Job description
About Tala
Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief’s The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our mission.
By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.
Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!
The Role
We are looking for a content designer to join our Experience Design team. Content design is at the heart of our design process and you’ll work side-by-side with product designers, product managers, engineers, and researchers to shape the future of Tala products.
What You’ll Do
- Create content for our mobile app experience across all touchpoints, including navigation and UI content, in-app notifications, chatbots, help, and more.
- Contribute to projects in ways that enhance the clarity and usability of product experiences, and guide teams towards solving the most important problems.
- Edit and contribute to designs and content using Figma.
- Collaborate with design on page layout, interactions, and visual tone.
- Use data and research to evaluate your content’s impact, and push for continuous improvement that shows real results.
What You’ll Need
- 5+ years working in a product design environment on consumer apps where you owned content design projects and strategy; financial services expertise is an advantage
- Fluency in Spanish and English
- Experience working with Figma; creating content components is an advantage
- Experience designing human-centered solutions using language that scales across markets and locales.
Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
