Principal User Experience Design Lead

At LendingPoint, we believe that everyone deserves to feel the power of possibilities. As an online fintech company, we’ve created advanced consumer, small business, and merchant point-of-sale lending solutions to unlock access to affordable loans and empower those working to build their financial potential. By creating technology that sees your potential, we’re driving a better lending and borrowing experience by finding more reasons to say “yes.”

More than just a job, LendingPoint is an exciting career choice where you’ll bring your expertise and experience to a talented team focused on fostering positive new customer experiences that inspire loyalty.

Are we speaking about you?  Then keep reading.

What You’ll Do Day to Day: 

Responsible for UX design of Web and Mobile Applications to support building our next generation of Applications.  Define requirements and produce high-quality UX and UI deliverables. Rapidly iterate on prototypes and be able to conduct user testing to evaluate designs.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and development teams to create business solutions and define system requirements.
• Lead UX design and prototyping efforts; provide design support during development and assist with QA as needed.
• Create high-quality UX and UI deliverables to communicate the intended user experience such as screen flow diagrams, prototypes, mockups, icons, and UI specification.
• Work closely with developers to develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications, through entire project lifecycle.
• Communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences at varying levels of the organization articulating design ideas, decisions, and rationale.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data from user testing and business analytics to make design decisions.
• Validate success post-launch through analytics and customer feedback.
• Maintain a user-centered approach in design perspective and practice.
• Complete ad-hoc requests based on the needs and priorities of the company.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or related fields.
• 5 years’ experience as a User Experience Designer or similar role.
• 3 years’ experience creating interactive experiences with prototyping software.
• 3 years’ experience working directly with developers for implementation of designs.
• Strong design capabilities within wireframing, prototyping, interaction design, and UI design.
• Experience using design tools such as Sketch, InVision, Figma, etc. 
• Knowledge of UX and UI design principles, responsive design, user testing, and A/B testing.
• Understanding of HTML, JavaScript and CSS that informs design and interaction decisions.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and synthesize input from business leaders, product management, and engineering.
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Cloud and Visio.
• Experience within the Financial industry preferred.