Lead UX Designer, Website
Company Overview:
Circle is a cutting-edge financial technology company revolutionizing the concept of money on the internet, enabling the seamless transfer of value across the globe rapidly and economically. Utilizing innovative blockchain technology like USDC, a digital dollar, Circle empowers businesses, institutions, and developers to leverage these advancements and embrace the evolving intersection of finance and technology.
Our Culture:
At Circle, we prioritize transparency and stability in all our endeavors. As we expand globally into robust jurisdictions, our workforce embodies our core values: Multistakeholder approach, Mindfulness, Commitment to Excellence, and High Integrity. We thrive in a collaborative remote work environment that embraces diversity, fosters creativity, and encourages every team member to contribute and take ownership.
Responsibilities:
Circle seeks a collaborative Lead UX Designer to drive intuitive and user-centric experiences across our digital platforms. Your role involves shaping website user journeys, information architecture, hierarchy, and navigation in collaboration with a team of designers. Reporting to the Director of Digital Marketing, you will work across various departments to conduct research, prototype designs, and simplify complex concepts into engaging user experiences reflective of Circle’s vision.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Crafting intuitive UX structures with a focus on exceptional user experience through wire-framing, flowcharts, and prototyping methods.
- Iterating quickly through customer journey mapping and persona development to improve ongoing website projects.
- Planning and executing user research aligned with the website roadmap to inform stakeholders and enhance user experience.
- Organizing customer discovery sessions and empathy mapping workshops to identify pain points and facilitate design thinking discussions.
- Overseeing and producing architecture-focused deliverables such as information architecture and content structures for projects.
- Managing UX processes, documenting, sharing, and iterating within the team to enhance efficiency.
- Collaborating cross-functionally to ensure design experiments and new features are measurable, trackable, and scalable.
- Meeting project deadlines and maintaining high-quality deliverables aligned with the roadmap objectives.
Core Values:
- Multistakeholder: Ensure dedication to customers, shareholders, employees, and communities.
- Mindful: Foster respect, active listening, and attention to detail in all interactions.
- Driven by Excellence: Pursue goals passionately, striving for customer success and excellence.
- High Integrity: Uphold open and honest communication, maintaining high moral and ethical standards.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of UX experience with digital design or information architecture background.
- Proficiency in developing global web experiences for various devices.
- Hands-on experience in user research, sketching solutions, and wireframing.
- Ability to define and drive the UX process effectively as the sole UX architect in a team.
- Strong portfolio showcasing technical skills and creative thinking.
- Up-to-date knowledge of accessibility standards and SEO best practices.
- Detail-oriented individual with a sense of urgency and consistent follow-through.
- Passion for mainstreaming blockchain, crypto, and finance.
- Familiarity with MacOS, GSuite, LucidChart, Figma, Google Analytics, Superset, Hubspot.
Additional Information:
- This position allows day-one PERM sponsorship for qualified US candidates only.
- Compensation range based on experience, skill set, and organizational needs.
- Salary Range: $130,000 - $170,000.
- Annual Bonus Target: 15%.
- Benefits package includes equity, medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), discretionary vacation policy.
- Generous sick leave and holidays offered.
- Circle is an equal opportunity employer; diversity is valued.
- Participation in the E-Verify program in specific locations in compliance with the law.
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