Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. They are seeking a Staff Product Designer to work on their Brokerage product, partnering closely with engineering and product teams to deliver high-quality experiences for clients.
Responsibilities:
- Understand the investing needs of our customers, empowering both new and sophisticated investors with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions
- Partner closely with engineering, data science and product management to find refined but practical solutions to design challenges
- Create multiple concepts and prototypes, recognizing when meticulous attention to detail is needed and when low-fidelity sketches are adequate for visualizing ideas
- Listen to users to develop the right product strategy and find solutions that delight our customers
- Leverage data to inform your design solutions
- Understand the strategic direction and vision for your working areas and ensure all UX efforts are aligned with that direction
- Raise the craft quality bar at Wealthsimple not just through your own work, but through the mentoring and development of Designers in your domain
- Become a subject matter expert in Stock & Option Trading
- Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies to integrate innovative solutions into our product design
Requirements:
- A deep interest or experience with Trading and how we might build simpler, more accessible services for everyone
- Is an expert practitioner in the craft of product design, capable of delivering thoughtful, polished experiences, including motion and interaction design
- Demonstrated experience designing and shipping consumer-facing products
- Proven ability to turn complex problems into simple experiences
- Strong understanding of how design, product and engineering can work together to ship high-quality experiences quickly and at scale
- Can effectively communicate ideas and project direction to internal teams and stakeholders
- Experience generating user insight by shaping and leading research studies
- Ability to work independently, biasing towards action to drive projects forward