Senior Product Designer, Growth Experiences

Urban Ridge Supplies • New York, NY

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Stash is seeking a Senior Product Designer to lead design for in-product growth loops—features that drive sustainable, organic user acquisition and engagement. The designer will partner with cross-functional teams to create share-worthy experiences, social investing tools, and mechanisms that encourage first-time investors to begin investing. This role reports to the Director of Product Design and follows a hybrid schedule, with at least three days per week on-site in Stash’s New York office.

The role involves designing end-to-end growth experiences that balance performance metrics with seamless user experience, advocate for customer well-being and healthy financial habits, and build trust and confidence among first-time investors. The designer will contribute to design systems, critique culture, the strategic roadmap, and the long-term vision for user-led growth. They will also stay informed about AI interaction design and contribute to thoughtful, ethical AI experiences.

Stash describes its mission as democratizing wealth creation through education, advice, and products that help customers achieve greater financial freedom. It emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion and an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of product design experience.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating design craft, strategic impact, and measurable results.
• Experience delivering delightful, high-impact consumer experiences, ideally in mobile-first or B2C environments.
• Exceptional visual design skills and the ability to turn complex product ideas into clear, distinctive, emotionally resonant interfaces.
• Understanding of what motivates users to act, share, and return.
• Ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and insights, and lead through influence.
• Strong communication skills and high emotional intelligence; ability to communicate design thinking effectively.
• Comfort balancing ambiguity with thoughtfully scoped iterations and designing for team-established learning outcomes.
• Skill in designing within and contributing to existing design systems.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building in-product growth features such as referrals, gamified milestones, or community-driven tools.
• A portfolio showcasing visual craft and storytelling, such as shareable artifacts or branded moments that drove attention or engagement.
• Fintech, edtech, or healthtech experience, especially in behavioral change and engagement design.
• Experience at a small to mid-size startup or high-growth company.
• Comfort participating in and contributing to research study design and facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Own UX/UI design for in-product growth loops, including referrals, celebratory milestones, shareable achievements, and engagement incentives.
• Advocate for behavioral design solutions that prioritize customer well-being and encourage healthy financial habits.
• Use empathy and psychology to build trust and confidence among first-time investors.
• Design cohesive, elegant end-to-end experiences that encourage organic growth through community, self-expression, and customer success stories.
• Apply visual design, composition, hierarchy, motion, and brand to communicate progress and make share-worthy moments compelling.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to uncover insights and translate them into intuitive, impactful experiences.
• Contribute to Stash’s work culture, ethos, and continuous improvement.
• Improve product design craft and quality by contributing to design systems, design critique culture, and the strategic roadmap.
• Influence product direction in the designer’s vertical and contribute to the long-term vision for user-led growth while balancing performance metrics with seamless UX.
• Stay informed about emerging AI interaction design patterns in technology and finance, and contribute to thoughtful, ethical AI experiences.

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package, including compensation and equity.
• Health care benefits.
• Complimentary Stash+ account subscription.
• Hybrid work environment with work-from-home flexibility.
• Flexible PTO.
• Work-from-home equipment stipend.
• Home internet subsidy.
• Paid parental leave for birth-giving and non-birth-giving parents.
• Enhanced health and wellness benefits through One Medical, Gympass, and Maven Health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed