About LearnVest

LearnVest is redefining the American approach to personal finance. Our planners leverage financial technology to create simple, affordable, realistic plans for anyone who wants to feel confident about their money and optimistic about the future.

Since launching in 2010, LearnVest has been one of the premier financial technology companies in the country, helping thousands of people make progress on their financial goals. LearnVest was acquired by Northwestern Mutual in 2015 and is now scaling its technology and personal finance approach to help millions of people across both the LearnVest and Northwestern Mutual brands.

Role

A Senior UX Designer at LearnVest is responsible for pushing the boundaries of design and implementing best creative practices. Our Product Design Team, works as an agency within the organization and services 3 brands at LearnVest. The three brands include LearnVest, LearnVest at Work, and Northwestern Mutual. You will work on multiple products/projects, have the ability to work on consumer facing/B2B products, and revolutionize the personalization of the User Experience within finance.

The 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

• 2+ years experience designing interfaces for complex digital experiences and applications
• A 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.
• A strong online portfolio available for viewing

Things that we value 

• Curious mindset 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 and mission to provide financial wellness to the millennial market

 Benefits

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