Interaction Designer

Aquent is partnering with a leading financial institution dedicated to empowering individuals to manage their finances confidently and independently. This organization is at the forefront of digital innovation, continuously striving to simplify complex financial experiences and deliver intuitive, user-centric solutions that directly impact the day-to-day lives of millions. Your design expertise will be instrumental in shaping the future of digital interactions for a vast user base. Are you ready to make a significant impact? This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated and collaborative design team within a key digital channel. In this pivotal role, you won’t just be designing in isolation; you’ll be a vital connector, collaborating across various product squads and partnering directly with the team responsible for scaling our robust digital ecosystem. Your mission is to craft intuitive, simplified self-service capabilities, directly influencing how users confidently manage their financial lives. This is your chance to move beyond execution to true ownership, becoming a key voice in strategic decision-making as you develop deep domain expertise in digital financial services.

Responsibilities

Solve Complex Challenges: Tackle ambiguous, complex workflows and transform them into elegant, user-centric design solutions; Champion the Design System: Collaborate with designers and developers to implement the design system, ensuring code and documentation remain highly accurate, uniform, and up to date; Drive Product Delivery: Actively participate in product delivery through proactive planning, task assignment, and high-quality execution; Advance the Practice: Mentor peers, promote design system adoption, and actively maintain and evolve shared design libraries

Requirements

4–7 years of dedicated experience in Interaction/UX Design (with specific expertise across Interaction and Visual design); Design Systems Expertise: Proven experience creating assets and maintaining comprehensive documentation for design systems; Advanced Responsive Design: Strong mastery of current best practices for both Responsive Web and Mobile platforms; UX Methodology & Content-First Approach: A demonstrable understanding of Design Thinking processes, with a preference for content-first design strategies; Critical Thinking & Autonomy: Strong decision-making skills and the ability to navigate uncertainty proactively; Communication: Exceptional English communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to clearly articulate design rationale to cross-functional stakeholders.

Nice to have

Proficiency in UX Research methodologies; Deep understanding of Inclusive Design and Accessibility; Experience facilitating design workshops or design sprints; Bilingualism in French is a strong asset

Benefits

subsidized health, vision, and dental plans; paid sick leave; retirement plans with a match; free online training through Aquent Gymnasium