Product Designer — UI/UX + 2D Character Animation | Paxmeet

Freelance / Contract · Remote (India) · ₹15,000/month · Long-term opportunity available

About Paxmeet

Paxmeet (paxmeet.com) is a social events app built to turn strangers into friends across Indian metros — join a badminton game, host a trek, find your circle. We’re live on iOS and Android and growing through college campuses and city communities. This role owns how the entire app looks, feels, and moves — you’d be our founding designer.

What you’ll design & animate

Product design (Figma)

• App screens and user flows across events, circles, profiles, and onboarding
• A consistent component library and design system as the app scales
• UX improvements driven by user feedback and drop-off points

Motion & character

• Our mascot and character set — idle, tap, celebration, error, and “plan confirmed!” states
• Micro-interactions: RSVP confirmations, streak celebrations, circle-join moments
• Onboarding and empty-state characters, plus shareable moments users post to their stories

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end screen design in Figma: wireframes → high-fidelity → developer handoff
• Maintain visual and interaction consistency across Android and iOS
• Create smooth, expressive 2D character animations in a consistent brand style
• Deliver production-ready, mobile-optimized assets with clean source files
• Collaborate closely with product and developers; iterate fast on feedback

Required skills

• Strong Figma proficiency — components, auto-layout, variants, prototyping, dev-mode handoff
• Solid grasp of mobile UI/UX patterns and platform conventions for Android and iOS
• Proven 2D character/motion animation experience — Rive, Lottie (After Effects + Bodymovin), Adobe Animate, or similar
• Command of animation principles: timing, spacing, easing, weight, and character appeal
• Portfolio showing both app UI design and character/motion work
• Performance discipline: file sizes, loop behavior, rendering smoothness on mobile

Bonus skills

• Interactive state machines in Rive
• User research or usability-testing instincts
• A playful, Gen Z-friendly sensibility — our brand voice is fun and very Indian

Compensation & growth

• ₹15,000/month · Freelance/contract · Remote, flexible hours
• Long-term engagement for the right person — scope and retainer grow as Paxmeet grows, and early creative hires get first call on larger work
• Founding-designer ownership of a consumer app’s design language and character system — a genuine portfolio centerpiece

How to apply

Send the following:

1. Portfolio link showing app UI work and character/motion work (both required)
2. One Figma file or prototype link we can inspect
3. One Lottie or Rive sample
4. Your availability, expected start date, and preferred tools

Subject line: Designer — [Your Name] → [[email protected] / apply via LinkedIn]

• A short paid trial task comes before final selection: one screen redesign + one micro-interaction. Applications missing either UI or motion work in the portfolio won’t be reviewed.