Our Mission

LearnVest and Northwestern Mutual are dedicated to redefining the American approach to personal finance. Since launching in 2010, LearnVest has been one of the premier financial technology companies in the country, helping people make progress towards their financial goals. In 2015, LearnVest was acquired by Northwestern Mutual and is now leading a major digital transformation of their products and platforms to help millions of people by modernizing the financial planning, insurance and investments industries.

Description:

The User Experience Lead is a user-centered, innovative designer who is committed to creating beautifully simple experiences and delightful moments of interaction. 

Responsibilities:

• Think through complex features and flows, balance user needs and business needs, and make the complex feel simple to users.
• This is a hands on role—the Lead is expected to create design work as well as inspire and guide junior designers.
• Collaborate with other UX and Visual design leads, and partner with Product, Dev, and Engineering team members.
• Help define and drive the future of the product experience from signup to long-term engagement, for both customers and financial planners.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience designing interfaces for large-scale digital experiences and applications.
• An extreme passion for understanding the user, and a strong communicator of the user’s perspective throughout the design process.
• A belief that UX is more than just UI, and includes all user-centered design activities from research, concepting, flows, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, annotations, and more.
• Extensive knowledge of best in class interaction design patterns across a variety of platforms.
• The drive to push beyond existing design patterns, and to consistently create visionary work.
• A track record of working collaboratively with other designers, researchers, engineers, and product owners.
• Working knowledge of design and prototyping tools, such as Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, Invision and anything else needed to get the job done.
• A strong online portfolio available for viewing.

Benefits:

• Fully stocked snacks, beer fridge, cold brew kegs, frequent catered lunches, and whiskey hours
• Dog-friendly office environment
• Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off
• Highly competitive compensation that includes base salary plus bonus
• Medical/Dental/Vision plans, Matching 401(k), pension program