Principal Product Designer
Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Boston
Posted on: April 23, 2024
Job Description:
Job Description:Fidelity Labs is seeking an experienced and
customer-focused Principal Product Designer to join a newly formed
startup, looking to develop the next generation of financial
products and services.At Fidelity Labs, we don't accept the status
quo. We're debating, experimenting, researching, teaching, and
collaborating on new ideas to help people live better financial
lives. We have dedicated multi-functional teams that operate like
startups, but have the backing and resources of Fidelity to ensure
that we are able to focus on the things that matter. Using a
combination of ingenuity, and innovation methodologies, our
startups take a customer-centric approach to problem solving, with
a focus on rapid experimentation, and the permission to fail.The
TeamThe Principal Product Designer is a key member of the startup,
playing an important role in the strategy and development of new
products through reciprocal concepting, wireframing, prototyping,
and ultimately building clean, pixel-perfect UI to be developed and
delivered to happy users.This role calls for a strong individual
contributor, equally as comfortable virtual whiteboarding and
concepting with the team as new features are being developed as you
are putting on headphones and cranking out appealing, intuitive UI
design. As part of a tight-knit team charged with crafting new
products and services, the Principal Product Designer is passionate
about first understanding the needs of our customers, then helping
to shape innovative solutions to address them. The ideal candidate
is an effective communicator that loves what they do and brings a
creative, dynamic, collaborative spirit to the office every day.
With a proven attention to detail and a passion for advocating for
the needs of the customer, they live for interactive design, have a
strong individual work ethic with a maniacal attention to detail,
strive to produce the work at the highest quality standards and
absorb design knowledge and trends.The Expertise You Have
- BA/BS degree in graphic design, communication design,
human-computer interaction, or a related field, or equivalent
practical experience
- Experience participating in the full product development
lifecycle of web, mobile, and/or software applications
- 4-8 years of work experience in some combination of UI/UX
roles, or similar role in a related field
- The ability to reciprocally partner with peers (researchers,
design directors, content strategists, product managers) to
understand customer needs, motivations, and behaviors and translate
them into deliverable tasks
- Experience crafting design artifacts such as wireframes,
interactive prototypes, and pixel-perfect design comps
- Experience using style guides and component/pattern libraries
in a detailed and consistent manner
- Experience with Agile methodology and tools
- Proven expertise with Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative
Cloud
- Experience facilitating user research and building detailed
synthesis outputs
- Experience with crypto, blockchain, and concepts surrounding
decentralized finance a plusThe Skills You Bring
- Good listening skills, with the ability to communicate design
rationale to key partners outside of the design team (such as
business, legal, technology teams)
- Formal observation and facilitation of customer and user
feedback sessions, contextual research, and usability tests
- Ability to keep up in a fast-paced environment. Experience with
Agile is not necessary, but a plus
- Ability to self-manage time and tasks
- A clean aesthetic
- Solid attention to detail and a systematic approach to applying
a design library
- You demonstrate a clear and compelling design sense grounded in
compassion and thoughtfulness
- You demonstrate to others 'how' and 'why' design decisions are
made
- Ability to collaborate with engineering and technology partners
to ensure that code is being built as designed during projects
- You have a powerful impulse to improve existing designs, invent
new experiences, and perform better than our competition
- A consistent curiosity for implementing new design software and
tools to help improve workflowThe Value You Deliver
- Bringing business ideas to life, through sketching,
wireframing, prototyping, designing and shipping products
- Helping your team deliver valuable experiences to our
customers
- Facilitating and inspiring idea generation techniques
- Sharing your expert knowledge with a design team that wants to
develop their skills to be the best in the
industryCertifications:Company Overview Fidelity Investments is a
privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial
well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their
future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in
delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions
and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions
to help invest their own clients' money. Join Us At Fidelity,
you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that
positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take
advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage
of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home.
Honored with a , we have been recognized by our employees as a top
10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance
background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities
for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.
blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in
person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid
roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one
assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024,
the requirement will be two full assigned weeks). At Fidelity, we
value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and
customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may
require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during
the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity
offer will need to go through a background investigation, , and may
be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This
investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil
litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and
credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account
for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where
permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a
pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following
substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates,
phencyclidine. We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at . Fidelity
Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the
most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse
workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and
belonging. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with
disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application
or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation,
contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to , or by
calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.
We welcome those with experience in jobs such as Marketing
Coordinator, Director Of Marketing, and Marketing Manager and
others in the Marketing, Advertising and PR to apply.
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