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Capital One

Principal UX Designer

New York, NY

Center 1 (19052), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Principal UX Designer

At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.

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We are currently seeking a UX Designer to join our team. We are passionate about advocating for user needs and delivering world-class products that redefine our customers day-to-day financial activities.

The Design team at Capital One is at the forefront of enriching our customers' digital and physical experiences. We champion a thriving environment of collaboration, authenticity and healthy critique, in which we honor diversity of thought, create a culture of belonging, and elevate one another. If you're an innovator and storyteller who embraces an environment where you can experiment, learn, and change banking for good, we would love to hear from you.

Who you are:

  • A builder: You like getting your hands dirty to create great experiences around business intent and customer insights
  • A learner: You thrive on constructive feedback and seek input from stakeholders and teammates early and often
  • A multi-tasker: You can efficiently manage your time, juggle projects and consistently communicate progress with your manager and team
  • A partner: You develop relationships with key product and tech partners to build a customer-first experience
  • A storyteller: You can weave and share compelling narratives around research findings and design concepts
  • An energizer: You gather and integrate feedback, influence stakeholders and create energy for ideas or initiatives
  • An open book: You're comfortable sharing in-progress work with teammates and partners

What You'll Do:

Our design team supports two initiatives: a B2B small business bill payment tool and a team dedicated to uncovering beyond card tools for our customers to support their B2B banking experience.

Collaboration & Connection

  • Support multiple work streams while connecting dots across all to define, inform, and influence individual and overarching strategies.
  • Collaborating with technology, product, and business teams to uncover customer and business needs - then translating them into intuitive and engaging digital experiences
  • Participating in translating complex ideas into understandable concepts that evolve and enhance the product experience
  • Managing through shifting priorities to provide clear direction and input on product prioritization and support early product definition
  • Advocating for the customer through human centered design methods, including: discovery, research, whiteboarding sessions, and user testing
  • Championing prioritization of design centered product enhancements grounded in research and analysis
  • Connecting with design community peers by learning, sharing, and teaching
  • Working with partners and teams across various geographies
  • Embracing and advocating for an experience mindset - this is as important to the work as the results
  • Participating in hiring by reviewing resumes, conducting interviews and attending consensus

Discovery & Delivery

  • Supporting early product definition by working with partners to participate in discovery sessions that uncover customer pain points and opportunities
  • Demonstrating familiarity with design tools to deliver concepts and enable successful collaboration across teams
  • Participate in end-to-end product design by:

    • Working with researchers to understand customer needs and define opportunities through usability and empathy studies
    • Creating process and user flows, wireframes, journey maps and interaction models, resulting in low to high fidelity prototypes
    • Designing within existing - and creating new - standards to contribute to our internal design system, best practices, and guidelines
    • Supporting effective storytelling and presentation of visual concepts to various stakeholders
    • Creating high fidelity design assets for acceptance, development, and delivery to market in partnership with technology colleagues

Mentoring Junior Team Members

  • Mentoring team members in strategy, research, design critiques, and design execution tasks
  • Guiding junior designers through task completion, prioritization and delivery of high quality work

Basic Qualifications

  • At least 4 years of experience with User Experience design

Preferred Qualifications

  • Designing for cross-channel experiences
  • Comfortable working with Product and Tech partners
  • Familiarity with design and prototyping tools, such as: Sketch and/or Figma
  • Familiarity with working in an established design system

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $131,400 - $150,000 for Pr. Associate, Design

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

No agencies please. Capital One is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com

Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY, USA; Richmond, VA, USA; McLean, VA, USA
Job ID: capital-R168739
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
    • Profit Sharing
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Founder led

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