UX Designer II

Are you looking for a friendly, fast-paced workplace with an emphasis on helping customers and empowering team members? Snap Finance is a thriving leader in the financial services industry, and our team members are the foundation of our success. Snap knows that happy, empowered, and engaged team members are essential to innovation and business success- and our approach is working. Come join us!

Job Description

UX Product Designer
 

Snap Finance is seeking a UX Product Designer who can strengthen our dynamic and talented UX team. As a UX Product Designer, you can not only craft beautiful and delightful web and app products but can also take a seemingly complex financial experience and make sure the customer feels comfortable, secure and confident while completing their task. You are also able to take ownership of an area and lead the design process from beginning to end, including collaborating with our Product Managers during the discovery phase to understand product market fit, working with our Engineering teams to make sure that your design solutions are built on appropriate technology and delivered on time, partnering with our UX Research and marketing teams to test and iterate, and tracking post-release performance for making iterative improvements.

A core part of Snap’s success has been our focus on customer-centric design. You will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Marketing Managers, Researchers, and our Engineering teams to build solutions that meet the needs both of our customers and internal stakeholders while delivering on business goals.
 

The Job…

• Work with the Product team to influence and execute on requirements to build a solution that focuses on the end user experience while meeting business objectives and key results.
• Work closely with our development team throughout the process, including supplying pixel-perfect design mocks, participating in demos and reviews, and working on balancing release features with deadlines.
• Be a steward of the collaboration cadence facilitating a stellar inclusion model with various cross functional teams throughout the PDLC (Product Development Life Cycle).
• Ask smart questions, take risks, and enjoy championing new ideas while not being afraid to embrace and learn from failure to evolve forward.
• Collaborate with Snap's talented and experienced UX Research and Design partners
• Participate in design reviews with the UX team to receive and give constructive feedback.
• Become the subject matter for a product or feature, working with your Product partner to make sure the entire E2E experience is accounted for and optimized for the customer
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced work environment
• Ambitious and passionate about all things UX in design and innovation
• As an individual you have a positive, collaborative attitude that enjoys a good laugh. We enjoy working together.
• Proficiency in Figma, or other design/prototyping software
• Utilize and contribute to Snap’s living design system and pattern library
• Display a high level of understanding of industry standard “motion” design principles to add delight to our product’s micro interactions.
   

Expected outcomes…

• Be instrumental in building a robust, lean, and scalable design ecosystem.
• Find the sweet spot, design a transparent, smart, delightful, and seamless experience that is frictionless and with no failures so that users feel safe and confident in all stages of their digital journey.
• Develop a design paradigm across all product experiences and work to maximize adoption by clearly understanding the customer needs/pain points.
• Apply design thinking strategies to help cross-functional teams collaborate and co- create amazing product experiences.
• Communicate your ideas visually with user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.
• With your strong verbal and written communication skills, share your solutions with your team and larger audiences and apply feedback as you iterate.
• Armed with your strong sense of aesthetics, you’ll demonstrate your obsession with product quality.
• Ship, build, test and iterate on stellar interactive experiences that simplify complexity.
• Have deep expertise and knowledge of your product area.
• Operate successfully in partnering with design, product, engineering, marketing, and customer service partners to nurture an extremely collaborative and iterative working relationship.
• Mentor, coach and support junior design staff and be instrumental in their artifact crafting cadence and career growth.

You…

• Bachelor's degree in HCI, UX or Visual Design, Industrial Design, or Psychology
• Expert in UX software tools such as Figma, Axure, or other Prototyping tools.
• 4+ years of UI/UX design experience working in agile product development teams.
• Experience in E-Commerce or FinTech a plus.
• A passion for understanding how people think and work
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Solid visual design chops with a keen sense of typography, and interaction design, composition, and flow
• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design
• UX portfolio that shares your exceptional design skills and demonstrates your UX process is required to apply.
• Bonus points if you have a, or many, special creative skill(s) such as: Vector Based Illustrations, Slick Prototyping Micro Animations in After Effects or any other slick chops.  We would love to see them!
   

Why You'll Love It Here…

• Generous paid time off
• Competitive medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401K with company match
• Company-paid life insurance + supplemental options
• Company-paid short-term disability
• Long-term disability and legal coverage
• Pet insurance, free snacks, and fun events
• A value-based culture where growth opportunities are endless

The ideal candidate will have a well-polished portfolio site which demonstrates the following…

• In depth understanding and experience in building top tier complex digital solutions
• Expert proficiency in the latest digital product design applications
• Communicated process experience in leveraging research at all stages of the design lifecycle
• A massive library of project work which is jaw dropping
• In depth experience in the financial industry
• That you eat, breath and sleep design!

Before you click apply…

• We are talented and fun product people who care. You’ll learn from the best and have an opportunity to lead in a supportive atmosphere. We are agile and dynamic, so you’ll have an impact on the product and people who use it. As a leader you'll have autonomy to drive design decisions and shape everything from the process to the design system.
• Our product is a game-changer in financial services. With 10 years in business, our knowledge, network, and market reputation we're poised to take it to the next level. Help us get there!

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Snap values diversity, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Learn more by visiting our website at www.snapfinance.com

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Snap values diversity and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Learn more by visiting our website at www.snapfinance.com.

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