Product Designer at Kuda Bank

We’re looking for a Product Designer to create engaging designs according to requirements across the full suite of Kuda products. You will be involved in the full product development cycle: from early research and product strategy, to design and developer hand-off. You should have a strong understanding of web design patterns, mobile design, strong visual and user experience sensibilities, and care deeply about the end-user experience.

Responsibilities

• Use various techniques to create drafts and prototypes
• Produce final design solutions
• Pitch creative and usable ideas
• Bring new ideas to life from sketching and wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes, visual design, asset production and developer handoff.
• Use feedback from other designers, customers, and team members to improve the product.
• Work closely with Product Managers and Engineers on the Retail, Business and Internal Product teams to launch features that impact the teams’ KPIs

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience designing and shipping both web and mobile products and tools
• Strong portfolio demonstrating visual and user experience design in similar products
• Experience with Figma
• Familiarity with design techniques (e.g. prototyping, wireframing)
• Understanding of visual elements (layout, colors, typography & iconography)
• A razor sharp eye for detail
• Time management and multitasking abilities
• The ability to think at a high level about product strategy and clearly articulate design decisions.

Advantageous

• Knowledge of and interest in technology and financial services; prior experience working in fintech or digital payments a plus.
• Contributing to or maintaining scalable design systems.Familiarity with UX writing.
• Basic familiarity with front-end development with HTML/CSS/Javascript
• Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Ability to craft scalable and meaningful icons, spot illustrations, or vector-based assets.
• Experience using tools like Principle, After Effects, or Framer for animations and micro-interactions.