Lead Ui Ux Designer

Lead UI/UX Designer – Global Brand & Web Experience (Founding Role)

Location: Bangalore

Type: Full-Time

Experience: 6–10+ years

Reporting to: Product / Marketing Leadership

Tools: Figma (Advanced), Adobe CC; familiarity with 3D & motion tools (Spline, Blender, Rive, Lottie) is a strong plus

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The Mission

T57 is building a world-class digital presence to introduce its AI-native food security and global trade ecosystem across 70+ countries.

We are creating a 150+ page, content-rich, narrative-driven marketing platform that combines:

• The intellectual authority and editorial depth of global consultancies (think McKinsey-style microsites), and

• The immersive, cinematic storytelling of advanced WebGL experiences (interactive 3D, scroll-triggered narratives, motion-led storytelling).

This is not a product UI role.

This is a founding design leadership role to architect how governments, enterprises, and institutional partners first experience T57.

You will design persuasion, clarity, and trust at scale.

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What You Will Own

1) Global Web Experience & Visual Direction

• Define and own the visual and interaction direction for T57’s public-facing website and microsites.

• Lead the art direction for immersive experiences (e.g., interactive 3D globe, narrative scrollytelling, motion-led storytelling).

• Ensure premium aesthetics while maintaining strict performance budgets across devices and geographies.

• Translate complex concepts in food systems, trade, logistics, and digital infrastructure into clear, compelling visual narratives.

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2) Information Architecture & Microsite Framework

• Own the information architecture for a 150+ page platform spanning industries, geographies, and solutions.

• Design scalable navigation models, page archetypes, and microsite frameworks (e.g., industries, countries, use cases).

• Partner with content and leadership teams to structure complex narratives into coherent, discoverable user journeys.

• Ensure the platform can scale without UX debt as new markets, sectors, and content are added.

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3) Global Design System & Content Framework

• Architect and govern the Global Web Design System: components, design tokens, typography, grid systems, responsive behaviors, and content templates.

• Build modular CMS-ready blocks (“slices”) in Figma that engineering can translate into Strapi modules.

• Maintain consistency and quality across 150+ pages and future microsites while allowing flexibility for storytelling.

• Own documentation, versioning, and long-term evolution of the web design system.

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4) Editorial Design & Marketing Data Visualization

• Design editorial layouts for long-form content (reports, whitepapers, insights, case studies) that are elegant, readable, and conversion-aware.

• Create high-fidelity infographics and interactive diagrams to explain abstract concepts such as smart contracts, halal logistics, and digital trade flows.

• Design public-facing market widgets and data visuals that feel native to the T57 brand.

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5) Performance, Accessibility & SEO by Design

• Define performance budgets for motion, media, and WebGL-heavy pages (LCP, CLS, TTI targets).

• Design reduced-motion, low-bandwidth, and graceful fallback experiences.

• Ensure WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility across typography, contrast, navigation, and motion.

• Collaborate with content and growth teams to ensure layouts support SEO and discoverability, not just aesthetics.

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6) Conversion, Trust & B2G/B2B Experience

• Design high-trust landing pages for governments, enterprises, and institutional buyers.

• Architect “Trust Centers,” credibility signals, and authority-driven narratives (certifications, partners, compliance).

• Optimize lead journeys for high-value actions: Contact Sales, Request Demo, Partner With Us.

• Continuously refine conversion flows based on qualitative and quantitative feedback.

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7) End-to-End Design Ownership

• Own the full lifecycle: discovery → IA → wireframes → UI → interaction concepts → dev handoff → QA → iteration.

• Define design quality standards, review rituals, and acceptance criteria for all public-facing web experiences.

• Act as the final design authority for the marketing platform in close collaboration with engineering and leadership.

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Required Experience & Skills

• 6–10+ years designing premium web experiences for global brands, platforms, or leading agencies.

• Strong background in brand-led, content-heavy, marketing websites (agency experience highly preferred over pure SaaS dashboard work).

• Deep mastery of Figma (Auto Layout, Components, Variables, Libraries) to manage large-scale systems.

• Strong editorial design sensibility: typography, whitespace, grids, long-form readability.

• Proven experience shipping interactive marketing sites with motion, scroll-based narratives, parallax, or 3D/WebGL elements.

• Strong understanding of web performance constraints and mobile-first design.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with front-end teams (Next.js, Tailwind, modern web stacks).

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Preferred (Bonus) Skills

• Ability to create or prototype lightweight 3D assets (Spline, Blender).

• Motion design experience (After Effects, Rive, Lottie, Framer, ProtoPie).

• Experience working with CMS-driven websites (Strapi, Contentful, Sanity).

• Prior exposure to global or multilingual websites (including RTL layouts).

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Portfolio Requirements

Please share a portfolio with:

• At least one shipped, public-facing marketing website (URL required).

• A case study demonstrating interactive or narrative-driven web storytelling.

• Examples of content-heavy layouts (articles, reports, microsites) with strong editorial design.

• Evidence of design system thinking (components, templates, scalable frameworks).

We are less interested in UI kits and more interested in systems, storytelling, and shipped outcomes.

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Growth Path

This role is expected to evolve into Head of Web Experience / Brand Design as T57 scales globally.

You will have the opportunity to shape the web design culture and build a small, high-caliber in-house design team over time.