UI Designer, Equity

📄Description

• •Design wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, interactive prototypes, and final UI specifications for features and enhancements across all CEM product domains — including equity plan administration, ESPP, batch processing, broker integrations, admin reporting, financial reporting, and participant experiences
• •Translate PRDs, user stories, and functional requirements into thoughtful interface designs that account for the complexity of equity compensation workflows
• •Design for the full spectrum of interaction patterns required in an equity management SaaS platform — data entry, inline editing, bulk operations, search and filtering, drill-down navigation, scheduled job monitoring, and export/print formatting
• •Iterate rapidly on designs based on feedback from UX Researchers, Product Managers, Engineering, and customer input, maintaining a bias toward evidence-informed refinement over assumption
• •Partner with the UX Manager to create and maintain a unified design system and component library for the CEM platform, ensuring visual and interaction consistency across all modules and domains
• •Design and document reusable UI components — including form controls, data tables, navigation patterns, status indicators, modal dialogs, notification systems, and reporting layouts — with clear usage guidelines, states, and accessibility annotations
• •Define and evolve the visual language of the CEM platform — typography, color systems, spacing, iconography, and elevation — balancing brand alignment with the functional demands of a data-intensive financial application
• •Maintain the design system as a living resource, updating components as new patterns emerge and ensuring consistency as the platform scales across existing workstreams
• •Partner with UX Researchers to incorporate research findings, usability test results, and customer feedback directly into design decisions
• •Participate in research sessions — usability tests, customer interviews, contextual inquiries — to build firsthand empathy for how equity administrators, finance teams, and participants interact with the platform
• •Use research insights to inform design direction, validate design hypotheses, and refine interfaces through iterative testing cycles
• •Apply domain knowledge of equity compensation workflows to anticipate user expectations and design for scenarios that generic usability principles alone would not surface
• •Partner with Product Managers across all CEM domains to understand feature requirements, business logic, and user workflows, translating complex specifications into clear, implementable interface designs
• •Deliver detailed design specifications and annotated mockups that provide engineering with unambiguous guidance on layout, spacing, interaction behavior, component usage, states, error handling, and responsive breakpoints
• •Collaborate with front-end engineering to ensure design intent is preserved through implementation, participating in sprint reviews, QA walkthroughs, and visual regression checks
• •Support the platform modernization initiative by contributing interface designs and interaction patterns that establish the visual and experiential foundation for the next-generation architecture
• •Apply accessible design practices consistently — including color contrast, keyboard navigation, focus management, screen reader compatibility, and meaningful labeling — across all interface work
• •Conduct design QA reviews of implemented features, identifying visual discrepancies, interaction inconsistencies, and accessibility gaps before release
• •Establish and maintain design quality standards that reflect the expectations of a regulated financial services platform — where precision, clarity, and trust are essential to the user experience
• •Present design work to product leadership, engineering teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, clearly articulating design rationale, trade-offs, and alignment with user research and product strategy
• •Create and maintain design documentation that supports cross-functional understanding — including annotated flows, interaction specifications, and pattern usage guides
• •Participate in customer advisory sessions and feedback reviews as needed, presenting design concepts and gathering direct input on interface direction
• •Contribute to Product Marketing materials by providing visual assets, feature screenshots, and UI previews for release communications, sales enablement, and competitive positioning
• •3+ years of UI design experience, with a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end interface design work across complex, data-intensive enterprise applications
• •2+ years of experience designing for financial services, fintech, equity compensation, or similarly regulated, data-heavy B2B SaaS platforms
• •Demonstrated experience creating and contributing to design systems and component libraries in production environments
• •Proven ability to design for complex interaction patterns — dense data tables, multi-step workflows, form-heavy interfaces, role-based views, and reporting outputs — while maintaining usability and visual clarity
• •Experience collaborating closely with UX researchers, incorporating research findings into design iterations, and participating in usability testing
• •Strong experience working with engineering teams in Agile environments, including delivering detailed design specifications and conducting design QA
• •Expert-level proficiency in Figma, including component architecture, auto-layout, design tokens, prototyping, and design system management
• •Strong understanding of interaction design principles for enterprise applications — including information hierarchy, progressive disclosure, error prevention, data visualization, and task flow optimization
• •Solid understanding of equity compensation concepts — including stock options, RSUs, RSAs, ESPP, performance awards, vesting schedules, and participant transaction workflows — sufficient to design interfaces that reflect real-world equity administration tasks without requiring constant domain translation
• •Working knowledge of front-end implementation considerations — HTML/CSS capabilities and constraints, responsive behavior, and component-based architecture — sufficient to design interfaces that are technically feasible and to communicate effectively with engineering
• •Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) and inclusive design practices
• •Understanding of data-dense UI patterns common in financial and enterprise applications — sortable/filterable tables, dashboard layouts, period-based navigation, and export/print formatting
• •Bachelor's degree in Visual Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, or a related field required
• •Experience designing for equity administration platforms such as Certent Equity Management
• •Experience designing financial reporting interfaces, including disclosure outputs, expense schedules, and period-end processing workflows
• •Experience contributing to or leading a design system buildout from scratch or near-scratch within an enterprise product organization
• •Experience supporting platform migration or modernization efforts where UI redesign was a significant component of the initiative
• •Experience in a high-growth, fast-paced SaaS company