Production Designer

About Shogun
We are an exciting and rapidly growing fintech company specializing in the home improvement loan sector, supported by 8VC, Founders Fund, and other prominent leaders in Silicon Valley. Our SaaS platform -- Hearth (www.gethearth.com) -- offers contractors across the country an effective and highly competitive way to give their customers financing options for their home improvement projects.

About this Role
The design team at Shogun delivers value to our users through the things we make. As a Production Designer on our rapidly growing team, you have a unique opportunity to work closely with our Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams throughout the product life cycle. You will report directly to the SVP of Product and work with the Senior Designer to build our Brand and Product.

Responsibilities
  • Take new ideas from concepts to implementation, efficiently and beautifully. 
  • Approach design challenges holistically, considering all parts of the experience including copy, animations, UI, business, and legal requirements.
  • Develop and iterate on the visual language that users see/feel when they interact with our company.
  • Create the visual content (infographics and illustrations) that are used throughout our product and communications.
  • Design landing pages, sign up flows , emails and marketing collateral
  • Conceptualize and produce printed materials for customers and partners.
  • Iterate on existing products and features to ensure that we are delivering industry-leading Brand and UX. 
  • Work interdepartmentally to support and deliver on all design projects.
  • Deeply understand the needs of a diverse user base consisting of consumers, merchants, and business partners.
  • Build and scale brand & component style guides that serve as the foundations of our visual language.

Requirements
  • An exceptionally strong portfolio
  • 2+ years of experience designing Brand and UX.
  • Lo-fi & hi-fi prototyping skills
  • High proficiency in industry standard tools, i.e. Adobe CC, Sketch, InVision, Zeplin etc.
  • Ability to reduce complex problems down to flexible, intuitive patterns and solutions.
  • Expertise in UI, UX, or visual design, but have skills in other creative disciplines. We’re looking to work with well-rounded creatives.
  • Hardworking collaborative attitude

Bonus Points
  • Experience working with data to inform design decisions
  • Experience creating printed materials
  • Exceptional written & verbal communication ability
  • UI animation skills
  • Knowledge of common UI frameworks like React Native / Web
  • Cross-platform design experience (iOS, Android, Web, Emails)
  • Video editing experience
  • Rudimentary knowledge of HTML/CSS

Location
We are hiring for this position in our office in downtown San Francisco, CA.

You should include these in your application
• A link to your portfolio
• Your CV or LinkedIn profile

More About Us 
Shogun embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

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