Principle Product Designer - Mobile Apps - UX/UI

Company: East West Bank
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: February 13, 2021

Job Description:

For more than 40 years, East West Bank has served as a pathway to success. With over 130 locations across the U.S. and Greater China, we are the premier financial bridge between the East and West. Our teams of experienced, multi-cultural professionals help guide businesses and community members on both sides of the Pacific looking to explore new markets and create new opportunities. And our sustained growth and expertise in industries like real estate, entertainment and media, private equity and venture capital, high-tech and aviation help build sustainable businesses and expand our employees' potential for career advancement. Headquartered in California, East West Bank (NASDAQ: EWBC) is a top performing commercial bank with an exclusive focus on the U.S. and Greater China markets. With assets of $37.7 billion, we're ranked among the 30 largest banks in the United States and currently top 5 in "America's 100 Best Banks" by Forbes, a list where we've consistently been in the top 15 since 2010. With a strong foundation, an enterprising spirit and a commitment to absolute integrity, East West Bank gives people the confidence to reach further. PRODUCT DESIGNER As a Product Designer, you will play a key role across our product development process, from ideating the next disruptive product innovation to tweaking pixels right before launch. You will utilize your full range of product design, interaction design, and visual design skills, and you will own the experience across our digital banking and personal finance products. You will join our small team of in-house designers in our downtown Palo Alto office who together with our on-site product management and engineering team are reimagining the future of consumer fintech. Our flagship digital product is our mobile app which is built natively in-house for iOS and Android. RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a complex product with full ownership of the product design process, collaborating with and synthesizing the needs of different teams (Product Management, Compliance, Central Operations, Engineering)
• Shape and evolve our design system and the components and styles in our team library
• Take broad, conceptual ideas and turn them into something valuable for digital banking customers
• Design intuitive, usable, simple and engaging interactions and visual designs for mobile
• Provide strategic thinking and leadership
• Contribute to high-level strategic data-oriented decisions with the rest of the product and executive teams
• Give and solicit feedback from other designers to continually raise our bar for quality
• Participate in the development process from definition, through design, build, test, release, and maintenance
• Stay abreast of UX trends and look for creative ideas and inspiration in parallel analogous worlds REQUIREMENTS
  • Up-to-date knowledge of design software including Figma (or Sketch), Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Principle
  • Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
  • Good time-management skills
  • Portfolio of interaction design and application design projects
  • 2+ years work experience as an interaction / product designer
  • Highly desirable: experience designing fintech or banking products
  • Highly desirable: experience with designing mobile apps

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