What excites us at OnDeck? Technology. Innovation. Small businesses. We believe in our employees and power their growth through being challenged every day and offering careers that inspire. We’re all about teamwork, passion and making an impact. Oh and having fun – Whether it’s a game of Ping-Pong, team get-togethers or weekly happy hours in the office.

OnDeck (ONDK) uses data aggregation and electronic payment technology to evaluate the financial health of small and medium sized businesses to efficiently deliver capital to a market underserved by banks. Through the OnDeck platform, millions of small businesses can obtain affordable loans. We are changing the way small businesses borrow money by combining our passion for Main Street with cutting-edge technology. We evaluate businesses based on their actual performance, not personal credit, and that’s enabled us to say “yes” more often and faster than traditional lenders.

In this role you will:

• Creatively solve hard problems.
• Critique, mentor and guide others.
• Design our visual systems.
• Work closely with Product and Marketing to improve our website and customer acquisition.
• Work directly with designers, marketers, product managers and engineers to design and build concepts for web and mobile websites.
• Visual design, brand strategy, extensive experimentation and funnel development.
• Measure everything and have something to show for your work.
• Design for consistency, maintainability and usability.
• Prototype your ideas and designs in an iterative environment.
• Watch real customers use your designs.
• Design multiple concepts to address design challenges or business needs.
• Design for core acquisition flows and experiences.
• Contribute to strategic decisions within the rest of the product organization.

About You:

You’re passionate about people and design. You want small business owners focused on growing their business, not seeking financing.

• Experienced (7+ years) in visual design, art direction, creative direction, interaction design, branding, front-end development or interface design.
• Previous leadership or management experience.
• Previous experience with design consulting, advertising, brand design or marketing communication.
• Previous experience with funnel design, a/b testing and customer acquisition.
• Passionate about hands-on research and talking with people in person and remotely.
• Well versed in universal design principles.
• Experienced with design software of your preference.
• Have working knowledge of HTML, CSS.
• Obsessed with delivering robust solutions to the market quickly, but without sacrificing quality.
• Exceptional at collaboration, project management, writing, documentation and communication.
• Usability advocate who is opposed to unnecessary complexity.
• You’ve designed your own iconography.

Bonus Points:

• Previous experience designing for small business or financial services.
• A degree in fine arts, marketing, human computer interaction, computer science, or interaction design.
• Experience working with SCRUM in an agile environment.
• Familiar with internet memes, animated gifs, video games and hubot (allthethings).
• You’re obsessed with grid systems.

What we offer you:

• Medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k, flex spending plan and life insurance.
• Game night with board, card and video games.
• Smart colleagues who you can learn from.
• Paid/flexible vacations and holidays.
• If you’re sick just stay home and feel better.
• Summer & Holiday events with the entire office!
• Happy hour every Wednesday.
• Fully stocked kitchen with snacks and drinks.

**No recruiters or agencies, please.**