Senior Web Designer, Betterment
$115-145k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
Automated investing & financial planning
Job no longer available
Automated investing & financial planning
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$115-145k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.
Role
Who you are
- A portfolio of exceptional web and digital design work demonstrating strong visual and interaction design principles
- 5+ years experience designing responsive websites or web applications, ideally for a design agency or in-house marketing team
- A strong grasp of UX best practices, accessibility, and web typography
- Expertise in Figma and a working understanding of front-end development to inform your process (e.g. , HTML, CSS, responsive frameworks)
- Experience designing within a scalable design system or CMS environment
- High attention to detail and a passion for crafting elegant, usable interfaces
- A collaborative working style—you’ll partner with others to empower consistent brand expression across the web and welcome feedback to refine your work
- Effective communication skills to clearly articulate design rationale and present work confidently to cross-functional teams and executives
- An understanding of financial services and interest in personal finance storytelling
- Familiarity with motion design and microinteractions for the web
- Comfort with performance optimization and accessibility testing tools
- An eye for data visualization and simplifying complex information
What the job involves
- Design, build, and evolve Betterment’s web experience to reflect our growing brand and product offerings across three distinct business lines
- Join the Brand Creative team to collaborate closely with brand designers, writers, and marketing and product design partners to create beautiful, high-performing digital experiences
- Execute across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, partnering with front-end developers, Growth and Product teams to ensure designs are implemented accurately and optimized to meet strategic objectives
- Distill financial products and features into easy-to-understand concepts, giving people confidence to build wealth with a trusted partner
- Translate our brand principles and design systems into cohesive, responsive web layouts and interactive components
- Collaborate with product marketing and web operations partners to improve site performance, accessibility, and user experience, using data and feedback to create informed designs for testing and iteration
- Work among a talented team of designers, providing and receiving feedback to ensure a cohesive experience across all digital touchpoints
Application process
- Link to portfolio required
- We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues
- In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions
- On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency. As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision. Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process
- We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career, and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!
Our take
Betterment is an app-based investment platform that provides personal finance data and guidance to retail users through a range of real-world data and AI analytics to deliver investment advice to customers.
The company has become the largest independent digital investment advisor in the U.S. Having expanded its 401k business, Betterment has entered the world of Crypto, partnering with Gemini to offer customized crypto portfolios and its "Crypto Investing by Betterment" platform.
Betterment has a wealth of competition in this increasingly crowded space. Other robo advisors offering similar services include Moneyfarm, Wealth Simple, M1 Finance and Personal Capital. Going forward, Betterment hopes to further distance itself from rivals as it further innovates its platform.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$60m
SERIES F
Jul 2017
$70m
SERIES E
Total funding: $335m
Company benefits
- Get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision, plus a free subscription to One Medical.
- We encourage you to take time off (seriously) and get the rest you need to do your best work.
- Employees welcoming little ones are eligible for our robust parental leave policy after six months of employment.
- We offer a 401(k) match and a match on qualified student loan payments.
- Gain a stake in Betterment’s success with company equity grants.
- Snacks, beverages, and catered lunches at our NYC HQ.
- We provide LGBTQIA+ transition and fertility support.
- Make connections through seven employee affinity groups and a social calendar of hybrid events.
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Sarah Kirshbaum Levy
(CEO)Prior to joining Betterment in 2020, Sarah served as the COO for Viacom Media Networks.
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