Product Designer

Who Are We? 

GOBankingRates is a dynamic multimedia content platform dedicated to empowering people to lead richer lives. We deliver curated editorial content that covers the six key principles of financial literacy – earning, saving, investing, spending, borrowing and protecting money. Our mission is to provide expert insights that give readers the confidence to make smart financial decisions today, tomorrow and for years to come. 

As a proud member of Gen Digital, a global leader in digital safety, GOBankingRates is amplifying its impact by aligning with a broader vision to create a secure and empowered digital world. Gen Digital unites trusted brands like Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender and CCleaner to protect over 500 million people worldwide. Together, we combine GOBankingRates’ expertise in financial empowerment with Gen Digital’s cutting-edge technology and commitment to digital safety, ensuring individuals can navigate their financial journeys with confidence and security. 

As part of the Gen Digital family, GOBankingRates fosters an inclusive workplace where your well-being and bold ideas thrive. We believe that when you’re empowered to be your authentic self, you’re unstoppable. Join us to shape the future of financial literacy and digital safety, and become part of #TeamGen, where your passion for helping others drives meaningful impact. 

Ready to empower people to live richer, safer lives? Join GOBankingRates at Gen Digital today! 

Mission and Goals 

As a Product Designer reporting to Lead Product Director of O&O Websites, you will be part of a high-impact team focused on enhancing user experience and driving business results. In this role, you’ll contribute to the design of various page types with an emphasis on improving SEO, conversion rates, and overall UX. You'll also play a key role in building and maintaining design systems that empower the team to scale efficiently, enabling faster iteration and development of new pages. 

Objectives  

• Execute and deliver design needs from the O&O Product squad to support roadmap and other priorities on a weekly basis at the highest possible levels of quality and impact. 

• Meet weekly with all designers together for alignment, while sharing insights and best practices. 

• Focus at least 80% of your efforts on design projects, with the remaining to connect with all designers, sharing successes and data to drive improved output. 

• Collaborate squad leaders who have designers on their teams to support consistency in the design team’s output. 

• Provide design standards, style sheets, and act as a subject matter expertise across GBR brands, implementing best practices for UI/UX. 

• Build strong relationships with Product Leads by meeting monthly on the Design’s team output with all designers 

• Engage with Gen Digital’s design leaders to ensure the entire Design team stays connected and involved in global trainings and programs. 

Competencies  

• 3–5 years of experience as a Product Designer, preferably within the advertising or digital media space 

• Familiar with identifying opportunities, taking initiative, and driving projects forward with urgency and focus 

• Strong business acumen with the ability to align design decisions with strategic goals 

• Excellent collaboration ski