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User Experience Designer

Posted 7 Days Ago
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Hybrid
New York, NY
140K-175K
Mid level
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New York, NY
140K-175K
Mid level
As a User Experience Designer, you'll create prototypes, collaborate with teams, and conduct user research to improve product design.
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Octus

Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.
For more information, visit: https://octus.com/

Working at Octus

Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, pet-friendly offices (US only), and much more. 
Role

Octus is seeking a User Experience designer to join our Product Design team. Duties include creating high-fidelity prototypes, and component libraries, working with front end developers to ensure designs are developed to spec, and creating best-in-class experiences for our users.

Responsibilities:

  • Creating Designs in Figma: Creating components, high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes in Figma.
  • Creating Animations: Creating animations using the Adobe Suite to be used in our product and mobile app.
  • Requirements Documentation: Creating proper design documentation that outlines features clearly for the development team.
  • Collaboration with Customer Success and Product Strategy: Working closely with our customer success teams on the metrics they need about their clients and working closely with our Product Strategy team to determine requirements for new features.
  • User Research: Review full story, user feedback, conduct interviews and distill information from user research to be used across designs.

Requirements: 

  • A bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), UX, or related field
  • A strong understanding of UX deliverables (user journeys, flows, stories, etc.)
  • Ability to create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes at all levels of fidelity
  • Ability to partner with product, engineering, and QA teams
  • Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, or similar

At Octus, we consider a range of factors in connection with compensation decisions, including experience, skills, location, and our business needs and limitations. As a result, compensation may vary within and across similar roles and positions. Please note that the salary range information below is a good faith estimate for this position and actual compensation for any individual may fall outside this range if warranted by the circumstances applicable to that individual. If we identify a role that would be suitable for a broader range of skills and experience such that we would consider hiring at multiple levels then the range listed below may reflect that breadth.

The base salary range estimate for this position is $140,000 - $175,000. 

The actual compensation will be at Octus' sole discretion and will be determined by the aforementioned and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for an annual year-end performance bonus.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.

Top Skills

Adobe Creative Suite
Figma
Sketch

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