What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Product Designer | Sage position at Red Ventures?
Job Requirements
Sage Home Loans is seeking an experienced Senior Product Designer and critical thinker to join our quickly growing team. You'll play an instrumental role in developing core consumer-facing and internal products for a large and diverse audience. You will join the Sage team in creating user-centered digital experiences that simplify the mortgage process. This role calls for a passionate individual who is highly skilled in creative problem solving, user-centered design processes, and UI design.
The right candidate for this role will be highly-organized and collaborative, with a passion for solving problems cross-functionally. You’ll wear many hats, incorporating user-centered copywriting and UX research into the design solutions you craft. But you won’t do it alone — you’ll have a collaborative cross-disciplinary team of product managers and software engineers alongside you, and access to a strong Creative organization in broader Red Ventures.
What You’ll Do:
Sage Home Loans Corporation is a digital mortgage lender solution redefining the mortgage origination experience. By building new technology solutions we're creating simple and clean customer experiences to simplify the mortgage application process. Our team has developed a fully digital online application that enables the user to complete their application and start looking for the right mortgage that matches their needs 24/7. We then marry the digital journey with exceptional human interaction from our expert Loan Officers to create the best possible borrower experience.
Sage Home Loans Corporation is backed by Red Ventures. Founded in 2000, Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses, strategic partnerships and proprietary technology – including Bankrate, Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, BestColleges and more. Together, RV helps millions of people worldwide make life’s most important decisions, accelerates digital adaptation, and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey – from first discovery of information, throughout the decision-making process, to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte, NC, Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US and Puerto Rico, with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information, visit https://redventures.com and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.
At Red Ventures, we believe diverse, inclusive teams are better. To help you better understand our core values and beliefs, we encourage you to watch this brief YouTube video: Our Belief Statements. This will give you insight into the principles that guide our work and our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment.
We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.
Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact accommodation@redventures.com.
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.
- This role requires a hybrid schedule and will be based in our Charlotte area Headquarters (Tuesday through Thursday) and work fully remotely on Monday and Fridays each week.
Sage Home Loans is seeking an experienced Senior Product Designer and critical thinker to join our quickly growing team. You'll play an instrumental role in developing core consumer-facing and internal products for a large and diverse audience. You will join the Sage team in creating user-centered digital experiences that simplify the mortgage process. This role calls for a passionate individual who is highly skilled in creative problem solving, user-centered design processes, and UI design.
The right candidate for this role will be highly-organized and collaborative, with a passion for solving problems cross-functionally. You’ll wear many hats, incorporating user-centered copywriting and UX research into the design solutions you craft. But you won’t do it alone — you’ll have a collaborative cross-disciplinary team of product managers and software engineers alongside you, and access to a strong Creative organization in broader Red Ventures.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead strategy and design for complex transactional experiences across Sage Home Loans internal and external products
- Deliver highly-polished visual designs and extend existing design systems
- Drive creative solutioning and approach forward autonomously & proactively
- Think systematically to optimize UX/UI patterns for ease of use, and provide actionable mentorship to more junior designers
- Develop subject-matter expertise, understand user problems, business goals, how competitors solve them, and where gaps exist
- Partner with cross-functional peers and leads to oversee an experience from concept to handoff to launch
- Embrace tooling and collaboration to craft and implement high-performing UX copy in (and beyond) your designs
- Collaborate with marketing and product teams to utilize UX research insights and feedback across businesses and through iteration
- Effectively balance user needs and business goals
- Assist and support teammates through collaboration, critique and feedback
- Build prototypes to validate your designs, then iterate and innovate based on data and findings.
- Be autonomous, crave accountability and take responsibility for every detail, every step of the way
- 5 years designing consumer-focused tech across various platforms (web, mobile, apps, etc)
- You have a killer portfolio that demonstrates a highly-polished visual design sense, a clean command over interaction design, typography and usability, as well as creative strategy
- You’re fluent in Figma, prototyping, and working with design systems
- You’re a strong communicator and collaborator who is inspired to deliver great work and bring a strategy to life
- You’re comfortable presenting to and receiving feedback from senior stakeholders
- You are always looking to grow your abilities through feedback and collaboration
- You are proactive with strong time-management skills, taking initiative for what needs to be done rather than waiting for instructions
- You enjoy staying flexible and adaptable in a fast-changing environment
- You deftly juggle multiple projects, setting stakeholder expectations, working individually and collaboratively across teams
- You love what you do, try to have fun every day and have a great sense of humor
- Interest in (or history with) leading people and teams
- Understanding of the financial services industry
- Have animation and branding experience
- Experience with usability testing platforms like userlytics.com
- USA Compensation Range: $100,000-$150,000
- Note actual salary is based on geographic location, qualifications, and experience.
- Unparalleled Experience:
- 1:1 Coaching and Stretch Assignments early in your career
- Robust L & D Offerings
- Global Peer Network for more seasoned talent
- World Class Mental Wellness:
- Access to Free Therapy Sessions and Emotional or Work-Life Counseling Sessions for all US Employees and Family Members
- Family Support, Planning, and Fertility:
- Support for every unique path to parenthood including fertility, egg freezing, adoption, surrogacy, parental bonding, and more.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Insurance Coverage
- Life Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401k with Match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Hybrid Schedule Generous Paid Time Off (PTO):
- On-site Collaboration and Work From Home (WFH) Days
- Holiday Pay
- 4 floating holidays in lieu of winter week
- On-Site Perks:
- Full Gym and Yoga Studio
- Tennis Courts
- Pickleball Courts
- Indoor Basketball Court
- On-site Chefs and Baristas ($1 Lattes!)
- Frequent Community Events and Celebrity Guest Speakers
- Inclusive Benefits: Perfect Score in 2024 from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) for outstanding efforts in promoting LGBTQ equality within the workplace.
Sage Home Loans Corporation is a digital mortgage lender solution redefining the mortgage origination experience. By building new technology solutions we're creating simple and clean customer experiences to simplify the mortgage application process. Our team has developed a fully digital online application that enables the user to complete their application and start looking for the right mortgage that matches their needs 24/7. We then marry the digital journey with exceptional human interaction from our expert Loan Officers to create the best possible borrower experience.
Sage Home Loans Corporation is backed by Red Ventures. Founded in 2000, Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses, strategic partnerships and proprietary technology – including Bankrate, Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, BestColleges and more. Together, RV helps millions of people worldwide make life’s most important decisions, accelerates digital adaptation, and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey – from first discovery of information, throughout the decision-making process, to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte, NC, Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US and Puerto Rico, with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information, visit https://redventures.com and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.
At Red Ventures, we believe diverse, inclusive teams are better. To help you better understand our core values and beliefs, we encourage you to watch this brief YouTube video: Our Belief Statements. This will give you insight into the principles that guide our work and our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment.
We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.
Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact accommodation@redventures.com.
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.
Salary : $100,000 - $150,000
