About Skipify
Skipify is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California whose mission is to connect people to the merchants and financial products they trust and love through innovative, reliable, and secure digital experiences that feel more like magic than software. Built in partnership with the world's largest financial institutions, acquirers and card networks, Skipify's Commerce Identity Cloud helps merchants significantly boost approval and conversion rates by minimizing friction and abandonment at checkout.
Skipify has been recognized as a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, Top 100 Financial Technology Company, "The Future of Payment Infrastructure" by Money20/20, and a CB Insights Retail Tech 100 honoree. Skipify is backed by some of the world's leading fintech and commerce enablement investors, including Samsung NEXT, Amex Ventures, Synchrony Ventures, Point72, Flourish Ventures, and Worldpay to name a few.
About the role
This role will have cross functional impact, shaping the story we share with customers and influencing product development through the user experience. As a core member of our team, you will report to our EVP of Product and Go to Market, while working closely with the CEO to shape high-stakes slide decks that win over partners and customers. Beyond the product, you own the company’s "narrative assets"—from the corporate website to product mockups and demos, having a direct impact on Skipify’s success.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Narrative & Sales Enablement
- Product Storytelling: Create compelling, visual slide decks that articulate the product’s value proposition for executive-level meetings, partners, and customers.
- Functional Demos: Build and maintain high-fidelity demos that showcase "the future of the product" to external stakeholders and early adopters.
- Executive Collaboration: Support the CEO and Executive Team in visualizing new features and business opportunities before they hit the development queue.
Brand & Digital Presence
- Website Ownership: Manage the company website, ensuring it is geared toward our target audience and remains updated with our latest product evolution.
- Cohesive Brand Identity: Maintain visual and messaging consistency across the product interface, the marketing site, and all external partner-facing collateral.
UX Design & Engineering Partnership
- Experience Architecture: Work closely with the Product Lead to map out user journeys, wireframes, and high-level UX flows that align with our strategic goals.
- Technical Collaboration: Partner with the Lead Engineer to design functionality that is technically feasible, scalable, and high-performing.
- Figma Prototyping: Own the Figma workspace, creating pixel-perfect mockups and interactive demos that serve as the "blueprints" for the engineering team.
- Design-to-Dev Handoff: Ensure a seamless transition from design to code by providing clear specifications, assets, and real-time support during the build phase.
Who You Are
- The Bridge: You can speak "Business" with the CEO, "Strategy" with the Product Lead, and "Technical Specs" with the Lead Engineer.
- Visual Communicator: You believe a great slide deck or a clean mockup is a powerful sales tool, not just a design task.
- Startup-Minded: You thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable pivoting from a high-level UX workshop to updating a landing page in the same afternoon.
- Master of Figma: You don't just make things look pretty; you build organized, scalable component libraries and prototypes that feel like real software.
- 5-8 years experience in design, ideally working on fintech products and digital platforms with deep knowledge of the payments industry, including competitive landscape, market trends, and evolving merchant needs
- Exceptional communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work from our New York office 2-3 days per week
Non-Negotiables
- You exemplify Skipify values - you have a positive mindset, embrace feedback, and are accountable for what you do.
- You take pride in what you do and who you do it with.
- You go the extra mile and get things done the right way, with a collaborative spirit that brings others along with you to win together.
- You bring your A-game - striving to do your best work; the kind that raises the bar and up-levels those around you.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary, with a target range of $140,000-$180,000, depending on candidate experience.
- 4 weeks accrued time off, plus additional time off for illness, bereavement, natural-disaster, and jury duty.
- 90% coverage of health, dental, vision for Employees and dependents
- Wellness reimbursement USD 125 / month
- 401k platform
- USD 500 home office set up reimbursement
- Parental leave policy [within first year of welcoming a child]
- Flexible WFH policy