Bring your UX expertise to a collaborative product design team focused on creating thoughtful native mobile experiences for financial products. This senior-level contract role offers the opportunity to shape user experience, contribute to a growing design system, and partner closely with researchers, developers, and other designers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product and design teammates to influence experience strategy and guide design direction
• Create native iOS and Android experiences that follow platform-specific interaction patterns and conventions
• Apply Apple Human Interface Guidelines to ensure polished, native mobile design solutions
• Support the evolution of a design system, including the development of mobile-specific components
• Move seamlessly between sketches, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups based on project needs
• Collaborate with UX researchers to incorporate insights from testing and validation into design decisions
• Work with design technologists and front-end developers to help bring prototypes and finalized designs into code
• Contribute to a highly collaborative team environment by sharing ideas, feedback, and design direction

Skills

• 5+ years of experience in UX or product design
• Strong portfolio showcasing successful native mobile app work and user-focused digital experiences
• Hands-on experience designing for native mobile platforms, with knowledge of iOS and Android patterns
• Solid understanding of design fundamentals such as typography, layout, and color
• Strong proficiency in Figma
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Clear verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

Preferred Skills

• Experience contributing to or maintaining components within a mobile design system
• Ability to create production-ready HTML and CSS for a pattern library
• Experience using prototyping tools such as InVision or similar software
• Familiarity with Git or other version control tools
• Experience working closely with UX researchers
• Background in financial services or related industries
• Advocacy for accessible digital experiences
• Ability to partner with product management and engineering to deliver innovative solutions

Horizontal is committed to building inclusive teams where different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds are valued. We encourage candidates from all communities to apply and help shape equitable, user-centered digital experiences.