UX Designer

Job Summary

Our client, a leading financial services organization, is seeking a Product Designer to help evolve a recently launched financial health and wellness platform from MVP to a mature consumer-facing product. This role offers the opportunity to shape the user experience of a growing digital product, driving intuitive and impactful design solutions that enhance customer engagement and satisfaction. The ideal candidate will bring strong digital product design expertise, exceptional UI/UX skills, and experience collaborating closely with engineering teams to deliver high-quality digital experiences in an agile environment.

Contract Length: 10-month contract with potential for extension

Location:

New York, NY

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid

Interview Process:
Virtual panel interview

Important:
Portfolio link or case studies must be included at the top of the resume submission

• Create high-fidelity designs, user flows, prototypes, and detailed specifications for web and mobile experiences
• Design responsive, user-centered interfaces that account for multiple devices, states, and edge-case scenarios
• Partner closely with engineering teams throughout development and QA to ensure accurate implementation and design quality
• Build, maintain, and enhance scalable design system components, patterns, and documentation
• Ensure visual consistency, usability, accessibility, and adherence to design standards across the platform
• Conduct design reviews, identify implementation issues, and collaborate with engineering teams to resolve defects
• Design and enhance product features, tools, assessments, calculators, educational experiences, and progress-tracking capabilities
• Leverage user research, analytics, and feedback to identify opportunities for product improvements and optimize user outcomes
• Maintain comprehensive design documentation, specifications, and pattern libraries
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers, Content Teams, and stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle
• Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and roadmap discussions
• Balance immediate product needs with long-term design strategy and future enhancements
• Monitor user engagement, adoption, satisfaction, and performance metrics to inform design decisions
• Translate user needs, business objectives, and research insights into intuitive and effective design solutions
• Advocate for customer-centric design principles and align cross-functional teams around shared product goals

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Interaction Design, HCI, Fine Arts, or related field; equivalent practical experience considered
• 5+ years of digital product design experience with a portfolio demonstrating production-ready work Portfolio or case studies required for consideration
• Strong experience designing complex, workflow-driven, data-intensive, or self-service digital products
• Expertise in UX design, interaction design, visual design, and information architecture
• Proficiency with Figma, including components, variables, auto layout, prototyping, and Dev Mode handoff
• Experience using collaborative design tools such as Fig Jam or Miro
• Strong understanding of responsive design and multi-device experiences
• Experience working directly with software engineers from discovery through implementation and QA
• Experience in Agile product development environments
• Research-driven and data-informed design decision-making skills
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices
• Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills
• Experience designing AI-powered or automated features with awareness of Responsible AI and privacy-by-design…