Staff Product Designer, Affirm
$169-240k
Salary dependent on candidates location
POS installment loans
Job no longer available
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$169-240k
Salary dependent on candidates location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years experience in communications & growth strategy, user experience, communications design or product focused roles
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Hands on experience in designing components and contributing to the development of design systems
- Exceptional visual design & information architecture skills with a balanced understanding of ‘just right’ design & timeliness
- High level proficiency with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Contentful, SFMC
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Lottiefiles, WCAG
- Comfort in ambiguity: you are able to self-direct, prioritize, and clearly communicate with stakeholders in shifting environments
- Reliability: you communicate clearly and follow through
- Humility: you recognize the efforts & importance of all contributors to the Design System & Design
Desirable
- UX writing experience
- Experience with consumer finance and/or payments
What the job involves
- This role will report into the Design Systems & Growth UX team and will design best-in-class communications, scale the Design System to accommodate communications in Figma as well as email HTML templating tools, and take on growth initiatives to systematically expand our consumer growth
- The Design Systems team is a small group of systems thinkers & connectors focused on the cohesive strategy of building, scaling, maturing, and improving the user experience across our surfaces.
- As Affirm scales, the Design System is an integral piece of ensuring a premium, consistent, trustworthy, and delightful experience for our users
- Lead the design of end to end growth UX initiatives
- Design scalable systems, experiences, and frameworks with a focus on clarity, performance, high craft and visual luster
- Working closely with Content Designers, you will lead the refinement of the visual language of the Affirm Communications Strategy
- Author detailed documentation for the Affirm Communications Design System to outline guidelines and standards for us by other Designers, Engineers, Marketers, & Content Designers
- Be agile about providing context and incorporating feedback from Affirmers at all levels – engaging with teams across Affirm to educate, inform, and answer questions
- Partner closely with Engineering, Research, Content Design, Product Management, Product Marketing, Brand and Compliance & Legal to execute delightful user experiences
Our take
Affirm offers point-of-sale loans to consumers, working with merchants like Shopify, KAYAK, and Walmart. Buy now, pay later transactions have grown in popularity in recent years, and this business is tapping into the market with a totally different approach to credit - by delivering the Affirm card, the first US debit card with the option to pay-over-time.
Boasting over 21M consumers and 337,000+ merchants, the company offers flexible payback options, ranging from 3 to 36 months. The interest rates run between 0% and 30%, so, while they are not necessarily the cheapest option, Affirm prides itself on having no fees for late payments, no hidden charges, and total transparency about what people will pay before they take out a loan.
Affirm collects payments from the customers and pays the merchants directly, shouldering the risk itself. The company has boosted its market share, expanding its availability beyond the US to include most of Canada, and continues to launch new features and create new partnerships towards bettering its offering.
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Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2020
$500m
SERIES G
Apr 2019
$300m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
- Spending Wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses
- Supportive Communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups
- Remote-first Workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country
- Generous Time Off: Take the time you need when life happens
- Health Benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs
- Mental Healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs
- Parental Leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
- Away Days: We offer 20 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
- Learning & Development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Levchin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has founded/co-founded numerous companies, holding various executive positions at each, including Paypal, Slide, Glow, HVF Labs, and SciFi VC. Also worked at large brands including Google, Yelp, Yahoo, and Evernote.
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