
HOW TO APPLY
This role is based out of August Robotics’ office in the Hong Kong Science Park in Shatin (Hong Kong). Once the HK-China border reopens, the role will also require regular travel to August Robotics’ office in Shenzhen.
Please attach your curriculum vitae and a short cover letter to your application. The future is now waiting for you – and we hope to be welcoming you soon as part of our international robotics team!