Senior UI/UX Designer

Our client is a pioneering company in the financial technology sector, specializing in listed derivatives. They have developed a unique blocking network that connects block buyers and sellers in ways unparalleled by existing platforms. Their web-based platform serves financial market participants, including asset managers and hedge funds, facilitating block transactions in listed derivatives with enhanced efficiency, independence, and innovation.

About the Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled UI/UX Designer to join our team and take ownership of crafting intuitive, high-performance designs for our trading/fintech products. The ideal candidate will have a strong grasp of user interface and experience design, usability research, and testing, ensuring seamless user journeys.

If you're passionate about designing top-tier fintech experiences and have the expertise to back it up, we'd love to hear from you. Apply with your portfolio!

Requirements

We’re looking for candidates who can demonstrate experience across most of the following:

• Collaborate closely with developers to refine designs and ensure feasibility

• Translate identified customer pains / needs / opportunities into quick concepts as well as more polished designs. This should start with ideation sessions / sketch sessions.

• Iterate based on stakeholder or user isights and feedback

• Conduct user research, analyse insights, and iterate based on findings

• Map out user journeys, including edge cases and alternative flows

• Work with design systems to create consistent, high-fidelity outputs

• Create prototypes for user testing and to help communicate ideas to developers

• Present and justify design choices clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Be proactive in identifying areas for improvement in the overall user experience

Responsibilities

• Design pixel-perfect UI with a strong focus on usability and aesthetics.
• Create seamless user experiences by understanding user behavior and needs.
• Conduct in-depth UX research and usability testing to enhance product performance.
• Own the entire design lifecycle, from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes.
• Utilize Figma as the primary design tool for collaboration and execution.
• Work closely with developers and stakeholders to ensure designs are implemented effectively.
• Continuously refine and improve the product based on feedback and data.

Would be a plus

Familiarity with financial markets, trading platforms, or fintech applications.
Experience with front-end development principles (HTML, CSS, JavaScript knowledge is a plus).