About the company
Uphold is an easy-to-use investments and payments app. Specialising in digital assets, we serve more than 10 million customers in 150 countries. We open around 3,000 accounts a day and provide consumers with a more versatile and cost-effective home for their daily financial lives. For businesses, we provide regulated infrastructure to connect crypto with fiat currencies. Today, we support over 200 digital assets, 28 national currencies and four precious metals. Our unique trading experience allows customers to trade directly between any supported asset or currency in one step - physical gold to Bitcoin, for example - saving both time and money.
Job Summary
What You'll Be Doing
📍Define product experiences that simplify financial services and foster transparency. 📍Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other designers, to conceptualize and bring innovative product ideas to life. 📍Create user flows, interactions, and experiences that are intuitive, consistent, and optimized across web and mobile platforms. 📍Drive the development of the Uphold Design System to ensure a unified approach to product design. 📍Apply user-centered design principles to create intuitive, user-friendly interfaces and experiences. 📍Utilize service design methodologies to enhance the end-to-end user journey and overall service ecosystem. 📍Demonstrate technical knowledge to create white-label systems and APIs for scalable and customizable solutions. 📍Conduct user research, usability testing, and gather feedback to iterate and improve design solutions. 📍Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and design best practices.
Required Qualifications
📍Minimum 8 years of design experience at consumer-focused tech or media companies. 📍Strong online portfolio showcasing your design skills. 📍Proficiency in designing for multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Desktop) using tools like Figma, Sketch, etc. 📍In-depth knowledge of UX best practices, including user research and accessibility. 📍Fluent written and spoken English.
