User Experience Designer

Kasasa (formerly BancVue) powers products and services such as Kasasa rewards checking, personal finance management, online account opening, and savings accounts, and online marketing for community banks and credit unions.

he User Experience Designer is charged with being an advocate for the end user by designing experiences that balance optimal usability for a specific situation with consistency throughout the system. The User Experience Designer is tasked with ensuring that solid UX research, testing, and best practices are implemented consistently across Kasasa’s ecosystem of products while embodying the Patch Values. UX Designers at Kasasa should understand the overarching product goals and find creative solutions that meet the needs of many stakeholders. You should be comfortable working on large-scale projects from scratch, determining which methodologies and solutions to apply before beginning work on the management and implementation steps of the process and be strategically minded and solutions oriented.

* Infuse the Patch Values into your work ethic, every day and every interaction * Be a right hand to the Kasasa Product team in helping to prioritize products and features * Be familiar and comfortable with creating new interface solutions for a spectrum of devices * Create user flows, wireframes, recommendations, prototypes, and other UX deliverables * Understand how to interpret metrics to improve on existing designs and functionality * Stay apprised of the latest technologies and innovations in banking and tech

* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required * 5+ years of experience in UX/UI roles * Involvement in the UX professional community * Deep knowledge of design, usability, and UX best practices * Familiarity with the banking industry and its compliance rules * Keeping up with the latest technologies, trends, and innovations in design, development, and #fintech * Experience working with consumer-facing and enterprise applications is preferred * Experience working within an agile development process is a plus * Proficient with a comprehensive wireframing/prototyping tool * Experience designing for consumer-facing software strongly preferred * Previous experience designing for mobile devices also preferred * Previous experience with responsive design preferred as well * Passionate about refining and revising UI for greater measurable efficiency * Experience with research and testing best practices for web and mobile applications * Experience with analytics tools and interpretation of data to guide design decisions * A solid understanding of key UX artifacts and behavioral psychology fundamentals * Background in visual design, technical writing or front-end development a plus * Exceptional attention to detail