Lead UX Researcher & Designer
About the company:
The company is a technology driven payments company. The company's mission is to use financial technology to reduce trade frictions, make inefficient markets efficient, and speed up economic progress everywhere. Our goal is to make B2B bank payments free and as convenient as B2C card payments by having marketplaces and invoices platforms integrate with our open banking API.
Job title: Lead UX Researcher & Designer
Business objective: Shape our strategy for UX/UI design and implementation
Experience level: Mid-Senior (5-8 years of relevant experience)
About the role:
We are looking for someone to spearhead our UX design and development, taking it to a radically new level. Candidates should enjoy working in a start-up, generating their own ideas, and be excited about taking ownership and pride in their work. We are a small, but growing team, and this is an opportunity to join at the beginning of an exciting journey and meaningfully define the development and direction.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and conduct user research and competitor analysis
- Create user stories, personas, and storyboards
- Wireframing and prototyping
- UX writing
- Visual communication and UI
- Conduct usability testing
- Customer service
Character requirements:
- A calm temperament
- Excellent communication skills
- Comfortable in a start-up environment
- Can work in a team and autonomously
- Design thinking
- A user-centric mindset
- Attention to detail
- Creative and analytical approach
- Understanding of interaction design principles
- Have significant customer empathy
- A true technology enthusiast
Culture:
The company has a culture of intellectual creativity, problem solving and customer awareness. We are a young, entrepreneurial company looking for spirited leaders who want to make a difference, take ownership, and help foster a positive and world-class technology driven culture. An ideal candidate will be a pro-active, creative with strong communication and technical skills who is as happy working in a team as they are running with their own initiatives with little or no support.
Company Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Equity options
- Access to company pension and health insurance plans
- Flexible and work-from-home opportunities
Our Process
- Complete online application link below
- Initial call with CEO and CTO (30 min)
- Take home assignment
- Follow-up call and presentation on assignment with development team (60 mins)
