Designer, iwoca
Contract
Online loans for small businesses
Posted today
Online loans for small businesses
201-500 employees
Posted today
201-500 employees
Company mission
To fund one million small businesses.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for someone who can design with pace and precision, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and everything in between to bring the product vision to life
- This is a hands-on role for a designer who’s comfortable with ambiguity, keen to collaborate closely with tech and product, and able to move fast without sacrificing quality
- Proven experience designing web applications or dashboards from zero to launch, ideally in fintech or data-heavy environments
- Portfolio showcasing strong UX and UI design skills, with examples of turning complex information into simple, elegant interfaces
- Proficiency in Figma for wireframes, prototyping, and high-fidelity designs
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a fast-paced, iterative environment
- Comfortable engaging directly with tech and product to scope and prioritise work
- A pragmatic approach, balancing craft with pace to hit project milestones
- Experience designing for responsive web is a must; basic understanding of frontend development (HTML, CSS) is a plus
- Knowledge of accessibility principles and how to design inclusively
- (Bonus) Experience working with financial data visualisation or B2B SaaS products
What the job involves
- As a contract designer for Credit Compass (and future business health tools), you’ll be instrumental in shaping the first iteration of our new product
- You’ll work closely with the Tech Lead and wider team to define and deliver intuitive, elegant, and impactful designs that help small businesses understand and improve their financial health
- You'll own the design of key features like:
- Business Health Dashboard
- Financial Health Snapshots
- Credit Score Visualisation
- Cross-sell Journeys
- You’ll help us launch our MVP quickly, while laying the groundwork for future iterations and features
- Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery through to delivery for the Productivity Hub MVP
- Create wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity prototypes that are user-centred and data-informed
- Translate complex financial data and business health metrics into clear, actionable, and visually engaging interfaces
- Collaborate closely with frontend and backend developers as well as the Tech Lead to ensure seamless design handover and implementation
- Design with scalability in mind, balancing immediate MVP needs with longer-term vision
- Incorporate user feedback and data insights into design iterations
- Champion a high bar for visual design, usability, and accessibility
- Contribute to defining the overall look and feel of the Productivity Hub brand expanding on the foundation of an existing design system where needed
- Initial 3-month term with potential to extend after
- Outside IR35
Application process
- We’d love to see your portfolio and hear how you approach designing intuitive, impactful user experiences
Salary benchmarks
Our take
UK SMEs are the backbone of a complex economy that is constantly changing, so the need for fast and responsive access to finance is becoming more and more important to ensure their success and growth. iwoca allows SMEs access to business loans in less than a minute, with its API and business marketplace partnerships.
With offerings like iwoca's, gone are the days where waiting up to eight weeks for a loan decision was viable. Its simplified business loans of £1,000 - £500,000 come with no fees attached, and applying online takes no more than five minutes. The ready availability of iwoca loans gives business owners a level of certainty, so that they can make instant decisions to help their business grow.
iwoca has made a number of partnerships with other players in the business finance space, including an impressive industry-first invoice checkout integration with QuickBooks. Funding raised by the company, which is now operating at net profitability, will enable it to meet a recent surge in demand for corporate loans and offer more to larger SMB businesses. And the company has made several billion in funding available to over 100,000 businesses since launching, positioning itself as a leading European fintech.
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Employee endorsements
Opportunities to learn
"Great opportunities available to learn from both individuals through shadowing, and teams through presentations and even secondment opportunities -..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2019
$13.6m
GRANT
Feb 2019
$27.2m
SERIES D
Total funding: $98m
Company benefits
- Work where you work best: Twice a year we rent houses in places like Sicily and the French Alps where each team can work together for a week poolside. We champion flexible working in all our teams
- Invest in iwoca: We want people to be invested in iwoca's success so after six months you'll be awarded share options
- Keep yourself healthy: We offer comprehensive health insurance and cash plans. You'll also get gym discounts and we host yoga classes in the office every week
- Start (and end) your day right: Each floor of iwoca HQ has a fully stocked fridge for breakfast and every Friday we unwind with beers and wine
- Life-work balance: We know your life outside of work comes first. We offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave for new parents plus a nursery benefit. We also have unlimited unpaid leave
- Learning and development: Whether you want to learn to code, experiment with motion design, or beat cognitive biases, you'll have time and budget to invest in your professional development
Company values
- Motivated: Going to work shouldn't feel like a slog, so we want everyone in the team to personally care about what they're working on. We stay motivated by celebrating our wins, learning from our mistakes, and always looking for new gaps to step into
- Smart: At iwoca being smart isn't about what you know, it's about how you think. Smart thinking means looking at each problem by asking ‘why’ first, then figuring out ‘how’
- Humble: We know all ideas are flawed, all code has bugs, and everyone makes mistakes - it’s how we learn. For us, being humble means you question yourself first, rather than your team
- Growth Mindset: We think there's always a better way to solve a problem. So we never let ourselves get comfortable with being good enough
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Christoph Rieche
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously spent 7 years at Goldman Sachs as a Vice President before co-founding iwoca in 2011.
Joost Versteeg
(CMO)Joost initially joined iwoca in 2017 as an Intern. Since then, they have held a number of roles, from Growth Analyst to Head of Commercial Strategy and became CMO in 2024.
People progressing
Serita joined as a Customer Onboarder, before moving into the Broker Team. Most recently they have been promoted to Partnership Manager.
Leo joined in 2018 as a Client Onboarder. Since then, they have worked in a number of roles and now serve as the Product Manager.
Jenny originally joined the Client Onboarding team and now leads the Customer Success department for the German business.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at iwoca
- We work hard to make iwoca a place where everyone feels welcome, where you can confidently be yourself. We understand that diversity isn't an optional add-on, it's the core ingredient of what makes us great.
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