Acorns - Lead Product Designer (Contract)
Responsibilities
• Lead design across multiple Acorns Early and Early Invest initiatives, setting direction from problem framing through high-fidelity design and handoff. • Partner with product and engineering leads to shape scope, prioritize, and make tradeoffs that keep delivery on track. • Translate business goals and customer insight into clear product concepts and experience strategy. • Design experiences that serve parents and kids together, with clarity and trust at the center. • Prototype and test ideas quickly to validate direction before engineering investment. • Guide and give feedback to other designers on the Family team, raising craft and consistency. • Present work and rationale to senior stakeholders and build alignment across teams. • Contribute to the Acorns design system and support engineering through build and QA. • 8+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio of shipped consumer mobile work and clear examples of leading projects end to end. • Proven ability to set design direction and drive alignment across product, engineering, and leadership. • Strong strategic and conceptual thinking, paired with excellent interaction and visual craft. • Ability to ramp up quickly on existing projects and make sound decisions with limited context. • Experience guiding other designers through feedback and critique. • Clear, confident communication and storytelling with senior stakeholders. • Fluency in Figma and modern prototyping tools. • Experience in fintech, investing, or family products is a plus. • Hunger to deliver game-changing products. • Exceptional drive and precision in delivery. • A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission. • Optimistic about the potential of societal change. • You are not expected to have experience with all listed requirements. If you feel passionate about Acorns' mission, vision, and values, please apply.
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