👋 I'm Michael – leading Product Design at Capdesk and I'm very excited about your interest in the UX Designer role. We're currently at an amazing intersection of growth and the push for a strong design foundation at Capdesk – so this role is going to be pretty special and unique. I'd like to tell you a little bit about Capdesk, the role, what's in it for you and our pretty awesome culture (which was the main driver for me to join btw... 🙂)

If you're wondering why you should join Capdesk upfront – there could be no better summary then this one 🙂 → Why Guillaume (our CTO) joined Capdesk

ABOUT CAPDESK

At Capdesk, we’re about to rewrite the history books on how companies use equity to empower their people. Nothing less! By unlocking the power of equity, we can change finance for good.

With equity made more accessible, businesses can unite employees, owners and investors through shared success. It might sound revolutionary, but it shouldn’t. It’s about time!

In the last few years, we’ve quietly become a leader in our field, providing the easiest way for private companies to digitise their equity information and manage and issue employee equity schemes. There are no longer any excuses for denying employees a share of the wealth they helped create.

We recently launched a first-of-its-kind secondaries market to take our mission even further. Now, employees can turn vested shares into cash as and when it suits them — no more waiting for the company to IPO.

Employee equity schemes have been broken for too long; it’s time to create a world where everyone can be a stakeholder.

Capdesk is remote friendly, but more importantly Team First. We have amazing people all over the world and we're mostly focused in Copenhagen+London where we still have brick and mortar offices. Applicants are welcome from everywhere from UTC -5 to +2 time zones.

We’re a lean team, so every hire counts. We’re looking for each newcomer to strengthen our mission, our team and our culture — and challenge us to get better.

We just completed an £8m series A in March 2021 and we have over 1,000 of the hottest scale-ups in Europe using our software. We’re gearing up to go further, across Europe and beyond.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You’ll join a diverse, cross functional team consisting of an incredible Product Manager, a highly experienced Engineering Lead and talented Engineering team – all driven by the passion to deliver more value to users and level up our core product.

As a UX Designer we're pretty sure you'll soon know our users inside out and are able to think easily through our complex scenarios while keeping the potential implications in mind.

What you'll do:

• Identify user needs by owning the discovery process and synthesise findings to align them across the team and the broader company

• Design intuitive solutions from start to finish, iterate on existing functionality and participate in all phases of design, from definition to development and optimisation

• Iterate actively with prototypes at all levels of design fidelity, informed by the user research you conduct, market needs based on insights, and business goals

• Communicate and share often in written, verbal, and visual forms to create alignment and move the work towards implementation

• Collaborate regularly with engineers, product managers and other designers to ship high-quality and cohesive experiences

• Pro-actively identify potential pain points and advocate for a better UX inside the product (Yes we do iterate on things! 🙂)

What we're looking for:

• A UX Designer with a strong focus on the discovery process and a minimum of 3 years of experience

• The passion for identifying the real user needs, defining clear solutions, validating them with our users and delivering those through design

• The flexibility to design in low and high fidelity and choose the most efficient and responsible process for the job at hand

• The ability to integrate feedback, validate, and iterate on our products while advocating for our users and customers

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills — you’ll be collaborating with others and help us form the future tone of voice in our products

We'd totally geek out if you:

• Have a proficiency in design and prototyping tools and familiarity with development

• Are geeking out about challenging, shaping, and implementing our current design processes and frameworks – from Personas to User Journeys all the way to our Design System

• Have a proven track record of successfully pushing products from being functional to being loved by users

• Can think out of the box and shape solutions which will inspire other teams, customers and ultimately our users

• Like to bring in your opinions (we LOVE opinions), thoughts and plans for refining our workflows. We're currently running on ProductBoard, Notion, Whimsical and Figma

WHAT'S IN FOR YOU

• Salary Band: 55.000€ to 72.000€ based on experience level

• Lots of room to grow and shine (we foster a yes first mentality)

• The chance to make key design decisions and influence our design processes we use at Capdesk

• A front-row seat on a unicorn ride

• A team of amazing people from all over the world, with different cultures, experiences and knowledge

• Transparent equity ownership. We practise what we preach – everyone shares in the profits and wealth at Capdesk

• Your very own company credit card (Pleo), so no more expenses hassle. We trust you!

• 25 days holiday per year, plus national holidays

• Very flexible working – as long as you get the work done, you can do it on your own terms

• Quarterly company events together (ask a Capdesker about our #supersocials)

CAPDESK CULTURE

Five core principles underpin the way we work at Capdesk. We’re looking for people who align with these values:

• Purpose: Our purpose underpins everything we do. People are expected to deliver complex work and meet ambitious targets, so having a genuine passion for our purpose is essential.

• Curiosity: Curiosity takes many forms at Capdesk. We learn independently by listening, observing and questioning, and we approach healthy debate with an open mind. We share our knowledge and seek feedback from others with different perspectives.

• Iteration: Improvement comes from smart, incremental steps. Reviewing results and analysing data helps us to learn equally from our successes and failures. As long as we’re iterating, we are improving.

• Empowerment: Capdesk operates on trust, freedom and flexibility. Providing we communicate effectively, take ownership of tasks and honour our commitments, we are encouraged to work from wherever we feel comfortable.

• Togetherness: We take care of each other and ourselves, promoting personal well-being and work-life balance. We create equal opportunities and believe that diversity in business is a strength.

Hear more about our values from Capdesker Scarlett:

https://www.loom.com/share/8da7f3a2845a4f919ea8d93db60e6830

Want to know what other people think of Capdesk?

• Hear from our current and past hires on Glassdoor

• Hear from some of our customers on Capterra

• London's Top 50 startups to work for 2021

• London's Top 50 fastest-growing companies 2021

Capdesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.