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!
If you’re an innovative problem-solver with a passion for crafting seamless, user-friendly experiences, we want to hear from you!
Please send your resume along with work samples/portfolio (<5MB) or a link to it to
[email protected]
with a subject line: Interaction Designer
As part of the Somia Customer Experience 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!)
Candidate Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in a fast-paced design studio, creative consultancy, or In-house design team.
- Strong interaction design portfolio.
- Experienced in building, implementing, & maintaining Design Systems.
- Strong interest in research process with the ability to conduct concept testing & usability testing.
- Have the knowledge and experience working with devs.
- Hands-on, talk less, and do more. Meticulous, thorough, and pay attention to crucial details to deliver the best for the users.
- Embrace ambiguity, iterative approach towards design, and learn from failures. Flexible and open to design input and feedback.
- Strong self initiatives, work independently, and take ownership for the work. Eager to explore new things and have natural curiosity.
- A team player. Good communication in Bahasa Indonesia and English.
Job Responsibilities
- Independently navigate interaction design projects, including managing client, planning the work, and ensuring high quality and timely deliverables.
- Work closely with and support researchers to plan and conduct user research to ensure the design solutions are user friendly, enjoyable to use, and meaningful.
- Come up with sacrificial concepts to be tested with potential users to drive product direction.
- Facilitate and participate in brainstorming and innovation workshops internally and with client.
- Come up with innovative experience strategy and solutions for customer touchpoints across the experience journey, may it be in a form of physical, digital, or service experiences.
- Define design directions, create a plan to deliver the solution, and deliver the solution to ensure it is implementable.
- Develop detail interaction design, such as sketches, wireframes, workflow, interaction style guide, and collaborate closely with creative and technical partners.
- Assist in and conduct training workshops.
- Assist in proposal preparation and client presentations.
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