Product/UI Designer (Contract) Job

StraitPay is rebuilding how African businesses move money across borders — starting with Nigerian SMEs. We're launching a new product and go-to-market motion built on hard-earned lessons, deep regulatory expertise, and insights from thousands of past users.

straitPay helps Nigerian businesses make fast, transparent, and affordable cross-border payments. Our new direction is focused, bold, and designed to win. We’re a small team with big ambitions, backed by years of experience and a fresh operating model. With the right strategy, people, and product — we’re ready to execute.

About the Role

• We're looking for someone who not only possesses a strong sense of teamwork but also has a keen eye for visual design, usability, and enhancing the user experience. Join us in shaping the future of fintech in Africa.

Responsibilities

• Create visually appealing and intuitive user interfaces that align with our brand guidelines.
• Working with Agile project teams and key stakeholders to develop and own the delivery of user-centered solutions.
• Develop storyboards, wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to effectively communicate and design ideas for strategic projects and product developments.
• Participating in user research and leveraging user analytics to gauge the usability of new and existing products/features, with the ability to analyze and predict user behavior.
• You’ll also use inputs from multiple sources to understand and empathize with customers and team members' needs, to create effective and innovative customer and user journeys.
• Participating in sprint and iteration planning, refinement, retrospectives, and iteration reviews.
• Collaborating with project stakeholders to help understand and define customer value.
• Design and test UI elements such as menus, CTAs, banners, page layouts, flows, and landing pages on web and mobile platforms.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Design, computer, or a related field (not mandatory).
• 7 - 8 years of experience
• Fin-tech experience mandatory
• Experience in cross-border and remittance payments
• Relevant blockchain or crypto experience
• Experience in leading projects and managing design projects.
• Work closely with our Senior Product Manager in strategizing and designing user interfaces for new product developments.
• Strong storytelling and presentational skills; both verbal and written.
• Experience in working with Agile teams – with developers, designers, product managers, and testers.
• Knowledge of industry-standard methods – responsive design, material design, design system.
• Advanced usage of design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, and Miro.
• Passionate about research methods, user-centric design, and tracking data (i.e. Google Analytics).
• High attention to detail with a sharp eye for aesthetics.
• Innovative approach to solving UX and UI problems.
• Curious and eager to learn new methods.
• Able to manage a busy workload with minimal supervision.
• If you are passionate about creating exceptional user experiences and have a portfolio that demonstrates your design skills, we’d love to hear from you.

Why you should join us:

• Flexible work environment.
• A chance to do impactful work and make a difference on the continent.