Senior Product Designer, Mobile

Aquent is partnering with a leading, established, and profitable remote-first consumer platform with a global footprint. This dynamic company operates with the agility of a startup but the stability of a market leader, focusing heavily on community-driven features and robust financial infrastructure. Their product supports millions of active users and processes high volumes of peer-to-peer transactions daily, making a significant impact on global digital interactions.

Are you a visionary ready to shape the future of mobile experiences for a global community? In this pivotal role, you will lead the re-imagination and evolution of mobile applications, delivering seamless, engaging experiences that impact millions of users daily. Your expertise will be crucial as you innovate across critical areas like storytelling, user-generated content, search and discovery, video, and payments, driving significant product evolution and user engagement.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced individual to own the full design lifecycle for mobile platforms, collaborating with cross-functional partners to bring groundbreaking ideas to life. This is an incredible opportunity to make a tangible difference on a global scale, influencing how millions interact with a platform that thrives on community and innovation. You will be instrumental in defining the user experience, ensuring our mobile offerings are not just functional, but truly inspiring and intuitive for a diverse international audience.

What You'll Do

• Define interaction and visual design standards for mobile products, setting the benchmark for excellence.
• Design user-centric experiences that skillfully balance user needs with business goals, ensuring scalability and global applicability.
• Own and continuously evolve the mobile design system, driving consistency and efficiency across platforms.
• Provide a crucial international design perspective within the product organization, championing diverse user needs.
• Actively partner with the research team to conduct and analyze user research, transforming insights into impactful design solutions.
• Work collaboratively with teams across the company to build a mature ecosystem that genuinely serves and empowers the community.
• Collaborate effectively with partners on cross-functional teams to ensure seamless alignment and execution of design initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Solid professional experience leading design for mobile applications across both iOS and Android platforms.
• A compelling portfolio showcasing a proven track record of designing thoughtful, engaging, and highly usable mobile experiences.
• In-depth knowledge of platform-specific design patterns and conventions across iOS and Android.
• Experience designing experiences for consumers in diverse regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia.
• Demonstrated experience designing with international privacy laws and regulations in mind.
• Experience designing for commerce-based companies, specifically with international checkout experiences.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to consistently frame, explain, and support design decisions to peers and stakeholders, and deeply understand their feedback.
• Strong foundational strengths in information architecture, interaction design, and visual design.
• Comfortable using both formal and informal methods to gather and provide constructive feedback.
• Proficiency with leading design programs like Figma and comfortable with prototyping.
• A deep sense of empathy for communities and a recognition of their vital contribution to the ecosystem.
• An understanding of the challenges inherent in the creative process and the dedication required to bring projects to life.

The target hiring compensation for this role is a $158,393 base salary. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Skill

Skill connects the best professional, IT, engineering, financial and administrative talent with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to benefits such as health benefit contributions, retirement plans with match and flexible spending accounts.

Skill is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.