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

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

Subject line: Designer — [Your Name] → [abhay@paxmeet.com / 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.