Product Designer
BitPay, Inc., founded in 2011, is the world’s leading blockchain (cryptocurrency) payments company, serving industry-leading merchants on six continents by providing a seamless, secure cryptocurrency payments experience. BitPay builds powerful tools for accepting, storing, and spending cryptocurrency securely.
We’re looking for a talented designer with engaging product experiences! The ideal candidate will have an outstanding portfolio that is a testament to their empathy for users, ability to balance the simple with the fun and robust and visual design sensibilities. We are looking for a designer who is comfortable iterating fast and communicating ideas to both a technical and non-technical team.
In this role you will be a part of a collaborative team working together with design, development and product management team members. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding design opportunity in an innovative and fast-paced environment, this role could be perfect for you!
Responsibilities:
- See product features from the wireframe phase to mockups and implementation
- Create prototypes and present to team
- Conduct User Research Studies
- Develop user scenarios, user flows, and interaction models
- User advocacy and design iterations driven by user testing
- Participate in development scrum meetings
- Evaluate and flesh out product specs prior to implementation
- Work collaboratively with developers to translate designs into the final product
- Work directly with Product, Development, and other stakeholders
- Understanding of responsive design for different screen sizes
Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional experience designing digital products
- An impressive portfolio showcasing consumer-oriented user experience product design
- An understanding of both conceptual interaction design as well as visual design
- Experience working at startup/growth stage company or have experience designing great products in a tight timeline
- The ability and willingness to work quickly, and take effective short-cuts to launch MVPs, and test hypotheses to inform further iterations
- Mastery of process and visual design apps (Figma, sketch, etc.)
- Experience creating web and app prototypes through the wireframes and visual designs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice to Have
- Prior crypto or payments industry experience
- Experience writing clean, production-ready HTML5, and CSS3 web applications
What we offer
- Work with an extraordinary team of smart, fun, and highly motivated people
- An exciting, fast-growing tech company with a global presence where you can solve complex problems and make an impact every day
- Awesome learning and growth opportunities with professional development reimbursement
- A competitive salary with comprehensive benefits including fully paid medical and dental employee plans, telemedicine, life insurance, disability insurance, vision coverage, 401k, travel assistance, and more!
- Option to be paid in bitcoin and enjoy a bitcoin match program
- Everyone is eligible for annual stock option awards
- Generous time off including a sabbatical and the opportunity to choose your own holidays
- Home office allowance, internet/cell reimbursement, free Amazon Prime and Spotify
- A remote-first company, with the option to work in our Alpharetta office in the beautiful, walkable restaurant/shopping district of Avalon
