Baubap (YC S21) Looking for Visual UI Designer at Ciudad de México, México Full Time

We are a fast-growing, Mexican fintech startup with the mission to become the bridge to people’s financial freedom through technology.

We are providing microloans to people in financial need through a fast and efficient process, always treating them with the respect and dignity they deserve.

Our long-term vision is be the most inclusive digital bank in LATAM with more than 2.5 million clients.

About Your Role

We are looking for a Visual UI Designer to join our Design System team. You will play a crucial role in creating visually compelling and user-centric designs for digital products, interfaces, and experiences. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and developers, to translate concepts into aesthetically pleasing and functional designs. Your expertise in visual design principles, material guidelines, brand identity, and industry trends will be essential in creating engaging and seamless user interfaces.

Outcomes

• Visual Design: Develop visually appealing designs that align with the product’s brand identity, target audience, and user experience goals.
• UI Design: Design intuitive and user-friendly interfaces that effectively communicate the product’s functionality and enhance the user experience. Ensure consistency in all the outcomes.
• Brand consistency: Create and apply brand guidelines and visual standards to maintain consistency across all digital touch points. Create graphics, illustrations, icons, and other visual assets to enhance the overall visual appeal and usability of the product.
• Communication: Clearly communicate design concepts and rationale to stakeholders and gather feedback for iterative design improvements.
• Research: Participate in user research activities to gain insights into user preferences, behaviors, and pain points. Incorporate user feedback and usability testing results into design iterations to improve the overall user interface and user experience.
• Maintenance: Contribute to the development and maintenance of design systems, style guides, and component libraries to ensure consistency and scalability across multiple products and platforms.
• Industry awareness: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in visual design, user interface design, and user experience design. Share knowledge and insights with the design team to drive continuous improvement

Day to day

• Create, collaborate, and iterate on flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals
• Design and ship high quality product improvements
• Create and define from scratch style foundations, components and documentation for the design system
• Proactively collaborate with other teams to untangle complex technical and user experience dependencies

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Visual UI Designer, with a strong showcase of your design skills and projects
• Understanding of front-end development technologies and material design guidelines for mobile
• Solid understanding of Atomic Design and Design Tokens
• Past experience in the creation or contribution of a Design System
• Solid and updated experience with Figma
• Strong communication skills to effectively articulate design concepts and rationale
• Ownership
• Tidy and attentive to details
• Understand the building constrains of what you design

Nice to have:

• You illustrate
• Experience in accessibility and adaptive design
• Experience creating animations with lottie files

Benefits

What we can offer you

• Being part of a multinational, highly driven team of professionals.
• Flexible and remote working environment.
• High level of ownership and independence.
• 20 vacation days / year + 75% holiday bonus.
• 1 month (proportional) of Christmas bonus.
• “Vales de despensa” – 3,112 MXN / month.
• Health & Life insurance.
• Home office set-up budget.
• Unlimited budget for Kindle books.
• Baubap Free Loan.
• Competitive salary.