Position: Full-time Product Designer
Start: ASAP
Location: New York, NY / Remote
About Carver Edison:
Carver Edison is an award-winning New York City-based financial technology company that is transforming employee compensation through a reimagined employee stock purchase plan. Carver Edison works with public companies to increase stock plan participation rates through its Cashless Participation® technology and education platform, Carbon™. The company is backed by leading Fintech investors and entrepreneurs including Eli Broverman, co-founder of Betterment, Jeff Cruttenden, co-founder of Acorns, as well as leading industry executives.
About the Carver Edison Creative Team:
The creative team at Carver Edison is a small, powerful team with a shared belief that passion drives incredible, game-changing experiences and design. We spend our days laughing, ideating and always looking for ways to improve what we design.
About this role:
We’re looking for an experienced, empathetic and self-starting Product Designer to help build and expand upon our enterprise products. This person thrives in fast-paced environments, works well with product and engineering partners. An ability to work efficiently with collaborators and execute designs based on a strategic direction is key. A passion for UX/UI is essential as this role will involve a deep understanding of human behavior across enrollment platforms, educational materials and brand assets. You will have the opportunity to grow an end-to-end product design skill set including visual design, user experience design, user research, prototyping and presentation/interaction for the company core product.
This position will report directly to Carver Edison’s Chief Creative Officer with frequent collaborations with the marketing, sales, product and development teams.
Responsibilities:
- Lead design projects across the entire enterprise product lifecycle
- Create high-performance designs that both solve user needs and achieve business goals
- Partner closely with leadership, engineering, and business teams
- Collaborate cross-functionally to articulate and execute design decisions
- Tell product stories through innovative, thoughtful design
- Work independently, practicing a disciplined approach to attention to detail
- Rapidly produce multiple concepts and prototypes, knowing when to enforce pixel-perfection vs. an MVP
- Assist in photography selection for new product launches and campaigns
- Support user research activities, including usability testing and user interviews alongside the product team
- Create interfaces and interactions for new and existing functionalities
- Work with product and research to develop and document detailed user experience specifications
- Deliver prototypes for internal validation and demonstration of concepts
- Bring inspiring ideas and motivation to an energetic and collaborative team
- Enhance and formalize the brand’s digital style guide
Requirements:
Educational
- BA/BS degree in Design, Interaction Design, or a related/equivalent practical experience. (a portfolio with experience is more important!)
- 5+ years of product design experience
General
- Experience working on an enterprise product
- Self-starter, able to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing deadlines
- Deep understanding of cross-browser compatibility both in email and product
- Ability to own and articulate process and design decisions
- Experience working directly with UX/UI designers
- Manage projects from start to finish, working autonomously, but welcoming feedback and collaboration
- Adapt well to change and the fast-paced nature of a start-up environment
- Always willing to roll up your sleeves to help the team
- Excellent communication skills
Tools
- Expert level skills in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite
- Familiarity with contemporary digital product design tools and technologies, including Invision, Confluence, Asana, Monday and JIRA
Bonus points:
- Working Knowledge of HTML5 and CSS
- Experience designing for both B2B and B2C
- Experience in FinTech/Start-up
- Experience with product launches
- A love for dogs
