UI/UX Designer Financial Services 20

UI/UX Designer (Financial Services)

Location: USA - Remote

Experience Level: Mid-Senior

Employment Type: 6 Months - 1 year / Contract

The Role

We are looking for a versatile UI/UX Designer to join our team, for one of our premier clients in the Financial Services sector.

In this role, you will be the "end-to-end" designer, bridging the gap between deep user research and high-fidelity UI execution. You will play a critical role in evolving a complex design system while ensuring the user journey for financial products is seamless, secure, and intuitive.

Key Responsibilities:

Visual & UI Design (The "Craft"):

• Design Systems: Create, maintain and scale an enterprise design system, ensuring consistency across multiple financial platforms.
• Components & Tokens: Build and manage reusable Figma components using features like Auto-layout, Variants, Variables and manage Design Tokens to streamline handoff with engineering.
• High-Fidelity UI: Create pixel-perfect interfaces that adhere to brand guidelines while optimizing for complex data visualization and financial dashboards.

Experience & UX Design (The "Strategy"):

• UX Research: Plan and execute qualitative and quantitative research (interviews, surveys, and stakeholder workshops) to uncover user pain points and translate those into requirements and designs.
• Flows & Wireframes: Map out intricate user journeys, task flows, and low-fidelity wireframes for complex financial transactions. Strong ability to translate complex problems into user-friendly experiences.
• Testing & Validation: Conduct usability testing sessions and iterate designs based on real-world feedback and data-driven insights.

What We're Looking For

• Studies: Bachelor's degree in a design-related field is highly preferred.
• Industry Experience: Previous experience in FinTech or Banking (5 yr+) is highly preferred like handling complex workflows, Dashboards, Payment flows, data-heavy interfaces, Accessibility and compliance-heavy environments.
• Technical Toolkit: Expert-level proficiency in Figma, Figjam, Figma make and lovable is a must. Familiarity with Jira and documentation tools is expected.
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating your process-from initial research and sketches to the final implementation of design systems and components.
• Communication: Ability to defend design decisions to high-level stakeholders in the financial sector and collaborate closely with global engineering teams.
• Presentation Skills: Ability to articulate complex concepts and workflows clearly with a demonstrated capability in delivering UX and UI prototypes for validation.