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    Lead Product Designer (Contract)

    Acorns
    Remote
    Remote
    Senior
    Freelance
    💰$120 - $140/hour
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    Requirements

    • •8+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio of shipped consumer mobile work and clear examples of leading projects end to end
    • •Proven ability to set design direction and drive alignment across product, engineering, and leadership
    • •Strong strategic and conceptual thinking, paired with excellent interaction and visual craft
    • •Ability to ramp up quickly on existing projects and make sound decisions with limited context
    • •Experience guiding other designers through feedback and critique
    • •Clear, confident communication and storytelling with senior stakeholders
    • •Fluency in Figma and modern prototyping tools

    What You'll Do

    • •Lead design across multiple Acorns Early and Early Invest initiatives, setting direction from problem framing through high-fidelity design and handoff
    • •Partner with product and engineering leads to shape scope, prioritize, and make tradeoffs that keep delivery on track
    • •Translate business goals and customer insight into clear product concepts and experience strategy
    • •Design experiences that serve parents and kids together, with clarity and trust at the center
    • •Prototype and test ideas quickly to validate direction before engineering investment
    • •Guide and give feedback to other designers on the Family team, raising craft and consistency
    • •Present work and rationale to senior stakeholders and build alignment across teams
    • •Contribute to the Acorns design system and support engineering through build and QA

    Nice to Have

    • •Experience in fintech, investing, or family products
    • •Hunger to deliver game-changing products
    • •Exceptional drive and precision in delivery
    • •A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission
    • •Optimistic about the potential of societal change

    Benefits

    • •Competitive hourly rates
    • •Talented and motivated team who care deeply about one another, our mission, and our customers
    • •The rare opportunity to create a new world, solving big societal challenges through meaningful work

    About Acorns

    Acorns is a financial technology and services company that specializes in automated investments and robo-advice.

    Irvine, CA, US
    500 - 1000
    Finance & Banking