Experience Designer

PayPal•New York, NY

2d•$116,500 - $198,500•Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal, Inc. seeks Experience Designer in New York, NY. This role involves ideating and creating new, interactive prototypes and related designs using analytical User Experience (UX) data and research to inform design concepts and decision making. The designer will create new visual experiences for PayPal's digital advertising business, using a customer-focused, iterative design process. Collaboration with a cross-functional team is essential to create meaningful and cohesive consumer experiences for PayPal customers and merchants. The role also includes periodically meeting with senior leaders and executives to present new designs for review/approval, leveraging product design techniques, templates, presentations, and assets in the creation of User Experience (UX) analysis, solutions, and materials. The designer will draft high-quality designs and templates for use across PayPal and offsite surfaces, collaborating with other designers and peers within project timelines. This position serves as a subject matter expert for the ads business and for other designers, and is responsible for quality assurance reviews before the implementation of new UX designs and product features. Partial telecommuting is permitted from within a commutable distance.

Requirements

Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, UX design, or a related field, plus three years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
OR Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, UX design, or a related field, plus five years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Experience designing process, product, and service improvements based on understanding of business, customer, industry needs and technical feasibility (3 years)
Led projects and/or programs within the product design function (1 year)
Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative research data and develop plans to enhance the user experience (3 years)
Subject matter expert to advise on strategies and tactics related to digital advertising (1 year)
UX and Graphic design software and tools: Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or Sketch (3 years)
AI tools to conduct analysis, generate content, and optimize design process (1 year)
Skills to facilitate cross-functional stakeholder alignment workshops (2 years)
Experience using Human-Centered Design methodologies as a problem-solving tool (3 years)
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the ways in which they influence digital product design (2 years)
Experience designing consumer facing digital products and working in teams that launch digital products to market (3 years)

Responsibilities

Ideate and create new, interactive prototypes and related designs using analytical User Experience (UX) data and research to inform design concepts and decision making.
Design new visual experiences for PayPal's digital advertising business, using a customer-focused, iterative design process.
Collaborate with a cross-functional team to create meaningful and cohesive consumer experiences for PayPal customers and merchants.
Periodically meet with senior leaders and executives to present new designs for review/approval.
Leverage product design techniques, templates, presentations, and assets in the creation of User Experience (UX) analysis, solutions, and materials.
Draft high-quality designs and templates that can be used across PayPal and offsite surfaces, collaborating with other designers and peers, within timelines and project requirements.
Serve as subject matter expert for the ads business and for other designers.
Responsible for quality assurance reviews before implementation of new UX designs and product features.