What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Designer position at Visa?
Visa is heavily investing in its Global Product Design Team to help support its growing digital product ecosystem, which is comprised of four specializations: Consumer, Commercial Money Movement, Value-Added Services, and Platforms. We are looking for a Senior Designer to join our Platforms Team.
We believe that great design has the ability to engage and inspire users, and we strive to rethink and redefine how users interact with Visa's applications and products. Our team members are innovative thinkers and strategic problem solvers who are as analytical as they are creative. We value hard work, accountability, and collaboration, and we prize proven skills and team success over personal gain.
In this role, you will model excellent UX principles and mentor junior staff. The Senior Designer is an experienced individual contributor who will be responsible for designing usable, accessible, and engaging user experiences for Visa's digital product line.
Role responsibilities include:
- Design usable, accessible and engaging digital experiences for the web and mobile
- Own and make design decisions based on a thorough understanding of contemporary user-centered design principles
- Exercise independent judgment with minimal direction from supervisor
- Collaborate with business partners and build upon their vision using sound UX principles
- Mentor and provide guidance to junior staff
- Responsible for the strategic oversight of product lines
- Be an advocate for our users
- Capture requirements, design flows, wireframes, testable prototypes and fully fleshed out designs
- Document your designs and consult with engineers to ensure they are built and function as intended
- Effectively demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills
Essential Functions
- Proficiency designing and developing prototypes using Figma, Sketch, Invision or other industry tools
- Proficiency designing high-fidelity mockups using Figma, Sketch or other industry tools
- Subject Matter Expertise in interaction design
- Experience conducting usability tests (including with users with disabilities) a plus
- Experience working with SCRUM in an Agile environment a plus
- Subject Matter Expertise in Accessibility (508/WCAG) a plus
- Group facilitation and teaching (design thinking) skills a plus
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including thorough and methodical attention to detail
- Fully fluent in English and able to understand and be easily understood in English
- Ability to communicate concepts and recommendations confidently to a variety of audiences
- Ability to self-manage time and work independently or as part of a team
- An online portfolio that demonstrates outstanding product and ecosystem thinking
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.