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april · 1 day ago

Senior Product Designer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

6+ years exp

april is seeking a motivated Senior Product Designer to join their Build team. This role involves owning decisions and shipping flawless end-to-end flows across a suite of products, focusing on creating a human-centric tax experience. The designer will lead the design thinking process, collaborate with various teams, and ensure high-quality execution of design initiatives.

Financial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologyTax ConsultingTax Preparation

Hiring Manager

Lauren Wilganowski

Responsibilities

Lead the entire design thinking process for significant parts of our multi-platform product suite (consumer, B2B2C, and internal business tools)

Contribute to the growth of the product design function while building and communicating best practices across the organization

Work directly with our Head of Product Design and Product, Engineering, and Tax Analyst leads to prioritize initiatives to ensure we are solving the right problems

Ensure flawless, pixel perfect execution across all areas of the design process while keeping an eye on the bigger picture

Regularly conduct research to ensure we are continuously improving the product experience by gathering qualitative and quantitative insights via user research

Measure and contribute to business level objectives and key results by ensuring every piece of work you touch is adding value for both the user and the business

Partner with the marketing team to ensure our solutions align with our users’ voice and the april brand

Qualification

FigmaDigital product designUser researchInteraction designVisual designCollaboration skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsOrganizational skillsCreativity

Required

6+ years of experience designing and building digital products

Knowledge and passion for interaction and visual design

Must have a high bar for design quality and be an advocate for clean, elegant, and usable design – you are constantly looking to raise our bar of quality

Exceptional organization and planning skills

Experience applying research, usability tests, and metrics to inform design decisions

Comfort with an iterative design process that includes accepting and acting on feedback

Ability to inspire and drive end-to-end product and feature improvements

Ability to think at a high level about business objectives

Strong collaboration skills and ability to maintain flexibility in an evolving work environment

Self-learning individual with an entrepreneurial spirit, conceptual thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills

Effective communication skills and the ability to confidently communicate design thinking methodologies and design direction with senior stakeholders, including founders

Must be proficient in Figma