Principal Product Designer - Experiences

The person we’re looking for is both a visionary craftsperson and a systems architect – someone who can set the standard for exceptional craft while also ensuring that beauty and elegance are systematized and scalable. They will sit across the entire Experiences org, and will be called upon to tackle projects that extend across the whole product and company. • Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. This includes visual design, interaction design / prototyping, and systems design • Work alongside our product teams and executive leadership to make sure we’re building things in a systematic fashion and with the utmost quality • Operate across the entire design stack, including speccing projects, designing workflows, detailed interactions & prototypes, high-fidelity visuals, and ensuring quality implementation • Contribute to Mercury’s Design System, ensuring it is both beautiful and practical • Think and act like a design architect – structuring navigation, information architecture, and how all Mercury products fit together cohesively • Translate high-craft design into scalable systems and patterns that integrate smoothly into product work • Mentor other designers on the team, leading by example to uplevel everyone’s skills We believe a successful candidate will have some of the following qualities: • 10+ years of experience in the design industry • Enjoy leading high-complexity projects with a broad set of stakeholders • Ability to successfully leverage the right types of artifacts (presentations, prototypes, etc) and communicate at the right altitude to influence company strategy • Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners to define product strategy • Ability to design whole systems, not just interface elements or static pages • Ability to rapidly prototype large scale concepts as well as smaller, more thoughtful individual interactions • Experience and interest in the entire design stack, including UI/UX, visual design, and interaction design • Kindness and humility in everyday interactions • Enjoying working with and mentoring fellow designers of all levels