Locations: VA - McLean, United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Service Designer, Senior Associate - Card and Bank (Hybrid)

The Design team at Capital One is at the forefront of enriching our customers' digital and physical experiences. We champion a thriving environment of collaboration, authenticity and healthy critique, in which we honor diversity of thought, create a culture of belonging, and elevate one another.

We are currently seeking a Service Designer to join our team. We are passionate about human centered design methods, advocating for user needs, and delivering world-class products that redefine our customers' day-to-day financial activities and amplify our associates' ability to support them. If you're an innovator and storyteller who embraces an environment where you can experiment, learn, and change banking for good, we would love to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

You'll be asked to handle a variety of responsibilities, including:

Discovery & Delivery

• Supporting early product or service definition by working with partners to participate in discovery sessions that uncover customer pain points and opportunities
  
• Participate in end-to-end service experience design by:
  
  • Planning and conducting research to understand customer needs and define opportunities through empathy studies
    
  • Blueprinting existing and new digital and in-person experiences, identifying opportunities and solutions for improvement and experimentation
    
  • Creating process and user flows, journey maps and interaction models, resulting in low to high fidelity prototypes, artifacts, and tools
    
  • Designing within existing - and creating new - standards to contribute to our internal design system, best practices, and guidelines
    
  • Supporting effective storytelling and presentation of visual concepts to various stakeholders
    
  • Partnering with other designers in creating high fidelity design assets for acceptance, development, and delivery to market in partnership with technology colleagues
    

Collaboration & Connection

• Collaborating with technology, product, and business teams to uncover customer and business needs - then translating them into intuitive and engaging digital experiences
  
• Participating in translating complex ideas into understandable concepts that evolve and enhance the product experience
  
• Advocating for the customer through human centered design methodologies (like design research, service blueprinting, collaborative work session design and facilitation, rapid prototyping, and frameworking) to strategically define ideal banking experiences across in-person and digital touchpoints
  
• Creating and facilitating design-led workshops to engage and build alignment across different partners and teams
  
• Championing prioritization of customer-centered product enhancements grounded in research and analysis, such as design thinking and service design methodologies
  
• Connecting with design community peers by learning, sharing, and teaching
  
• Working with partners and teams across various geographies
  
• Embracing and advocating for an experience mindset - this is as important to the work as the results
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in service design, design strategy, human-centered design, and design thinking tools and methods
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or military experience
  
• Advanced degree, trainings, or certifications in service design, design, HCI, or related design fields
  
• Designing for cross-channel and platform experiences
  
• Experience designing for internal users, particularly in complex or ambiguous problem spaces
  
• Experience planning, executing, synthesizing, and presenting research with actionable next steps and recommendations
  
• Experience piloting services, and operationalizing pilots into resilient service experiences
  
• Experience working within a large Enterprise environment and collaborating with a cross-functional team
  
• Comfortable presenting work to large audiences and stakeholders of varying levels of seniority
  
• Proficient at working with Product and Tech partners, including sharing design thinking methodology and design work
  
• Strong knowledge of product design processes
  
• Familiarity with design and prototyping tools, such as: Figma, Sketch, Invision and/or Adobe Creative Suite
  

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $112,400 - $128,300 for Sr. Associate, Design

San Francisco, California (Hybrid On-Site): $119,100 - $135,900 for Sr. Associate, Design

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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