About
Payward builds financial infrastructure platforms designed to advance an open, global financial system. It is the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, and CF Benchmarks.
Responsibilities
•Lead the creation of web experiences and marketing pages that drive customer engagement and conversion
•Create high-quality experiences in collaboration with designers, researchers, product managers, content specialists, and engineers
•Balance business objectives, customer needs, insights, and technical constraints to produce data-informed outcomes
•Take concepts from research and exploration through prototypes to production
•Participate in design reviews, seeking and providing meaningful, supportive feedback
•Take full accountability for work and consider every detail
•Contribute to defining and expanding design systems
•Use data to drive brand strategy and product growth; analyze and interpret data, create concepts and presentations, and share insights with executives to shape the brand
Requirements
•Provide a portfolio demonstrating design quality, standards, and optimization
•Understand how design integrates with code; familiarity with HTML and CSS is essential
•Design progressive enhancements and graceful degradation, accounting for reduced motion, slow connections, failed loads, empty and error states, and JavaScript failures
•Create user-centered designs for consumer websites aligned with marketing goals, applying UI/UX principles
•Structure and organize web content to create intuitive navigation and positive user experiences
•Understand W3C standards and design for accessibility, usability, and cross-browser compatibility
•Collaborate openly, support continuous learning, and demonstrate a track record of successful partnerships with colleagues
Nice to have
•React, JSON, production-ready coding skills
Conditions
•Assessments related to job skills or work style may be part of the hiring process; results are considered alongside experience and interviews and are not the sole basis for employment decisions
•Applicants may redact resume information identifying age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution
•Qualified applicants with criminal histories are considered in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
•Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis unless a specific deadline is stated
