Senior Product Designer

Job Description

Job Requirements Role / Job Title: Senior Product Designer Function/Department: Digital Banking Job Purpose Most products do not delight us because we consider them ‘done’ once they become easy to use (convenient). The best products push through and bring meaning and delight. We are looking for an experienced, passionate, detail-oriented senior product design specialist who can push the quality of our digital products beyond ‘convenience’ and make them award-worthy. They are masters of craft and collaboration. They carry strong product and design mindsets that help them create impactful products while collaborating and helping the team learn and grow into ace designers. Roles & Responsibilities End-to-End Design: Lead end-to-end design processes for your product/feature, from ideation and concept development to detailed interaction and visual design, ensuring a seamless and delightful user experience. Design visually appealing, interactive and user-friendly interfaces that go beyond the conventional. Prototyping: Create wireframes, mock-ups, and interactive prototypes to effectively communicate and test design concepts and user flows. Feedback & Iteration: Gather and incorporate feedback from stakeholders and users to continuously improve designs. Take feedback constructively and defend where needed. Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and developers, to ensure seamless implementation of designs. Create detailed documents for developer handovers. User Research and Testing: Lead user research for your product/feature. Conduct usability testing, and gather feedback to iterate and refine designs, ensuring a user-centric approach throughout the product development lifecycle. Design Systems: Ensure alignment with the design system and brand guidelines. Contribute to the development and maintenance of design systems, ensuring consistency and scalability across products and features. Stay Current: Keep abreast of industry trends, design best practices, and emerging technologies to continuously improve and innovate our product design processes Key Skills Design Expertise: Proficiency in user-centered design principles (especially for native and web apps), information architecture, interaction design, and visual communication. Created retail-grade, pixel-perfect UI design. Problem Solving: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate complex ideas into intuitive and effective design solutions. Ability to hustle and get fast outcomes while navigating ambiguity. Technical Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in Figma (auto-layout, variables, advanced prototyping, plug-ins, etc.) and a fair understanding of how front-end devs work. Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions and rationale to cross-functional teams and stakeholders. User Advocacy: A passion for user advocacy and a deep understanding of user research methodologies. Portfolio: An online portfolio that documents your best work and thinking process (a PDF would do too). If not, you might be asked to take a design assignment. Education Qualification Bachelor’s or associate’s degree in design or art-related field Certification and/or training in relevant software programs Experience: 4-8 years of proven experience as a senior product designer with a strong portfolio showcasing a variety of design projects and successful product launches depicting growth in the business and improvement in its UX. Show more Show less