Senior Product / Visual Designer (financial Services) - Remote Eligible

Senior Product / Visual Designer

Our client, a financial service organization, is seeking an accomplished Senior Product / Visual Designer to help lead their team in crafting intuitive and impactful user experiences across their digital products. This role is fully remote but ideally you are able to work CST hours. The initial contract is 3-6 months, starting in early January, with great opportunity to extend.

As a Senior Product Designer, you will leverage your extensive experience and expertise to drive the creation of compelling experiences that enhance the usability and overall satisfaction of users. You will collaborate closely with product managers, developers, UX Writers, and UX Researchers to design, test, and iterate digital experiences prior to and after launch. You will play a crucial role in driving effective and distinctive digital experiences that marry desirability, feasibility, and viability within our product model.

Responsibilities:

• Define new solutions that align to the organization's vision and the needs of users using problem-framing approaches and well-known tools such as Jira and Figma within a product model and agile-like processes.
• Apply best practices to common design problems using human-centered design methods in the digital product development process.
• Address specific product capabilities that need to be solved, such as optimizing a process or improving user engagement, based on direction received from team leads or managers.
• Communicate decision-making rationale confidently to cross-functional team members and senior stakeholders in a clear way.
• Utilize design facilitation skills to foster collaboration within cross-functional teams, and storytelling to build trust and establish long-term relationships.
• Mentor and collaborate with junior team members, providing guidance and support in best practices and methodologies.
• Models leadership opportunities Supports and/or develops an environment in which employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Interaction Design, UI/UX Design, Web Product Design, Web Development or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.
• 6+ years of experience in a related field, with at least 3 years of experience in user experience, interaction design, product innovation and research in a product development team required.
• Proven experience in leading projects and contributing to the development of multiple shipped digital products.
• Ability to develop processes and approaches for tackling design problems, anticipating challenges, and uncovering quality solutions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain rationale for design decisions and clarify success metrics.
• Demonstrated application of human-centered design with a keen understanding of business and technical impacts on digital design.
• Self-directed and proactive, with a passion for driving progress and making meaningful contributions.
• Able to turn research into action that solves the user definition of a problem.
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration roles, with a focus on delivering business value.
• Extensive knowledge of how to leverage a design system and how to push the boundaries of the design system to achieve product and user goals.

Relevant agile experience Preferred:

• Knowledge and experience working in diversified financial service.
• Familiarity with current UX research, theories and methodologies (especially user-centered design processes), as well as understanding of how human factors impact ROI and the product development lifecycle.

Benefits:

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also email your resume in Word to: allie.gribble@jobalert.creativecircle.com

Allie Gribble - Senior Delivery Strategist

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.