Temporary work opportunities align well with people who are looking for career flexibility and less traditional ways of working, but at the same time are people driven to deliver amazing work in high-profile situations. Magnit Direct Source is a service offered by Magnit Global that provides top talent directly to industry leading clients who have a variety of flexible temporary assignments that unlock opportunities for exciting work. As a temporary contractor, you will be employed by our Direct Source partner, Magnit Global. Please note, this is a role with Magnit Global and you will not be a PayPal employee. This role is not eligible for any benefits under any benefit plan of PayPal, PayPal Affiliates, or their respective successors and assigns.

Location:

Remote, USA. Preferred if you are local to a major PayPal hub (Austin, TX | San Jose, CA | New York, NY | Chicago, IL)

 Your Day to Day:

• Partners with design, engineering, design systems and product management team members in the execution and delivery of PayPal’s products and services, using a customer-focused, iterative design process. 
• Contributes to the planning and estimating work and participates in broader work stream coordination and expectation setting.   
• Creates high-quality deliverables and executes based on product design goals and priorities without prescriptive guidance or direction, managing their work to a more extensive schedule.  
• Leverages and extends the use of established product design techniques, templates, presentations and assets in the creation of product design analysis, solutions and materials. 
• Contributes to the adaptation of PayPal product design tools, methodology and software, and proposes new solutions or optimizes existing ones.  
• Creates opportunities to foster collaborative cross-discipline dynamics. Drives product design team delivery excellence, furthering influence to achieve product design goals.  
• May lead one or more individuals in experience and design initiatives. Informally mentors junior product design practitioners in best practices, process and methodology. 
• Rapidly prototype new user experiences. 
• Iterate quickly to turn ideas into testable concepts. 
• Work closely with your team, prioritizing beauty and usability. 
• Craft solutions focused on the end-user's needs and experiences. 
• Find innovative ways to integrate design and engineering.  

What You Need to Bring:

• Candidates should have at least 5+ years experience. 
•  All candidates must submit a portfolio for consideration (if anything is password protected its helpful to include the password)
• Thorough understanding of product design methodology and lifecycle across significant channels and platforms. 
• Customer-focused, with experience using design research methods to uncover customer insights. 
• Effectively operates within an iterative design team, managing product design responsibilities against defined milestones and plan with little day-to-day oversight.  
• Thorough knowledge of essential channels and platforms, with experience in mobile, dedicated, web and native solution design.  
• Experience with resources such as; pattern library, repositories, and internal communication tools, Figma.    
• Are experienced with motion and storytelling. 
• Can work on multiple projects from concept to launch. 
• Are committed to creating beautiful, user-centric designs prioritizing usability and accessibility. 
• Have a relentless drive for perfection. 
• Enjoy collaborating in a team-focused environment. 
• General awareness of technology mediums (i.e., JavaScript, HTML/CSS) including differences between them.  
• A Bachelors or Master Degree in the study of design including one of the following; Design, Information Architecture, Human Factors is preferred but not required
• Leadership skills: if you have managed a team it is a plus

This is the pay range that Magnit reasonably expects to pay for this position: $69.00/hour-$91.00/hour

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K