Sr. Product Designer
Varo Money
Product, Design
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Posted on Friday, July 7, 2023
Varo is an entirely new kind of bank. All digital, mission-driven, FDIC insured and designed for the way our customers live their lives. A bank for all of us.
On the Design Team at Varo, we are a growing, ambitious, customer-obsessed group of creatives, researchers, writers, designers, developers, and thinkers who are breaking the model of the banking experience. We believe that financial institutions can provide great products, services, and education to everyone; not only the wealthy. We are the team responsible for delivering on the Varo vision at every touchpoint, from every campaign to every product experience. Join us to change the future of banking.
We are looking for a Sr. Product Designer who believes in the power of design to change the world and is looking for an opportunity to have a positive impact on millions of people's lives. This person will be a roll-your-sleeves-up and dig-in type, who thrives in dynamic, and rapid-growth environments.
*To be considered for this position, applicants must reside near Salt Lake City, UT*
What you’ll be doing
- Create innovative mobile experiences for Varo customers
- Actively participate in design discussions that help define features and contribute to the overall direction of the product experience
- Work closely with engineering to ensure that we are shipping high-quality experiences that achieve impeccable fit and finish
- Build close relationships with your peers in the design organization, proactively soliciting their feedback to improve your work, collectively defining and upholding an integrated, holistic Varo experience across all our products and touchpoints
- Use, contribute to, and evolve our design system in order to craft flows, prototypes, sketches, and high-fidelity visuals for your features
- Work in close collaboration with Design Leadership to inform and improve our processes
- Interview candidates and actively advise on our design hiring process
You’ll bring the following required skills and experiences
- 5+ years of experience in an individual contributor role
- Experience with shipping products and/or significant features on desktop or mobile in an in-house capacity
- An outstanding portfolio
- Mastery of Figma, Sketch, Adobe CS, and other design tools
- Comfortable facilitating and planning out different human-centered design methods and practices to unlock problems and solutions
- Great listener with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Open-minded, accountable, and deeply values and respects team collaboration
- Very coachable and looking to learn from managers, mentors, and team members
- Optimistic, curious, and highly motivated to see your work in the hands of clients so you can learn more
- User-centered, data-informed, and always learning
#MidSenior
We recognize not everyone will have all of these requirements. If you meet most of the criteria above and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you!
About Varo
Varo launched in 2017 with the vision to bring the best of fintech into the regulated banking system. We’re a new kind of bank – all-digital, mission-driven, FDIC-insured, and designed around the modern American consumer.
As the first consumer fintech to be granted a national bank charter in 2020, we make financial inclusion and opportunity for all a reality by empowering everyone with the products, insights, and support they need to get ahead. Through our core product offerings and suite of customer-first features, we aim to address a broad range of consumer needs while profitably serving underserved communities that have been historically excluded from the traditional financial system.
We are growing quickly in our hub locations of San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Charlotte along with colleagues located across the country. We have been recognized among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Forbes’ Fintech 50, and earned the No. 7 spot on Inc. 5000’s list of fastest-growing companies across the country.
Varo. A bank for all of us.
Our Core Values
- Customers First
- Take Ownership
- Respect
- Stay Curious
- Make it Better
Learn more about Varo by following us:
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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/varobank
Twitter - https://twitter.com/varobank
Engineering Blog - https://medium.com/engineering-varo
SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/varobank
Varo is an equal opportunity employer. Varo embraces diversity and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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