About Lightyear

We’re on a mission to make investing better for everyone in Europe. More specifically, we’re making it light years better (sorry… we had to!). We’re combining multi-currency accounts with unlimited access to global markets so that everyone in Europe can invest without sneaky hidden fees or unnecessary barriers.

Over the last 3 years, we’ve grown from being just an idea to a regulated business in both the UK & the EU, launching in 22 countries and raising $35M along the way. And we’ve hired a team of 60+ people from some of the best fintechs and startups in Europe.

We’ve got a stellar group of investors behind us including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sir Richard Branson, Mosaic Ventures, Taavet Hinrikus, Jaan Tallinn, Sten Tamkivi, Eileen Burbidge as well as a host of angel investors. In 2022, we raised a $25M Series A round and have been covered in CNBC, TechCrunch, Business Insider and City AM.

Role overview

Design at Lightyear is run by Kish, here’s how he’s described the role, the team and the state of Design at Lightyear:

We’re an incredibly ambitious team with plans to become the dominant investment platform across the continent of Europe. We’ve spent the last couple of years building a great product that customers love, but it still feels like early days and there’s so much more to design and build.

That's where you come in! As our second Product Designer at Lightyear (alongside Kish), you’ll assist in spearheading Product Design - translating customer problems and needs, business goals and brand into an intuitive and beautifully put together product.

That's a lot to own isn't it? Well that's what's exciting about being an early Designer at a new company. It still feels like day 0, everything is still yet to be defined - it's ours to figure out, decide what's important (and more importantly what isn't), decide how things will be done and make it happen.

When it comes to the Design team itself, I believe less is more — we’re trying to build a small, talented and closely knit Design team. It’s currently just me and Josh. Josh looks after Brand Design and joins us from running his own design studio (Good Habit). People at Lightyear are given a lot of ownership, which makes this role perfect for those that love their craft, despise bureaucracy and know what to do with a boat-load of autonomy.

Our customers constantly rave about the design of our product, which has given us a licence to do our best work and continuously push things further and further. The bar for Design is incredibly high and our founders are massive proponents of Design — which creates an unstoppable flywheel for excellence.

About You

• You’re an experienced Product Designer (or Design Manager or VP that wants to get back into the craft)
  
• You have 7+ years of proven experience working in-house and/or agencies, with a preference for candidates who have worked in high-growth startups
  
• You want to do amazing work
  
• You’re visually strong and have great taste
  
• You work fast and are comfortable owning projects end to end
  
• You know how code works and how great software is made
  
• You love trying to understand user experience, and always put the customer first
  
• You’ve invested and understand how the market works
  
• You’re lethal with Figma
  
• You’re exceptional at presenting your work, taking others through your thinking and rationale, internalising feedback and acting on it where necessary
  
• You can design highly visual landing pages
  
• You’ve dabbled with AI and have used it to help you with something
  
• Prioritisation and time-management are not an issue for you
  
  

What you will do

• Execute design for the Lightyear app, web app, marketing products and landing pages
  
• Define and create well crafted and visually solid work for all of the above, using motion design where appropriate
  
• Work in a cross-functional squad, working closely with Product Managers, and Engineers - responsible for all things design
  
• Build an understanding of the customers you’re designing for by working with our Researchers, digging into data or speaking to customers
  
• Seek feedback early and often, and present and communicate your work effectively
  
• Contribute to and maintain our Design System.

Benefits

💵 A competitive startup package including tax-advantaged EMI stock options that vest monthly after a one-year cliff

📍 Offices in central London (Old Street)

⏰ Flexible working hours

🏡 A flexible approach to working remotely

🏥 Private health insurance

👪 Enhanced parental leave

☕️ All the usual office facilities, including free tea, coffee & snacks

🐶 Dog-friendly office (20% distracting, but 100% cute: see here)

🛫 Quarterly international team events