Senior Product Designer (Remote) at Kredete Limited

Kredete is a financial technology platform that helps African immigrants in the diaspora build credit through instant international money transfers to 22+ countries, with low fees. We also offer businesses an API-based infrastructure for secure and low-cost cross-border payments to many African countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Product Designer

Location: Remote
Job type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are looking for a highly skilled and creative Senior product Designer to join our dynamic team in the fintech industry, focusing on banking and remittance products for both individuals and businesses.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for collaborating with cross-functional teams to create unique, user-centered design solutions across multiple platforms, while ensuring consistency with the company’s brand identity.
• They must be capable of working independently, conducting thorough research to fully improve and understand the products, and fostering fast delivery with regular updates.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive design initiatives across all company platforms, ensuring design strategies are both innovative and user-centered, with a deep understanding of banking and remittance products for individuals and businesses.
• Independently create and coordinate asset designs, including illustrations, motion graphics, and other visuals, while always ensuring consistency with the company’s brand identity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and design teams, to ensure alignment on product vision and user experience.
• Conduct independent research to fully understand product needs, competitive landscapes, and user expectations, and translate insights into actionable design frameworks.
• Act as an hands-on designer, producing quality work while ensuring strategic alignment with business, products, and customer needs, and staying responsive to rapidly changing product requirements.
• Deliver high-quality design assets within tight timelines, maintaining a fast-paced, iterative process without compromising user experience.
• Advocate for user-centered design by integrating feedback from user testing, product teams, and market insights into the design process.
• Stay ahead of design trends and innovations in fintech, ensuring that the company’s products remain competitive and appealing within a fast-evolving industry landscape.
• Work closely with the Lead designer to maintain fast delivery, while helping improve design processes and maintain high-quality work across all projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Design, UI/UX Design, Interaction Design, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in UX design, interaction design, or related roles, with at least 3 years in a senior role. Experience in fintech, banking, or B2B products is essential.
• Demonstrated experience in asset design, illustration, and motion graphics, with an exceptional portfolio showcasing user-centered design solutions across desktop, mobile, and web platforms.
• Proficient in design thinking, rapid prototyping, and design systems, with the ability to scale designs for complex, multi-feature products.
• Deep understanding of fintech products, particularly banking and remittance services, with experience designing for both individuals and businesses.
• Ability to manage fast-paced design processes with continuous improvements and fast shipping of products.

Application Closing Date
14th October, 2024.