Product Designer (UX/UI) (VAC-A510)

Job description

A leading service provider to the Forex Industry in operation since 2012, our client currently has 6 different brands all of which are centered around trading, trading education, trading technology, and trading execution. They are currently looking to recruit an experienced Product Designer (UX/UI) to join their expanding team and help to deliver on their vision to help traders and investors make smarter decisions in the financial markets!

The role will be fully REMOTE 

Job Duties

• To constantly strive for best-in-class designs and keep up-to-date with the latest trends
• Develop a deep understanding of our customers and what drives their engagement with our brands
• Understand and interpret design briefs from the marketing and product team
• Develop product pages, websites, landing pages
• Prototype designs, UX and UI - running UX experiments to use data to drive your design decisions
• Design mockups, wireframes, map user journeys and be able to present them
• Use data insights to drive your decisions and to ensure we optimise for conversion
• Deliver projects on time, following a process and be able to explain your design rational
• Contribute to the continual growth and improvement of our brand identity by sharing ideas and suggesting creative solutions
• Conceptualise and design highly effective mobile-first designs
• Understanding of how Front End Developers build your designs, so you can predict opportunities and problems
• Suggest creative solutions to website challenges, including but not limited to driving engagement with content, conversion and brand experience
• Organising and archiving creative work in appropriate shared access locations
• Run Design Sprints to ensure project delivery (Agile Framework) 

Job Requirements

• You’re addicted to design, customer behaviour and you're very knowledgeable with UX and UI
• Design skills: you can design following brand guidelines, as well as understanding the platform or channel that you're designing for.
• Commercial savviness: you'll be able to understand how the briefs you're working on impact bigger business objectives.
• Curiosity to learn: you'll be open to learning new things, whether that be about design, advertising or our industry as a whole.
• Communication: you're comfortable presenting your work in front of the team on video calls.
• Ideas & insights led: you can contribute ideas and use insights & creative testing to inform them.
• You have a good grasp of designing for all aspects of digital
• Your eye for detail, mistakes and improvements will be second to none
• Sticking to tight deadlines on a range of projects will not worry you
• You’re comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• You can deliver and remain focused whilst remote working
• You’re reliable, proactive and organised
• You must be proficient with Photoshop
• Proficient with Sketch and prototyping
• You’ll love working in a team and collaborating on projects, ideas and problem solving

Bonus skills:

• Proficient with Figma
• Worked in Sprints with a product team (Agile framework)
• Worked on platforms and app designs
• Experienced in motion graphics and video editing
• Experienced with After Effects/Premier Pro
• Experience with Adobe Illustrator

Job Benefits

We’re currently going through a growth phase and we’re super excited about our growth potential in the next 12-24 months

Work remotely - we have no office and never will. We have over 62 people working around the world and it works!

As our company grows, we reward our staff with regular pay increases and bonuses.

We invest significantly in both external and internal training, providing opportunities for our staff to learn and grow throughout their career with us

Work when you are most productive. If that's morning, night or something in between, we care about getting the job done, not punching a clock.

 We also offer up to 4 weeks paid leave per year, because everyone needs a break.

Salary:

• 35 000 USD (US Dollars) annually
• Regular pay increases and bonuses
• 25 days holiday, 5 sick days + annual bonus

TO APPLY for this job opportunity, send your CV (in English please) and include the reference: Product Designer (UX/UI) - VAC-A510. We look forward to hearing from you!