Company DescriptionPunch is a full service digital agency based out of New York, Silicon Valley, LA, Boston, Stockholm and Phuket, Thailand. Here at Punch, we take pride in tackling our clients’ most challenging tasks. Founded by a group of former Google Engineers and now with over 75 staff, Punch is now leading the way in creating new cutting-edge technology.We're looking for innovative thinkers with a hunger to expand their knowledge!We are building a more technical world.Go ahead and check out some of our work here: www.punch-agency.comJob DescriptionWe have large multi-year contracts with the nation’s largest utility providers. We arebacked by top Silicon Valley venture capital firms and led by visionary computerscientists and entrepreneurs. Come be part of a team of designers passionate aboutcreating the very best product for the new age world. As Lead Designer, you will beinvolved in every aspect of the product development process, from brainstorming thenext great product innovation to tweaking pixels right before launch. You will beexpected to utilize your full range of interaction design, visual design, and technicalfront end implementation skills.This position is full-time and based in SoMa, San Francisco.Responsibilities● Take broad, conceptual ideas and turn them into functional and beautiful designs for ourusers and customers● Quickly & iteratively Design lo-fi and hi-res flows and experiences that are simple andelegant● Contribution to technical implementation of UX● Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the rest of the product and executiveteams● Give and solicit feedback from team in order to continually raise our bar for quality● Partner with PMs, engineers, researchers and content strategists to oversee the userexperience of a product from conception until launch (and then some)● Manage Design Assets● Conduct usability research and design validation experiments.QualificationsMinimum Qualification● You possess excellent communication skills (you should be able to clearly articulate yourdesign decisions along with final specifications)● Experience with front-end programming (you should be able to code up a somewhatcomplex web site and/or front end of an application-- HTML5, CSS3, JSON & someAndroid Material Design).● The ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision (not just 'how itshould look' but 'what we should build')● Experience in building and shipping applications or software● Must have a portfolio featuring examples of interaction design work & graphics that youspecifically have produced● 3 Experience with usability and interaction design research.● 2 years experience with b2b / enterprise application design.● 3 Experience with current Mobile (specifically Android) and Web design patterns.● Advanced in the following tools: Sketch, Illustrator, Invision, Mixpanel, Jira and GithubAdditional InformationWe are a team of former Google Engineers and Designers based in Silicon Valley, New York and Phuket, Thailand.All of our core engineers are paid in the $150,000 range or greater and we also provide our engineers the opportunity to work, all expenses paid, from our Phuket, Thailand office one month a year as a creative outlet to work and enjoy life to the fullest.In this role you will work with some of the most exciting projects in the industry today with a team of fast moving engineers and designers who have a passion for building disruptive products.