Small businesses have always struggled to access finance. Traditional lenders typically make this process cumbersome, expensive, and full of hurdles, especially for small businesses. We are able to take this hassle out of the experience. Fibr is currently a small Fintech company focussed on making SME lending fairer and a better experience, and have recently obtained substantial funding for our expansion in Europe. Our vision is to become a pan-EU SME platform, starting in the UK and Netherlands, and we have the backing and partnerships to be successful! We have been developing our tech stack for 2.5 years and. We associate ourselves as a Tech company that has built a finance product rather than a traditional FinTech. Especially at these challenging times, we’re on a mission to help SMEs. We streamline the application and servicing process for customers using state-of-the-art technology. We also use real-time data to create a more accurate picture and avoid the lengthy delays of traditional financers, all of which allows us to keep costs low and respond at lightning speed. At Fibr, we’re offering financing that’s as quick as the unsecured lenders, but as affordable as traditional lenders.
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone who can help drive our product forward. We’re building something from scratch (almost!), and we’ll be iterating as we go.
You should have a good working knowledge of the best practices, tools and techniques across user-centred design, usability research and prototyping. You keep up-to-date with the latest trends in design and technology.
You're a versatile designer. We’re a small team, so it would be beneficial to have a general appreciation of all things design across visual, experience, systems…
You’re comfortable taking the lead on early user research efforts, validating user pain points and the products we need to build. Our users include Founders, CEOs and CFOs, accountants and small business owners (to name a few) - we’re looking to create delightful, intuitive experiences for all of them.
What you’ll be doing:
Following a UX process from ideation, wire-framing and prototyping, through testing, iteration and final design, you’ll help design mockups ranging from sketches to high fidelity prototypes in order to propose and evaluate how our product could best be improved. Evaluate prototypes and MVPs for user value, usability and feasibility. Conduct user research and usability testing to ensure all designs meet client and user requirements Analyse all research and feedback to gain user insight – and incorporate this feedback into new designs Communicate design decisions and the rational behind them throughout the company. Effectively coordinate with the rest of the product team to ensure efficient "handover" to engineers.
Key skills / experience: - At least two years of experience in a professional UX/UI or product design role - Experience building digital products - Experience creating delightful interfaces that real people can use - Able to articulate creative ideas, present and inspire the team - Comfortable of leading workshops and liaising with stakeholders - Happy to work collaboratively within a team but also solo - Self-starter who takes initiative - Resilient to fast-changing requirements - Passionate about solving problems and always identifying opportunities - Excellent at collaborating with the team, showing initiative, eager to learn - A basic working knowledge of HTML and CSS - Proficient in wire-framing and comfortable producing concept sketches and user flows - A good working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite
Nice to haves Experience in fintech/financial sector Experience with animation/After-Effects
