We are seeking experienced designers with 5+ years of experience in an agency or consultancy environment. The ideal candidate will be self-directed and have a strong ability to recognize patterns, while also demonstrating excellent synthesis skills. A key responsibility will be applying and creating design patterns to solve complex problems effectively.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Create highly effective user-focused experiences and interfaces across a variety of environments (mobile, web apps, dashboards, etc.)
Create and maintain design documentation including wireframes, user flows, information architecture, and interaction design
Collaborate with a wide range of staff members to develop concepts into features during the software development lifecycle
Create and demonstrate interactive prototypes, and validate designs with product team, stakeholders, and users
Collaborate with other team members to understand customer needs and interpret them into design elements
Stay up to date on industry and user experience trends, best practices, and technology and promote them within the larger UX team.

Requirements:

5+ years of relevant design experience.
Fintech experience preferred, esp. checkout or merchant services
Bachelors or Master Degree in the study of design including one of the following; Design, Information Architecture, Human Factors or equivalent project/portfolio experience.
Thorough understanding of product design methodology and lifecycle across significant channels and platforms.
Proficient in Figma
Expert skill in Photoshop and be fluent in Illustrator, OmniGraffle, or other creative wireframes
A working knowledge of XHTML/CSS.
A verifiable portfolio of web application design, including great web interfaces is preferred.
Customer-focused, with experience using design research methods to uncover customer insights.
Effectively operates within an iterative design team, managing product design responsibilities against defined milestones and plan with little day-to-day oversight.
Thorough knowledge of essential channels and platforms, with experience in mobile, dedicated, web and native solution design.
Experience with resources such as; pattern library, repositories, and internal communication tools.