Sr Product Designer (Checkout / Merchant Services)

Job Description

This is a W2 engagement. The rate reflects a W2 engagement.

This role is remote, but the Paypal experience team sometimes considers location as a factor.

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.