Staff Product Designer (Remote)

Origin is reimagining wealth management by making it accessible and affordable to all. Today, money is the [#1] source of stress – more than jobs, health, and relationships combined. That stress is exacerbated in the current economic environment, which is presenting people with once-in-a-generation financial challenges. Origin is tackling this problem head on by expanding access to financial planning for those who have historically been boxed out due to high barriers to entry. Our product simplifies finances for individuals making it easy to manage spend and investments, get expert advice, and take action to hit financial goals.

We are a fast-paced startup in the series B round, led by repeat founders and backed by leading VC firms like Founders Fund, Felicis, and General Catalyst.

About The Role

Mission

Your mission at Origin will be to carry out an end-to-end design process based on user insights and a comprehensive range of studies, considering benchmarking, world-class design standards, and usability criteria. You will iterate on ideas with multiple teams and stakeholders and develop a polished final version that ensures a high-quality standard for the user experience and interface.

Responsibilities

• You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and marketing people.
• You’ll translate research insights into design solutions.
• You’ll create user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to iterate design concepts.
• You’ll develop high-definition visual designs that align with the brand and improve user interaction.
• You’ll ensure and advocate for a seamless and intuitive UX.
• You’ll prepare files for handoff and collaborate with developers to ensure your design implementation matches the intended UX.
• You’ll plan and conduct usability testing to validate your design decisions, gathering feedback and making refinements based on testing results.
• You’ll communicate your design decisions and rationale effectively to both design and non-design stakeholders, incorporating feedback from stakeholders and users into your designs.
• You’ll create and update design documentation, such as design specifications and style guides.
• You’ll contribute to project planning sessions and help define design milestones.
• You’ll communicate regularly with team members and stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• You’ll solve design challenges and address issues that arise during the design and development process.

Must have

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience in Design, Communication or Computer Science;
• At least 5+ years as a Product Designer with digital products;
• Previous experience in fintech or products for financial institutions;
• Evidence of strategic product thinking with the ability to develop product goals and make decisions based on the impact on people and the company;
• Ability to showcase your design process that includes interaction and visual design artifacts, various iterations, and high-fidelity prototypes;
• Must be a self-starter and able to independently move projects forward, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines;
• Fluent or native English skills;
• Effective in a remote setting and able to overlap with our core hours of 9 AM to 2 PM PST.

What We Offer

Financial Benefits:

• Generous base salary
• Meaningful equity package
• Retirement 401k for USA-based Originals

Healthcare and wellness programs:

• Healthcare
• Wellness stipend
• Mental wellness program
• Unlimited access to financial planning
• Life insurance for USA-based Originals

Work-life balance:

• Unlimited PTO
• Remote-first culture
• Flexible hours (Core hours: 9 AM to 2 PM PT)
• Paid Parental Leave

Additional perks:

• Parenthood and fertility assistance
• Monthly co-working membership reimbursement
• English tutoring stipend for International Originals
• Build your home-office one-time stipend
• Pick your setup (Apple, Windows) and accessories

About Originals

Fulfilling our mission is only possible with a diverse team that breathes for excellence and is hugely committed to making money simple for everyone, everywhere.

As a team, we are obsessed with delivering the best solution possible to our members through an elegant and self-guided experience. We know that building a product of this magnitude requires from us tons of creativity, autonomy, and flexibility to move fast and embrace uncertainties with ownership. This is who we daily pursue to be!

To embrace talented people like this and provide the necessary resources to achieve their best versions, we believe in the power of a healthy environment where each person is valued for who they are and have clear goals and expectations for the future they can build within the company. Each person here is seen as a key player in our team.

Our environment is diverse, with excellent people and equal opportunities. We believe in the power of the individuality and uniqueness of each of us to make our team even more powerful.

We are building an outstanding solution, and here is an invitation for you to become an Original and join us on this journey!