UX/UI Designer

About the Company

Danceplace Digital is the leading technology platform for the dance industry. We power dance event and education businesses and connect them to consumers with our specialized software and marketplace platform. Danceplace digitally transforms dance businesses with specialized marketing and automation software tools. Our teams operate globally in Canada, India, and Brazil. We offer remote and co-location work options at our regional hubs.

About the Position

We build cool software for cool users: they either dance, teach dance, or own a dance business. We bring this fun and energy to our work, get inspired, and constantly innovate to shape the future of the dance industry. We're growing our product team in India. If you are a creative, high energy, and user-obsessed UX/UI Designer who is ready to grow into a Product Manager role while continuing to drive the design and user experience of our product and enjoy the fast paced entrepreneurial work rhythm, we're looking for you

About the Role

As a UX/UI Designer, you will join our agile team in Surat, India. Your day will start with a daily meeting and then you get on with creating stellar UX/UI for our software and marketplace products. You will work closely with other team members who will rely on your commitment to software and product design. Once done, you will collaborate with product stakeholders to get feedback and sign off on user stories and go grab a hot beverage (maybe a masala tea or coffee). You will participate in product design, sprint planning and agile ceremony meetings.  

UX/UI Responsibilities (Core focus at the start):

• Lead the UX/UI design process from discovery to delivery using Figma
• Design user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes
• Collaborate closely with developers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation
• Conduct user research, usability testing, and synthesize feedback into design improvements
• Maintain a scalable, consistent design system

Product Management Growth Path:

• Collaborate with the management and team to shape the product roadmap
• Help write user stories and define acceptance criteria
• Participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning, and product demos
• Define and track feature success metrics and user engagement
• Grow into owning product areas end-to-end over time

Qualifications

·      Have 2–5 years of experience in UX/UI design with a strong portfolio  

·      Are passionate about intuitive user experiences and design systems

·      Enjoy solving product problems — not just interface challenges

·      Are curious about how business goals, user needs, and technology come together

·      Have excellent communication skills and can collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

·      Want to eventually take ownership of product direction and planning

Design Tools & UX/UI Skills

·      Figma (must-have)

·      Prototyping (clickable flows, interaction design)

·      Design systems and component libraries

·      UX writing and microcopy (a plus)

·      Responsive design and accessibility basics

·      Usability testing methods and user research

·      Tools like: FigJam, Adobe XD, or Miro (optional)

Product/PM-Relevant Skills (Nice to Have or Learn)

·     Experience with Jira, Trello, or other agile tools

·     Writing clear user stories, acceptance criteria, specs

·     Ability to analyze user feedback and derive insights

·     Familiarity with product metrics (activation, retention, conversion)

·     A/B testing or hypothesis-driven design (if relevant to your product)

·     Communication and stakeholder alignment

·     Experience working with dev teams in an agile/scrum environment

Other Skills

·      Excellent communication and collaboration skills

·      Good command of the English language

·      Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously

·      Strong attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines

·      Team player

·      Self-driven

·      Continuous learner

·      Knowledge of the dance industry is a plus