Designer Jobs in Crypto, Web3 & Blockchain

Founded in 2018 and based in NYC, The Block is the leading research, analysis, and news brand in the digital asset space. The Block's team is spread across 5 continents and 15+ countries, covering the global cryptocurrency space 24/7.At The Block, we see digital assets as a ubiquitous part of the future. As this space continues to evolve, we view our role as the trusted moderator and authoritative voice for those who invest in, work with, make decisions about, or seek to understand digital assets.   We are seeking a Product Designer with strong UX/UI skills to join our growing Design team. In this role, you will be responsible for creating user-centered designs that are both visually appealing and highly functional. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business goals, user needs, and technological capabilities to design creative solutions that help us to deliver best-in-market products. You will have the opportunity to own specific product features end-to-end, from conception to delivery. We are seeking someone with a strong creative vision that will help us to look critically at our products from the inside out as we continue to iterate and improve the overall experience. If you’re a highly motivated person that is seeking an opportunity to have a real impact on a growing team and you enjoy solving complex design problems, creating user-centered designs, and have a strong portfolio that demonstrates your expertise in Figma, Prototyping, and UX/UI design, we encourage you to apply for this position.The hiring range for this role is $120,000 - $140,000 in base salary, plus equity and benefits. Base salary pay within the provided range will be refined based on candidate’s experience and location.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of your work. You will be expected to outline the vision, goals, and timeline to delivery of specific product features. This will include defining the scope, setting priorities, and identifying metrics for success.
• Conduct research to understand user needs, market trends, and competitor offerings.
• Design concepts and prototypes that translate strategy into tangible outputs. This includes designing user interfaces, interactions, and experiences that are intuitive, accessible, and delightful.
• Conduct user tests and gather feedback to validate the design and identify areas for improvement. This includes iterating on the design based on the feedback received.
• Document the design decisions, processes, and outcomes to ensure transparency and knowledge sharing within the team and the company.
• Provide design support to development teams during implementation. This includes doing visual quality assurance as designs are translated into code.
• Develop and maintain design guidelines, patterns, and templates.
• Continuously improve design processes and methodologies.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in product design with a focus on UX/UI design.
• Expert-level proficiency in Figma.
• Experience with prototyping and design systems.
• Solid understanding of responsive web design principles and best practices.
• Understanding of user-centered design principles and design thinking methodology.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to inspect designs in a browser and identify CSS improvements to ensure pixel-perfect execution.

The following qualifications are not required, but are nice to have:

• Experience designing FinTech products.
• Experience designing B2B products.
• Interest or experience in cryptocurrency or alternative assets.
• Experience designing data visualizations.

Who We Are: The culture of The Block lies in our key behaviors. It’s who we are and it’s how we show up everyday.We are confidently humble. We jump in and roll up our sleeves. We know there’s always more to learn and we operate without egos.We are actionably curious. We strive to be an expert in our field and always seek opportunities to expand our knowledge and skill set. We put our learnings into practice every day. We practice tenacious ownership. Every day when we show up we are contributors, teammates, and owners. We rotate through those three hats with agility and without sacrificing accountability or consistency.We practice respectful partnership. We treat others as we’d expect to be treated - with respect, concern, understanding, and patience.Why You Should Work Here:We take care of our employees and we have the benefits and perks to support it. Our full-time, US based employees are eligible for Unlimited PTO, remote first environment, high health plan employer contributions, monthly wellness stipend, generous parental leave policy, 401k match, fitness partnerships, fertility benefits, One Medical membership and citibike membership. We’re a remote first company which allows us to hire the best person for the job regardless of location. Impactful work. Regardless of your role at The Block you’re making a meaningful contribution to our mission in accelerating the evolution of financial systems through independent reporting and technical research of all projects influencing the future of financial services.What Else Should You Know?The Block is an equal employment opportunity employer.  Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.During our application process we collect completely anonymous diversity information. Providing this information is voluntary but we want you to know what we do with it. We use the data to ensure that our recruiting practices are bringing diverse talent to the organization and we are reacting where we are coming up short. We strive to use the data to ensure we have the tools and resources for all employees both during the interview process and should those employees choose to join us at The Block.  

We are looking for an experienced and talented UI/UX designer to design and shape unique, user-centric products and experiences. The ideal candidate will have experience working in agile teams, with developers, and other UI/UX designers. You will be able to make deliberate design decisions and to translate any given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Be a great team player, experienced in working with agile teams. Ability to collaborate closely with developers, copywriters and other UI/UX designers.
• Conceptualize, create, improve and use wireframes, prototypes, style guides, user flows, and effectively communicate interactive ideas.
• Present and defend design decisions, ensuring it is in-line with the overall roadmap as well as your personal design thinking and fundamentals (i.e. color theory, visual weight, etc).
• Continually keep up to speed with the latest trends, standards, and updates in the UI/UX industry.
• Ensure that the product interface aligns with the company’s overall vision and style.
• Understand and conduct usability testing.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience and a proven track record.
• Hold a strong existing portfolio and confident of explaining design concepts and ideation during the interview.
• Hands-on experience creating wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, etc.
• Experience using tools such as Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, InVision, UXPin, Quartz.
• Understanding of basic front-end languages: HTML5, CSS3 Javascript.
• Creative ideas with a problem solving mindset.
• Experience working in an agile/scrum development process.
• Be open to receiving objective criticism and improving upon it.
• A user-centric mindset.
• Great communication skills and capable of explaining decisions.
• Excellent understanding and experience in building financial applications / dashboards on desktop and/or mobile.
• Solid understanding of layouts and design as well as UI/UX design systems.
• Preferably be able to work on Figma.
• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns

Company Description

Treehouse provides DeFi users with live analytics and risk metrics of their digital assets. We are building a unified and user-friendly interface to help users successfully manage their portfolio in the ever-changing world of DeFi. We aim to be the gateway for all traders to effectively manage their DeFi risk across chains and are backed by some of the largest Singapore VCs and global crypto exchanges.

At Request Finance, you will be working on enhancing the platform used by over 2,000 Web 3.0 companies like AAVE, The Sandbox, and Maker to manage their B2B crypto payments. Managing crypto payments is an administrative nightmare for businesses. Our app solves that with thoughtful features like a dashboard showing all your invoices and their on-chain payment statuses, paying hundreds of invoices to different wallets in a few clicks, scheduling recurring invoices, and more. Your role will be to work day-to-day alongside product managers, marketing and engineers to ship solutions to our customers.We are looking for a product designer to imagine, sketch, and prototype brand-new features across our SaaS product. Being among the first to build an official design team, you are expected to have an impact from day one.The ideal candidate is autonomous, driven, and highly excited about the project. We expect a high level of attention to detail and experience designing fast, intuitive user interfaces.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and shape the UX and UI of our suite of financial products to arrive at a zero-friction collaborative experience. 
• Refine and iterate your designs through a balance of data and experience.
• Be an active part of our user research process. You will talk to our users, understand their pain points, and identify new product improvement opportunities.  
• Show humility in seeking feedback, balanced with enough grit to advocate for the people who use our product.
• Create an entire design system to improve our internal processes, from wireframes to development. Create visuals & illustrations for marketing needs. 

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven experience in all phases of the design process, including user research, copywriting, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, interaction design, and usability testing
• Experience with Figma and its design system features
• You’re comfortable with specific blockchain user experience 
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members
• Ability to effectively communicate and persuade around design conceptsPassion for design; never satisfied and always thinking of ways to improve
• Previous experience at a fast-paced tech startup 
• Previous experience in UX Copy Writing
• English native speaker

At Request Finance, we are a global team building global products, for an era of truly global finance. We believe that diversity and inclusion matters to our mission.We want to work with people who can bring different perspectives rooted in their own unique cultures, experiences, lifestyles, and challenges. We are committed to building a safe workplace where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves.As an employer, we want to create an accessible and inclusive experience for potential hires. Please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make to assist you during the hiring and interview process.WHY WORK WITH REQUEST FINANCE ?🎯Being on the frontier of this new and exciting technology, you will be given the chance to lead the way forward!🏅 You will have the opportunity to work in a team that wants to have a lasting impact on the way we experience finance tomorrow🌏The team is inclusive, with inspirational and international colleagues💃 We all work remotely but we love to meet as frequently as possible, with at least 3 company-wide reunions per year where possible.🏖️ Unlimited vacation days with a mandatory minimum of 20/year.