UX/UI Designer

HackCapital is a private-market investment platform. We make impact investment more approachable to sophisticated investors, to deploy 1B into ClimateTech solutions. Ultimately, building generational wealth for our users whilst accelerating the transition to a sustainable economy & supporting impact entrepreneurs in their ventures.

Tasks

We're a small, rapidly-growing, tight-knit company and we're looking for a superstar to join our product team!

If you :

• Always dreamed of putting your design skills behind climate & health solutions
• Believe tech & decentralisation will enable more people to participate in financial markets
• Want to join a lean team and get things done / ship fast with us

Then we're looking forward to talking with you!

The position:

(internal hire only - not a call for agencies or freelancers)

We re looking for a talented UX/UI Designer 80-100% to join our product team. The position is fully remote, but we're ideally looking for someone based in State of Vaud, Switzerland.

Our ideal candidate is someone technical with previous experience as a founding designer in FinTech / DeFi, but also creative and able to reinvent schemes until we find the best possible experience for our users.

You're curious and ready to dig into UX, ask questions to our early users and put in place necessary feedback loops. You're a great team player, have outstanding communication skills and want to be a fully integrated part of our company.

You care that your work has an impact, and are truly passionate about solving some of our most pressing societal issues.

About the company:

HackVentures is out to democratise access to private equity, whilst enabling impactful startups to raise funds from the right investors.

With a first "ugly-beta" out and already used by 400 early adopters, we re now in the early process of designing and developing a scalable version of our investment platform. We aim at keeping our product / front team lean and agile, we use mostly Jira, Figma, Storybook and Vue.JS components.

This position is a key hire for us, and you'll have to opportunity to truly influence our Design System, and what our product will become. We're looking for a talented designer that gets our vision and wants to stick around for the journey.

Apply if you're looking for an exciting project to dig into and to be surrounded by a great team

Requirements

Previous experience required for this position

• 3-5 years of experience in a similar UX/UI position
• Previous experience building Design Systems from scratch
• Strong knowledge of using Figma to design digital products
• An organised approach, from concept, wireframe, mock-ups to final design
• A documented and collaborative approach, coordinating on JIRA
• Strong organisation skills, leadership abilities and attention to detail
• An adaptable, can-do spirit. Resourceful and self-starter
• A team player, with the ability to take and give constructive feedback
• Full proficiency in English
• Interest in sustainability, climate, health and food tech.

Not mandatory, but a plus:

• An understanding of Storybook / Vue.JS framework is a plus
• Ideally, previous experience as a founding designer in a Startup
• Ideally, previous experience with people management responsibilities.
• Understanding and strong interest in Web3 and Blockchain technologies.
• Previous experience in a FinTech / DeFi / Marketplace Startup is a plus

HOW TO APPLY:

Instead of a cover letter, please include a one-page submission that includes concise answers to these three questions:

• How have your experiences prepared you for this role?
• What are exciting developments in FinTech, and why does this interest you?
• What would success in this role look like for you?

Send us your portfolio or a link to one project you're really proud of !

Benefits

• Stock option: 0.5%-1.5% based on experience. You need skin in the game
• Salary range: Based on seniority. Inline with current company grid
• Flexible hours: In a results-oriented environment.
• Work remotely: Preferably based in Vaud, Switzerland

Company Values

• Transparency & constructive feedback
  We value feedback, honesty and clear communication. If you think something is wrong or can be improved, speak up.
• Ownership & Autonomy
  Every team member has ownership over it's specific areas of the business. We value self-starters and people who have the ability to manage their own time. We're result oriented, ultimately what matters is work well done and delivered on time.
• Empathy & Collaboration
  We set a culture of trust and appreciation in a fast and positive mindset environment. As a team, we collaborate across disciplines and everyone has an impact across many areas of the business.
• Commitment
  We're looking for people who truly care about the business and who want to have skin in the game. There is huge scope for the right person to grow with the role and develop his/her department into a critical pillar of FoodHack.