Senior Visual Designer (Crypto)

Location: Hybrid onsite in San Jose, California, United States; candidates must be in the Bay Area, CA.

Company

OKX is a crypto platform operating a regulated exchange, self-custody wallet, and decentralized application ecosystem across trading, DeFi, payments, and social products.

What you will do

• Design high-quality visual and UI experiences across trading, wallet, payments, and social products from concept through pixel-perfect, production-ready delivery.
• Contribute to scalable visual systems covering illustration guidelines, motion principles and tokens, color systems, iconography, layout patterns, UI components, and design tokens.
• Translate brand direction into product experiences and maintain coherence between marketing, product surfaces, user needs, and business goals.
• Create visual experiences for in-product campaigns, launches, and feature moments.
• Integrate generative AI into ideation, exploration, variation, prototyping, and asset production, refining outputs with creative judgment.
• Collaborate with product designers, engineers, product managers, and Brand Design; participate in critiques, present concepts, and explain design rationale.

Requirements

• 4–6 years of experience in visual design, UI design, digital-focused brand work, or a related discipline, with a portfolio demonstrating strong craft, modern taste, and attention to detail.
• Experience taking product experiences from wireframes to polished, production-ready UI, with an understanding of usability, hierarchy, trust, product goals, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong UI and digital design fundamentals across product, responsive web, and mobile experiences; mobile-first experience is essential.
• Exceptional visual craft across typography, color, composition, layout, interaction, and detail.
• Experience creating or contributing to scalable design systems, including tokens, components, patterns, and coherent product visual languages.
• Experience working at the intersection of brand and product and translating brand direction into product experiences.
• Active use of generative AI tools for ideation, exploration, prototyping, and production, with the ability to refine outputs and scale visual work.
• Clear and collaborative communication with product designers, engineers, product managers, and Brand Design.
• Proficiency in Figma and prototyping tools, including communicating interaction and motion intent through high-fidelity prototypes.

Nice to have

• Experience creating light animation.
• Experience with 3D software or a genuine willingness to learn.
• Experience designing for fintech, crypto, or trading platforms.
• Strong visual illustration and interaction ideation skills, including creating original visual assets.
• Experience balancing speed with a high bar for craft in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams across offices and time zones.
• Familiarity with CSS, design tokens, component architecture, and how visual design integrates with front-end implementation.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a fast-moving design organization focused on craft quality, brand-to-product coherence, and AI-assisted workflows.
• Team building programs and company events.
• L&D programs and an education subsidy for professional growth.
• Wellness and meal allowances.
• Comprehensive healthcare for employees and dependents.
• Competitive total compensation package.