Aleph-Labs Hiring! Full Time Design Manager in Federal Territory - Ricebowl

Design Manager

At Aleph, we design human experiences by asking the right questions. Here, you’d find a curious breed of creative engineers spread across the globe, specializing in craft, strategy, and technology. With a keen ear to the ground, we turn big dreams into user-first digital solutions by design. Through rigorous prototyping, close collaboration, and responsive engineering, we commit to creating a future that leaves our craft, community, and clients better than before we began.

An Design Manager is a professional who is in charge of developing and maintaining a creative vision that speaks to the reader, viewer, or user. In this role, you will take an active and hands-on role in supporting the creative, engineering and project/account management teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the leadership team and stakeholders to execute product vision and strategy.
• Collaborate closely with product owners to find opportunities for new products, features and to validate assumptions through user testing and research.
• Collaborate with managers, designers, writers, other team members, and external stakeholders to ensure the appropriate concepts, themes, and messages are represented effectively and consistently for the business objective(s) and audience(s).
• Review and approve designs, artwork, photography, and graphics developed by other team members
• Drive the overall quality of design output and its contribution to business objectives.
• Responsible for managing and supporting a team of designers to bring concepts, presentations, and prototypes to life.
• Coordinate activities with other artistic and creative departments.
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and career development to team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing design culture.

Prerequisites

You have a strong interest in all aspects of design and its impact on the world around you, and share a passion for making digital experiences simple, meaningful and elegant. As an experienced Design Manager, you will participate and lead world-class projects, and enjoy collaborating with peers and clients alike to solve complex design problems.

• You have proven working experience with 5+ years of experience.
• You have hands-on experience with logo design, typography, color, web layout design, print production, image selection and package design.
• You have a clear understanding and love for white-space and all that jazz (design principles).
• You are wildly creative, meticulous attention to details and addicted to the quality of craft
• Proficient and skilled in documenting project assets and briefs, project timelines and delegations, clear design direction and language for the team, and clear Keynote slides to portray ideation and communications.
• A well-rounded portfolio of client work, demonstrating a strong understanding of client objectives.
• Demonstrable art direction with a strong portfolio.
• Incorporate feedback and take/give direction well.
• Able to manage and mentor your assigned team with empathy
• You have excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Budget range - RM8,000 to RM10,500

Benefits

• Competitive salary (compensation will be based on experience)
• Medical insurance
• Yearly reward based on performance
• Casual work environment and attire
• A solid team behind you: great people who love what they do
• A fun culture which promotes learning and knowledge sharing
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth offerings from our in-house Learning @ Aleph Academy, Flocket meetups, timely training for skills upgrade, workshops and conferences.
• Plenty of snacks (healthy and indulgent), beverages.