Job Title: Product Designer

Hybrid: Travel Onsite for meetings as needed

Contract: 10 months, possible extension, 37.5 hours

Location: New York,  local to candidates in Tri State Area

Must Haves (Non Negotiable)

• 5+ years of digital product design experience; portfolio or case studies required
• Comfortable operating in highly complex environments, bringing structure, clarity, and precision to data-heavy, compliance-driven experiences.
• Agile collaboration with engineering from discovery through delivery
• Strong UX, interaction, and visual design skills
• Proficiency with Figma and modern prototyping tools
• Research- and data-driven decision-making
• Strong stakeholder communication and facilitation skills
• Accessibility knowledge (WCAG) and inclusive design practices
• Experience designing AI-powered and automated features, with awareness of Responsible AI principles and privacy-by-design best practices.

Experience

• 5+ years of digital product design experience, with a track record of shipping high-quality, production-ready work.
• Strong detailed design skills: high-fidelity UI, design systems, responsive and multi-breakpoint design, and detailed developer handoff.
• Experience supporting a product after launch, iterating on live features through a continuous roadmap of enhancements.
• Experience working closely with engineers in an agile sprint environment; comfortable moving from concept to delivery and staying through QA.
• Experience presenting work to senior stakeholders and clearly articulating and defending design decisions.

Skills

• Strong command of interaction design, visual design, and UX writing collaboration.
• Expert in Figma: components, variables, auto layout, prototyping, and Dev Mode handoff. Comfortable with collaborative whiteboarding tools (e.g., FigJam, Miro).
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices.
• Comfortable using qualitative + quantitative inputs to prioritize and iterate on live features.
• Strong communication skills; able to align cross-functional collaborators and give engineers clear, actionable direction.
• Meticulous attention to detail across states, edge cases, and content, with a pragmatic sense of what to ship now versus later.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Design, Interaction Design, Fine Arts, HCI) or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience in financial services, financial wellness or education, or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience designing educational, or behavior-change products (learning, coaching, or guidance experiences).
• Experience with experimentation (A/B testing), personalization, and optimization of key journeys (adoption, task completion, and engagement).
• Experience designing AI-powered features (e.g., personalized recommendations or assistive guidance) with attention to Responsible AI and privacy-by-design practices.

Deal Breakers

• No portfolio or case studies
• Less than 5 years of digital product design experience
• No complex workflow-driven or self-service experience
• No agile collaboration with engineering
• No Figma or prototyping proficiency
• No accessibility/WCAG exposure