Career
Bold Talents Wanted
to Create Lasting Impacts
Working is easy. Creating an impact is another. We look beyond our work at Somia.
If you think differently and are committed to joining us to create meaningful impacts, come work with us!
We are looking for a Senior Consultant (Product & Service Innovation) with strong design research skills and a deep design background to join our studio in Jakarta, Indonesia.
If you are a curious practitioner with an impressive product and service strategy portfolio and a passion for uncovering insights about customers and translating them into thoughtful and meaningful design solutions to improve human experiences, you might be the candidate we are looking for!
Please send your resume along with work samples (<5MB) or a link to your portfolio to [email protected]
Work samples guide:
- Focus on 3-4 projects that you think best showing your capability
- Elaborate the challenge or problem you are trying to solve in the project
- Explain about design decision taken in creating or developing the solution
Job Description
As a Senior Consultant (Product & Service Innovation), you will work with the team on strategic and design projects. Your responsibilities will include:
- Contributing to and confidently articulating the value of design with other team members through proposal making and client presentations.
- Skillfully managing internal and external project management, including managing client expectations, planning work with the team, and ensuring high-quality and timely deliverables.
- Planning, leading, and conducting design research, such as field ethnography, group discussions, co-creation, diary studies, prototyping and iterative testing.
- Leading other researchers, designers, and freelancers to execute research plans within projects efficiently and effectively.
- Synthesizing research results to derive meaningful insights and imperatives that will drive strategy and design solutions.
- Confidently leading and facilitating innovation workshops internally, with clients, or at events.
- Translate insights into product & service innovation strategy and implementation
- Designing innovative experiences as a team for all customer touchpoints across the experience journey, whether physical, digital, or service experiences.
- Ability to effectively direct and communicate with relevant stakeholders (business, design, technical, operations) to ensure the viability and feasibility of the solutions
Candidate Requirements
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in scoping, leading, and conducting user research, in close collaboration with design teams. A strong portfolio showcasing design work is required.
- Relevant education in design, communication, psychology, anthropology, or an equivalent professional qualification.
- Empathetic, open-minded, and enjoy observing people. Able to have conversations with new people on a wide range of topics to uncover their stories and values.
- Constantly curious, highly critical, and skilled at spotting patterns and making connections between seemingly unrelated data. Capable of transforming them into meaningful and actionable insights and opportunities.
- Strong and confident presentation and writing skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia. Possess impeccable storytelling abilities to present research insights that inspire others.
- Creative and constantly generating ideas and solutions to improve processes. Eager to explore new concepts and stay updated with the latest design and technology trends.
- A team player with a desire to contribute to the success of others. Also capable of taking on leadership roles.
- Passionate and actively engaging (sharing and participating) with local and overseas design communities and peers to enhance personal and company branding, and identify potential projects and talents.
- Proactive and able to work independently, comfortable navigating through ambiguous situations.
- Open to giving and receiving critiques, and willing to learn from failures.
If you are a curious researcher with a big passion for uncovering insights about customers and translating these into thoughtful and meaningful solutions to improve human experiences, you might be who we are looking for!
Minimum 3 month internship duration
Please send your resume along with your portfolio or work samples (<5MB) or a link to your portfolio to:
[email protected]
with a subject line: Research Intern
As part of the Somia team, you will:
- Enjoy great opportunities to explore new experiences in the field of Innovation.
- Have the chance to create a mark and make a difference to the Innovation scene in Indonesia and (not to mention overseas projects!)
Job Description
- Support research & documentation in various formats (graphics, videos, text) and develop impeccable storytelling of research insights
- Assist in research activities such as desk research, synthesis, user recruitment, etc.
- Participate in brainstorming and innovation workshops internally and with clients.
Candidate Requirements
- Love observing people and comfortable in having conversations with new people on just about anything, to uncover their stories and values.
- Have skills and keen interest in audio-visual storytelling and video editing.
- Have basic knowledge of qualitative research
- Constantly curious, and great at spotting patterns and making connections between seemingly unrelated data, and transforming them into meaningful and actionable insights and opportunities.
- Flexible and open to input and feedback, and learn from failure.
- Fresh graduates are welcome to apply!
- Must be based in Jakarta, Indonesia
We seek Freelance UX Designers passionate about developing great products to support our projects!
If you have remarkable design sense and a passion for designing thoughtful and meaningful work to improve human experiences through interactive solutions, you may be who we are looking for! Fresh graduates are welcome.
Please submit your interest along with your CV and portfolio (<10MB) or a link to your portfolio in this form.
As part of the Somia team, you will:
- Enjoy great opportunities to explore new experiences in the field of Innovation.
- Have the chance to create a mark and make a difference to the Innovation scene in Indonesia and (not to mention overseas projects!)
Job Description
As a Freelance UX Designer, you will work on strategic and design projects with the Somia team.
- Participate in brainstorming and innovation workshops to define strategic design direction
- Help to define UI design framework and design system
- Develop detailed designs, such as sketches, style guides, User Interface (UI) designs, storyboards, etc.
- Create interactive prototypes to support the iterative design process, communicate design intent, and test with users.
- Work closely with our designers & researchers to observe user research as part of the design process to ensure the design solutions are user-friendly, enjoyable, and meaningful.
Candidate Requirements
- Strong portfolio of UI Design work, either from individual explorations or freelance projects.
- Creative, with lots of wild and crazy ideas to improve user experiences through design.
- Love to experiment with visual elements, different styles, and micro-animation to bring liveliness to the interaction
- Have meticulous attention to detail and pixel perfection
- Eager to explore new things and have natural curiosity. Stay up to date with latest design and technology trends.
- Have strong self initiatives, can work independently, and take ownership of the work. Team player, have a high collaboration spirit.
- Familiar with design and prototyping tools, such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suites
We are looking for Freelance Design Researchers with strong user research skills and design backgrounds to support our projects.
If you are a curious researcher with a solid design research portfolio and a passion for uncovering insights about customers and translating these into thoughtful and meaningful solutions to improve human experiences, you might be who we are looking for!
Please submit your interest along with your CV and portfolio (<10MB) or a link to your portfolio in this form.
As part of the Somia team, you will:
- Enjoy great opportunities to explore new experiences in the field of Innovation.
- Have the chance to create a mark and make a difference to the Innovation scene in Indonesia and (not to mention overseas projects!)
Job Description
As a Freelance Design Researcher, you will work on strategic and design projects with the Somia team.
- Conduct user research, such as field ethnography, usability testing, group discussion, diary study, etc.
- Synthesize research results to derive meaningful insights and imperatives that will drive the strategy and design solutions
- Participate in brainstorming and innovation workshops internally and with clients.
- Create design personas/behavioral archetypes, usage scenarios, storyboards, customer experience blueprints, and experience design principles.
- Together with the lead, develop innovative experience solutions for all customer touchpoints across the experience journey, whether in the form of physical, digital, or service experiences.
- Work closely with the design and technical team to ensure design solutions are user-friendly, enjoyable to use, and meaningful.
Candidate Requirements
- At least 1-2 years experience conducting user or market research projects in close collaboration with design teams.
- Strong moderation skills.
- Love observing people and comfortable in having conversations with new people on just about anything, to uncover their stories and values.
- Great at spotting patterns and making connections between seemingly unrelated data, and transforming them into meaningful and actionable insights and opportunities.
- Strong presentation and writing skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia. Have impeccable storytelling ability to present research insights to inspire people.
- Must be based in Jakarta, Indonesia