User Experience Designer

Akkodis; California (MO); On-site; USD 96,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking a UX/UI Designer to lead user experience and interface design for a next-generation equity research and trading platform. You will translate research and market insight into a defensible product point of view, collaborating with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Compliance.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled design tools and building scalable design systems across web, tablet, and mobile experiences. Strong(data visualization) and Webflow proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading end-to-end UX/UI design for data-intensive products.
• Ability to translate research and analytics into product design decisions.
• Proven track record collaborating with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end UX/UI design, including information architecture, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity interfaces.
• Partner with Product, Marketing, and leadership to shape product vision, roadmap priorities, feature positioning, and target user experiences.
• Translate subscriber research, competitive insights, behavioral analytics, and business feedback into actionable product and design recommendations.
• Plan and conduct user research and testing, including interviews, usability testing, concept testing, surveys, and journey mapping.
• Design intuitive, accessible experiences for complex financial data, including charts, screeners, watchlists, alerts, multi-pane layouts.
• Build and maintain a scalable design system and responsive experiences across web, tablet, mobile, and Webflow-based marketing pages.
• Apply and standardize AI tools across research, ideation, content development, prototyping, and production while designing AI-assisted features responsibly.
• Define and monitor design success metrics, including activation, adoption, conversion, and retention, using results to guide continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and global design teams to ensure implementation quality, feasibility, regulatory alignment, accessibility, and successful delivery.

Skills

UX/UI design

User research

Information architecture

Data visualization

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Webflow

Design systems

Job description

At Akkodis, we use our insight, knowledge, and global resources to make exceptional connections every day. With 60 branch offices located strategically throughout North America, we are positioned perfectly to deliver the industry's top talent to each of our clients. Clients choose Akkodis as their workforce partner to solve staffing challenges that range from locating hard-to-find niche talent to completing quick-fill demands.

Akkodis is seeking UX/UI Designer

Position: UX/UI Designer

Duration: 12+ Months

Rate Range: $70- $85

Job Description:

The UX/UI Designer is responsible for leading the user experience and interface design of a next-generation equity research and trading platform. In addition to design execution, this role helps shape strategic product direction, translating subscriber research, competitive analysis, and market insight into a defensible product point of view. The position partners with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Compliance to deliver a data-dense, accessible platform that drives subscription acquisition, conversion, and retention across professional and self-directed investor audiences. Advanced, practical use of AI tooling across discovery and production is a core expectation of the role.

• Lead end-to-end UX/UI design, including information architecture, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity interfaces.
• Partner with Product, Marketing, and leadership to shape product vision, roadmap priorities, feature positioning, and target user experiences.
• Translate subscriber research, competitive insights, behavioral analytics, and business feedback into actionable product and design recommendations.
• Plan and conduct user research and testing, including interviews, usability testing, concept testing, surveys, and journey mapping.
• Design intuitive, accessible experiences for complex financial data, including charts, screeners, watchlists, alerts, multi-pane layouts, and subscriber workflows.
• Build and maintain a scalable design system and responsive experiences across web, tablet, mobile, and Webflow-based marketing pages.
• Apply and standardize AI tools across research, ideation, content development, prototyping, and production while designing AI-assisted features responsibly.
• Define and monitor design success metrics, including activation, adoption, conversion, and retention, using results to guide continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and global design teams to ensure implementation quality, feasibility, regulatory alignment, accessibility, and successful delivery.

Job Qualifications

Required Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Fine Arts, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of UX/UI design experience, including 2+ years in a senior or lead capacity designing complex, data-intensive products.
• Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership across research, strategy, interaction design, and shipped user experiences with measurable outcomes.
• Experience designing financial services or investment-related products and demonstrated understanding of investor research, screening, and trading workflows.
• Experience designing subscription experiences across acquisition, onboarding, activation, conversion, and retention.
• Advanced professional use of AI-enabled design tools and modern design platforms, including Figma, prototyping, and design systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in data visualization and financial data conventions.
• Demonstrated Webflow proficiency, including responsive production pages, CMS collections, and independent site maintenance.

Preferred Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure

• Experience with technical analysis, fundamental screening, or institutional investment research workflows.
• Experience designing products in regulated environments in partnership with Compliance and Legal.
• Experience supporting major product launches, replatforming, or migrations involving existing subscribers.
• Personal experience with investing or trading.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Advanced interaction design, information architecture, visual design, and data visualization skills.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills with the ability to translate evidence into design decisions.
• Ability to influence product strategy and effectively communicate design rationale to technical, business, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use, data handling, compliance, sourcing, and disclosure considerations.
• Ability to balance strategic product thinking with hands-on design execution and attention to detail.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs which are direct hire to a client

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record.