Senior Product Designer at Oddience Inc

What we’ll expect from you

• In typical early-stage company fashion, you will do a lot of things, but here’s an outline of what your day-to-day will look like, and some of the personal wins you can score here.

You will:

• Build, update and maintain our design systems and guidelines to ensure consistency and quality across all product designs.
• Explore and implement new ways to reduce friction for our customers.
• Collaborate with the founders, product manager, engineers, and other stakeholders to develop and maintain a product roadmap that aligns with the company's goals and objectives.
• Conduct user research and user testing to gather insights that inform the product design process.
• Create and present design concepts, wireframes, prototypes, and user flows that meet user needs and business objectives.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure designs are implemented to a high standard.
• Mentor and guide junior designers to ensure they produce high-quality work that meets the team's standards and that delight our customers.
• Communicate design decisions to the team and provide rationale for design choices.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in product design and advocate for their integration into the product design process.
• Ensure designs are accessible and inclusive, meeting WCAG guidelines and the needs of customers with disabilities.

What we’ll look out for

• A kick-ass body of work that demonstrates proficiency in product design, user research, and user testing
• At least 5 years experience as a product designer
• Experience in an early stage company or startup environment. Preferably working on financial services products
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong understanding of design systems and how they are implemented
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work closely with a small team and stakeholders
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior designers
• Knowledge of WCAG guidelines and accessibility best practices

We have strong preferences for someone who:

• Is uncompromisingly service-minded towards our customers and teammates, but able to set and achieve priorities that find the perfect balance between benefiting the project and the team
• Can move with ambiguity, knows how to get early feedback and ship things fast
• Can clearly articulate their thoughts and express strong opinions
• Loves working with other designers to help each other learn and grow
• Has experience designing for web and mobile applications
• Has experience improving UX in financial services products and other complex products
• Understands HTML/CSS and front-end development
• Has experience in motion design and animation
• Can reduce complex problems down to the right balance of flexibility, power, and ease of use
• Is skilled in explaining the work, process, and decisions to the team and craves feedback to produce great work