Senior UX Designer, Product

| Greater NYC Area
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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 Senior User Experience Designer is a user-centered designer who understands established design patterns, and knows when to follow them and when to break them. This designer knows how to leverage qualitative and quantitative research insights to inform design decisions, how to iterate through design solutions, and how to design an MVP with a longer term vision in mind.

Responsibilities:

  • Think through complex features and flows, balance user needs and business needs, and make the complex feel simple to users
  • Establish a systematic interaction design language across systems and platforms
  • Help define and drive the future of the Learnvest product experience from signup to long-term engagement, and for both customers and financial planners

Qualifications:

  • 4+ years of experience designing interfaces for complex digital experiences and applications
  • Self-starter who is user-focused, detailed and solutions-oriented
  • Significant knowledge of the fundamentals—visual design, user-centered design, brand development, and how products are put together
  • 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, conception, flows, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, annotations, and more
  • Working knowledge of design and prototyping tools, such as Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, Invision and anything else needed to get the job done
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field, or relevant work experience in UX design
  • Online portfolio required

Things that we value:

  • A curious minds and an appetite for learning
  • A strong point of view with a healthy dose of humility
  • A collaborative mindset, thick skin and a great sense of humor
  • A belief in our vision
  • A personality that thrives in a agile/nimble environments
  • Passion for the craft
  • Willingness to take risks and fail (And fail again. And again)

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
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41 East 11th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10003

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