Senior Product Designer

Our vision & mission: Paro is freeing business professionals from the constraints of traditional employment by empowering them to pursue meaningful work on their own terms. In turn, we are democratizing access to the business solutions that companies need. 

What we deliver: 

Paro provides flexible finance and accounting solutions to businesses via its network of highly vetted freelance experts. Through our proprietary AI-powered platform, we match clients with the best-fit experts to solve problems and drive growth. Our carefully curated expert community provides a range of financial services to clients, from basic bookkeeping and accounting to highly specialized corporate development and strategic advisory.

The Role

Paro is looking to add a talented Senior Product Designer to our Product team. The Senior Product Designer role is responsible for the user experience and visual design of products and features. You will be excited to work closely with end users, stakeholders, and our leadership team to solve user problems by driving ideas from early discovery and research to final delivery. You should be proficient in responsive web application design practices. You will be involved in all phases of the product lifecycle to ensure that applicable solutions are valuable for our users and align with our business objectives.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative cross-functional environment working on a small product team made up of a Product Manager & 3-5 Developers. You will be empowered to be adaptable and creative in ways that our users love and that work for our business.

Areas of focus will be in leading Paro’s Mobile-first strategy/Mobile digital strategy and be a key contributor to drive the E-Commerce UX experience.

Core Responsibilities:

• Produce stunning visual designs, manage interactions, and define information architecture from discovery through delivery including: sketches, wireframes, illustrations, and other user-centered design methodologies
• Optimize existing user interface designs and create wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to validate new product and/or feature ideas on behalf of the broader product team
• Collaborate with the whole company to create simple and intuitive product experiences
• Develop and execute research initiatives to inform and defend product directions
• Help define technical and business requirements and always strive to deliver intuitive and user-centric solutions
• Combine creativity with the structure of a defined design system and UI Kit to ensure consistency
• Distill feature research and test results into actionable plans for development
• Display leadership by taking ownership over the projects you contribute to
• Communicate with both our clients and freelancers to understand their pain points, goals, and objectives
• Analyze user journey data to constantly improve the UX in a way that maximizes the business objective, such as online conversion.

How you’ll add value:

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Computer Science, or relevant field 
• 2+ years of experience designing web applications
• Experience conducting user research & stakeholder interviews
• Strong visual design aesthetic
• Understanding and ability to apply A/B Testing
• Understanding of user acceptance testing
• Superuser of Sketch
• Working knowledge of InVision or prototype in general
• Proficiency of HTML/CSS to better connect with the engineering team
• Axure for wireframing and low level prototyping
• Ability to wireframe
• Ability to develop, organize, and maintain process documentation
• Clear, effective communicator—verbally and in writing
• Demonstrated ability to work productively on a product team in a cross-functional capacity

Who you are:

We’re more interested in how you add to our innovative community than formal education or experience. That said, you will shine in this role if you:

Believe that in order to be successful, you need to be surrounded with others who can be their authentic selves at work while driving forward the future of work with Paro. You value taking smart risks and having your colleague’s backs. You welcome challenges and are rigorous in ensuring all voices are heard. You are open to understanding each other’s experiences and communicating effectively together. At Paro we work hard, but we also want every employee to enjoy the journey. You work collaboratively, do the right thing, never settle and put your best work into everything you do. 

Benefits at Paro:

• Benefits - We offer a comprehensive benefits package including: medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), dental, vision, and a 401(k) plan. Paro currently does not match 401(k).
• Vacation - We offer our employees unlimited vacation, as we believe rest and recharging allows you to bring your full self into work. In addition to unlimited vacation, we observe all federal holidays and offer unique Paro Holidays during months there isn’t a federal holiday
• Office Environment - We have a beautiful, relaxed office space in River North, steps away from public transportation. We love our pets and have a pet-friendly office for your furry friends as well.
• Remote Work - Given our company’s mission to empower professionals to pursue meaningful work on their own terms, we believe we too can accomplish great things while not always together under one roof. Therefore, we accept remote employees in the following states: IL, OH, MI, AZ, WA, PA, NJ, NY, TX, IN & FL

More about Paro 

Join us as we shape the future of finance work. A mass migration to a workforce without boundaries is already underway, with many leading analysts predicting that 50% of the workforce will be freelancing by 2025. We recently raised a $25M Series B funding round led by Madrona Venture Group, with participation from existing investors Revolution Ventures, Sierra Ventures and KGC Capital, so we are ready and excited to invest in even greater growth as we disrupt the $500+bn antiquated finance and accounting industry!

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a company that embraces and celebrates diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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