Senior UX Designer

Progressive Leasing is a leading provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. As an almost 20+ year old FinTech company that has gone from start-up to industry leader, we know how to innovate, simplify, and value all people. We are a company founded on our grit and we are constantly looking to the future. As an ever-evolving group of entrepreneurs and technologists, we strive to do the right thing period in all aspects of our work. We are a subsidiary of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), an exciting FinTech holding company, with three business segments including Progressive, Vive Financial, and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform.
 
We are currently hiring a Senior UX Designer (Remote) to help grow our company and ensure our mission is achieved!
 
This role is a work from home position and can be performed remotely anywhere in the continental US or in one of our corporate locations in Utah or Arizona.
 
Employee Value Proposition (EVP): PROG is dedicated to providing people with opportunity; opportunity for inclusive collaboration, opportunity for innovation, and opportunity for development.
 
WE ARE: Prog Tech embodies the modernity and transformational vision that is core to our business evolution. As passionate and hungry technical experts, we join together on the mission of progressing through technology. We believe in taking pride in our engineering, in the relentless pursuit of daily progress, and to bring others with you in your march to the future. We continuously experiment, fail fast, and constantly deliver.
 
YOU ARE:  You are responsible for creating outstanding user experiences. Leading overall efforts as part of a Product team through applying Design Thinking methodology to launch and track successful products and enhancements. You bring business strategy to life through user-centric solutions and aren’t intimidated by complex problems and are passionate about improving the customer experience. While not naive to the challenges you face, you bring a positive attitude to your work and solutions you and the team create. You can create detailed user flows and stories, site maps, wireframes and prototypes that are user centric and proactively solve for complex experiences. You understand and apply the latest interaction design approaches and utilize Design Thinking methodology and use a design system library to solve design problems and build brand equity.
 
YOUR DAY-TO-DAY:

 
Work with a supervisor to develop customer understanding and empathy that can be utilized to improve the overall customer experience while projects are still conceptual
 
Provide creative leadership within a project or team working closely with product management and engineering partners
 
Understand the feasibility of proposed designs and champion great user experience in the face of technical constraints
 
Create design deliverables and prototypes then use them to align with Product and Engineering partners
 
Support fellow team members' efforts to design brilliant digital experiences
 
Actively seek review and peer feedback at all stages of design. Frequently participating and leading discussions in Design Team meetings

YOU’LL BRING:

 
5+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar UX-related role.
 
A bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or related degree is ideal.
 
Fluency in best practices for information architecture and interaction design, Design Thinking principles.
 
Excellent visual/verbal communicator with strong presentation, negotiation, collaboration and interpersonal skills
 
Familiarity with designing for user needs by incorporating research, strategy and analytics is a plus
 
Familiarity with user interface patterns for web and native mobile

WE OFFER:    

 
Competitive Compensation; Eligible for STI
 
Full Health Benefits; Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance + Paid Parental Leave
 
Company Matched 401k
 
Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays + Paid Volunteer Hours
 
Employee Resource Groups (Black Inclusion Group, Women in Leadership, PRIDE, Adelante)
 
Employee Stock Purchase Program
 
Tuition Reimbursement
 
Charitable Gift Matching
 
Job required equipment and services

Progressive Leasing welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Progressive Leasing does business.