Principal Visual Designer
Company Overview:
Circle is a leading financial technology company driving innovations in the field of digital payments. We focus on enabling global, instant, and cost-effective money transfers, leveraging cutting-edge technologies that empower businesses, institutions, and developers. Our aim is to revolutionize the world of finance through products like USDC, a blockchain-based dollar, ultimately fostering economic growth and inclusion globally.
What You'll Join:
Circle upholds a culture of transparency, stability, and growth within a remote-friendly work environment that values collaboration and diversity. We are guided by our core values encompassing Multistakeholder mindset, Mindfulness, Pursuit of Excellence, and High Integrity. As part of our team, individuals contribute to our success by embracing new ideas and embodying a collective stakeholder spirit.
Responsibilities:
Our team at Circle is seeking a Principal Visual Designer to enhance the quality and consistency of user experiences, establish design standards, and provide mentoring to elevate the overall design approach and execution. By deep diving into customer needs, the role entails owning the visual framework and interaction elements across Circle’s product range, launching new features, and contributing to our customer-centric success alongside Product Management, Engineering, and fellow designers.
Key Areas of Focus:
- Develop and promote foundational design concepts for product development
- Evolve and standardize the visual language of design experiences through ongoing iteration
- Use prototypes and motion design to convey design concepts effectively
- Ensure visual coherence across all customer touchpoints
- Collaborate across interdisciplinary teams to drive visual consistency and experience alignment
- Contribute to nurturing design practices and workflows within a growing team to enhance product scalability
Qualifications:
Lead Visual Designer:
- Over 7 years of experience in visual or UI design with a track record of setting design direction collaboratively
- Proficient in iterating design processes to optimize user experiences
- Ability to convey complex concepts through design solutions
- Skilled at designing seamless cross-channel experiences, including desktop and mobile platforms
- Embraces a minimalist design philosophy and advocates for design system adoption
- Experience working on consumer and B2B/SASS digital products, familiarity with crypto and fintech design a plus
Principal Visual Designer:
- Meets all Lead Visual Designer criteria plus:
- More than 12 years of visual or UI design experience with a strong ownership of design outcomes and direction
- Demonstrated impact of design decisions on process efficiencies and business results
- Proficient in identifying connections across diverse product areas to solve common design challenges
- Regularly contributes to design team processes and employs systems thinking for design components and primitives
Additional Information:
- Eligibility for immediate PERM sponsorship for qualified candidates.
- Compensation is determined based on various factors such as relevant experience, qualifications, and business requirements. Compensation range may vary for candidates in different locations.
- Base Salaries:
- Lead Visual Designer: $157,500 - $207,500
- Principal Visual Designer: $187,500 - $240,000
- Annual Bonus Targets:
- Lead Visual Designer: 15%
- Principal Visual Designer: 17.5%
- Benefits include Equity & comprehensive health and retirement packages, discretionary vacation policy, paid sick leave, and holidays.
- Circle is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and does not discriminate on personal attributes.