Staff Product Designer

As a Staff Product Designer at Stashfin, you will play a crucial role in shaping exceptional user experiences for our products. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and fellow designers to develop innovative and user-centric solutions tailored to meet our customers' needs. Your tasks will involve conducting in-depth user research, creating wireframes and prototypes, and delivering top-notch UI designs while ensuring consistency across different platforms. Your success in this role will hinge on your profound understanding of user behavior and your ability to empathize with our users. - **UX Research**: - Lead the design process through various user research methods like interviews, surveys, usability tests, and competitive analysis to gain valuable insights into user needs and pain points. - **Collaborative Design Strategy**: - Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, and Marketing, to establish design goals, develop user personas, and outline product requirements. - **Wireframing & Prototyping**: - Develop both low and high-fidelity wireframes, interactive prototypes, and user flows to effectively communicate design concepts and solutions. - **UI Design**: - Utilize Figma to create visually appealing, intuitive, and consistent user interfaces that align with product objectives and brand guidelines. - **User-Centered Design**: - Implement user-centered design principles throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring the end product is user-friendly, engaging, and addresses user pain points. - **Usability Testing**: - Strategize and execute usability testing to validate design decisions and iterate designs based on user feedback. - **Collaboration & Communication**: - Partner closely with developers to ensure accurate translation of design concepts and troubleshoot any implementation issues. - **Design Reviews**: - Present design concepts and solutions to key stakeholders, actively incorporate feedback, and iterate to refine the final product. **Qualifications Required**: - 5-8 years of experience in product design or UX/UI design, with a robust portfolio showcasing consumer-facing products and demonstrating your problem-solving skills. - Proficiency in UX research techniques like user interviews, surveys, usability testing, and competitive analysis, with the capability to utilize research insights for design decisions. - Strong visual design skills enabling you to craft engaging, functional, and accessible user interfaces aligned with business objectives and user needs. - Advanced expertise in Figma for wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs. - Sound knowledge of user-centered design principles and the ability to translate user insights into actionable design solutions. - Collaborative mindset and experience working with diverse teams in agile environments. - Critical thinking abilities with a user-first approach to tackle complex design challenges creatively. The job description for the Staff Product Designer position at Stashfin emphasizes the importance of user-centric design, collaboration, and proficiency in various design tools and techniques to deliver exceptional user experiences for the products. As a Staff Product Designer at Stashfin, you will play a crucial role in shaping exceptional user experiences for our products. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and fellow designers to develop innovative and user-centric solutions tailored to meet our customers' needs. Your tasks will involve conducting in-depth user research, creating wireframes and prototypes, and delivering top-notch UI designs while ensuring consistency across different platforms. Your success in this role will hinge on your profound understanding of user behavior and your ability to empathize with our users. - **UX Research**: - Lead the design process through various user research methods like interviews, surveys, usability tests, and competitive analysis to gain valuable insights into user needs and pain points. - **Collaborative Design Strategy**: - Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, and Marketing, to establish design goals, develop user personas, and outline product requirements. - **Wireframing & Prototyping**: - Develop both low and high-fidelity wireframes, interactive prototypes, and user flows to effectively communicate design concepts and solutions. - **UI Design**: - Utilize Figma to create visually appealing, intuitive, and consistent user interfaces that align with product objectives and brand guidelines. - **User-Centered Design**: - Implement user-centered design principles throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring the end product is user-friendly, engaging, and addresses user pain points. - **Usability Testing**: - Strategize and execute usability testing to validate design decisions and iterate designs based on use