UX & UI Designer, Travelex
6 Months Contract
Foreign exchange platform
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Foreign exchange platform
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To simplify their customers’ access to international money, however and whenever.
Role
Who you are
- Must have experience with a tokenised approach to UI design and development (Figma variables and/or Tokens Studio use)
- Process driven, with a meticulous approach to digital asset creation, file management and project documentation
- Familiarity with front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to effectively communicate with development teams
- Practical knowledge of UX role in agile Scrum methodology ways of working
- Experience maintaining design systems with UI libraries in Figma
- A question driven, user focused approach to problem solving
- The ability to confidently present, actively listen and question, during Product meeting scenarios
- Extensive experience building and managing UI libraries in Figma with a particular focus on the role of variables and modes
- Working knowledge of MV testing and personalisation platforms
- Excellent knowledge of working tools i.e., Figma, Miro, Trello, Jira, Confluence Microsoft Office 365,
- Keen interest in emerging technologies
Desirable
- Degree in UXD or a relative qualification and/or experience
- Experience contracting in a global or corporate setting, especially within fast-paced, digital product environments
- Knowledge of the Tailwind CSS framework and designing for React Native builds
- Portfolio examples of past CMS or white-label design collaborations
- Portfolio examples of past finance or ecommerce design solutions
What the job involves
- As Travelex continues to enhance its digital customer offering, a significant online platform and frontend rebuild initiative requires the skills of two contract Product Designers, with expertise in UX and UI Design
- These designers will join a high-functioning in-house team, focused on building user-centric solutions
- Over a 6-month period, they will play a pivotal role improving product usability, while aligning with strategic business objectives
- This will be achieved through comprehensive discovery, definition, and design processes
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including Product Managers, Developers, Researchers and fellow Designers, to drive the end-to-end design process
- Evolve, manage, and maintain a comprehensive UI component library within Figma, ensuring consistency across all design deliverables
- Design, document, and maintain reusable components (including usage guidelines and best practices) as part of a wider design system, ensuring alignment with both current and future product requirements
- Create high-fidelity user interfaces that solve known usability issues, with the application of research findings, design principles and the Travelex UI library
- Consider design solutions in the context of white-label and partner delivery
- Present design solutions to stakeholders, articulating rationale and the user-centric insights that drove the approach
- Remote role with some task related travel
Our take
As well as providing people with cash to travel, Travelex is a key supplier of wholesale banknotes to global financial institutions, central banks, credit unions, travel agencies, hotels and casinos.
The company has made strategic partnerships to further its product capabilities, most recently in the APAC region. Together with Nium it has launched its “Travelex International Money Transfer”, connecting users in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore with over 50 markets across the world. Meanwhile, its partnership with Kayak helps customers plan trips within its overhauled Money Card app.
Travelex is focused on further investing in developing its products. This will involve solutions that support their B2B2C aspirations and working with retail distributions to give customers the opportunity to self-serve more at the airport or pre-trip. The company’s global network and an ever-expanding list of capabilities has Travelex well-positioned to remain a strong market leader.
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Company benefits
- Additional Benefits Vary by Location
- 22 Days Plus Bank Holidays Pro-Rata
- Employee Discount Platform with Everyday Rewards by Bravo at Hundreds of Shops & Online Stores
- Employee Assistance Program
- Season Ticket Loan/Ride to Work Scheme
- Life & Dental Insurance, Critical Illness Cover
Company values
- Customer Centric - We commit to excellent service and product offerings for our customers and partners
- Colleagues at our core - We believe our colleagues are our key differentiator, we aim to create a safe and dynamic environment where all colleagues can thrive, feel supported and engaged, and reach their full potential
- Compliance culture - We have unique regulatory knowledge and capability, putting compliance and risk management at the core of our partnerships and service offerings
- Competitive advantage - We know our long-standing brand, expertise and footprint make us one of the market leading specialist providers of international money
- Committed, focused investment - We focus on optimising, investing and innovating to deliver value for our customers and partners, and our shareholders
Company HQ
Peterborough, UK
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Leadership
Richard Wazacz
(CEO, not founder)Former CEO of BrickVect, and Founder of Octopus Wealth, and Octopus Labs. Became CEO of Travelex in 2022.
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