-3-5 years of experience in a UX or Product Design role, with products that are actively in use, ideally by consumers
-Experience establishing/scaling up a design practice in the context of a startup and scaleup
-A demonstrable portfolio, preferably showcasing mobile and desktop design experiences, and highlighting competencies in problem-solving and leading a project from discovery through to implementation
-A broad understanding of the end-to-end design process and the many skills that fit under the title of Product Designer, including: Research and Discovery (direct conversation, behavioural observation and analysis)
-Visual design (wireframes, and high fidelity mocks)
-Rapid Prototyping / Working Designs (for example, but not limited to: InVision, Webflow, Airtable, Zapier)and, ideally, some Front-End Development
-Derive product designs from a deep understanding of customer needs, motivation and behaviours
-Confidence presenting design concepts to stakeholders along with strong rationale to validate concepts and have amazing storytelling skills and can clearly articulate the thinking and strategy behind your decisions
-Ability to create modern, sexy user interfaces that excite and delight users
-Use data as an input (both qualitative and qualitative), using elements of Heuristic Evaluation to produce design recommendations for any medium
-Are intensely focused on breaking larger design experiences into vertical slices to ship features early and often
-Prefer to work alongside developers to see the designs come to fruition, and make any adjustments to the design as a team
-Can work effectively with remote team members and customers, and know how to overcome communication challenges that come with remote work
-Bonus: Experience in financial technology or banking
-Experience in both consumer-facing and business-facing software design
-An awareness of behaviours psychology and behavioural economics principles, and use it in your designs
-A solid understanding of front-end development techniques and could “speak the language” of CSS, HTML, Javascripts (incl. TailWind / TailWind UI)
