Job Description:

Description of the job

The Airbus Design System team is looking for a Lead UI Designer (m/f) to maintain, build and drive the adoption of the product.

Can you imagine all the domains of application that an Airbus UI Designer will get in touch with? From manufacturing digitalisation to employee applications passing by finance dashboards, specific flight operations for airline dispatchers or maintainers, aerial events apps for fans...

Help us build enablers and drive digitalisation by combining deep experience of UI design and an innate drive to improve existing systems and processes with the creativity to design new solutions to evolving challenges.

You will collaborate with passionate people; other designers, developers working on React, Angular and a Product Owner.

Tasks & accountabilities

Lead the design activities by ensuring all designers understand the scope of design activities and needed qualityBuild guidelines with best practices and examples

Work with the Product Owner and the Tech Lead to identify design activities that can be done with externals + the appropriate impact on the run of the product (Design Kits).

Translate users and business needs into design implementation

Build close relationships with our design community and empower designers to contribute and provide context of use

Encourage UI contributions, through facilitation, support and design reviews

Advocate for best practices that improve accessibility, reliability, quality and consistency

Communicate, promote and accompany the adoption of the system

Identify graphical concepts that can feed our branding ecosystem

Required skills

Your Boarding Pass

6+ years of experience in UI Design

Highly skilled in leading a creative team with different levels

Experience on building and maintaining a Design System

Strong knowledge on UI Design tools such as Sketch and Figma

Establish robust design standards to feed the documentation 

Improve the design to development handoff process

Ability to translate brand values into graphical concepts that will be consumed by UI Components and UI Patterns

Perform UI Design reviews and accompany junior designers 

Establish strong relationship with people from other departments and especially with the corporate branding

Continuous research on graphical trends

Experience working in agile teams

Able to work independently and as part of a team

Good communication skills and ability to popularised technical concepts 

Ability to identify and translate user needs into viable solutions

Advanced level of English and French

Nice to have

Master degree in Interaction Design, UI Design or relevant field

Drawing skills, ability to illustrate and draw ideas

Knowledge on motion design and UI animations

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus India Private Limited

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Digital <JF-IM-DI>

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