UI / Visual Product Designer

Position Overview

Our client, a financial services company, is seeking a remote UI/Visual Product Designer to join a cross-functional team supporting the prospect and client Financial Planning experience. This role is 40 hrs / week for up to 6 months with the potential to extend. In order to be considered for this role, the candidate must have a portfolio that demonstrates the highest level of craft for financial services products or similarly regulated industries. As a Product Designer, you will lead work from ideation and research to final implementation, collaborating with product managers, developers, designers, and UX Researchers to design, test, and iterate digital experiences.

Location: Remote
Schedule: 40 hrs / week
Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Experience Required: 5+ years in a related field, with at least 3 years in user experience and interaction design

Key Responsibilities

• Create new solutions that align with the organization's vision and the needs of users using problem-framing approaches within a product model and agile-like processes.
• Use prototyping and visual design skills to craft compelling mobile and web experiences for prospects and clients.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure the experiences shipped are pixel-perfect across form factors.
• Apply best practices and human-centered design methods, contributing to and leveraging the existing design system.
• Help gain buy-in around design decisions by clearly communicating the rationale to cross-functional team members and senior stakeholders.
• Utilize design facilitation and storytelling skills to foster collaboration and build long-term relationships.
• Bonus: Champion accessibility by leveraging tools, best practices, and advocating for accessible design in cross-functional teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Interaction Design, UI/UX Design, Web Product Design, Web Development or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in a related field, with at least 3 years specifically in user experience, interaction design, or product innovation within financial services.
• Proven track record of contributing to the development of multiple shipped digital products.
• Ability to develop processes and approaches for tackling design problems and anticipating challenges.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain design rationale and clarify success metrics.
• Demonstrated application of human-centered design principles with an understanding of business and technical impacts on digital design.
• Self-directed and proactive attitude with a passion for driving progress and making meaningful contributions.
• Ability to turn research into actionable design solutions.
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration focused on delivering business value.
• Experience leveraging a design system and evolving it to meet product and user goals.
• Relevant agile experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience working in diversified financial services.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards for content.
• Familiarity with current UX research, theories, and methodologies, especially user-centered design processes, and an understanding of how human factors impact ROI and the product development lifecycle.
• Experience using prototypes to quickly communicate proposed interactions.

Benefits & Perks

• Benefits: Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for a Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and a 401(k) plan. Additional offerings include sick leave (as applicable by law), a Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility based on length and dates of service.