SENIOR MOBILE PRODUCT DESIGNER, CONSUMER
At Current, we’re on a mission to enable our members to create better financial outcomes for themselves. Headquartered in NYC, we’re a leading U.S. fintech and one of the fastest growing companies with over 3 million members. No matter your title, we’re a team that collaborates on building great products and making an impact together.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Current is looking for a talented Senior Mobile Product Designer with great visual design and UX skills. You would be involved in the full product development cycle: from early research and product strategy, to design and developer hand-off. You should have a strong understanding of mobile design patterns on both iOS and Android, strong visual and user experience sensibilities, and care deeply about the end-user experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Bring new ideas to life from sketching and wireframes, through to high-fidelity prototypes, beautiful visual designs, and asset production
- Iterate on existing designs to consistently improve the user experiences and design
- Work closely with product and engineering to formulate hypotheses, validate ideas and iterate
- Execute in a fast-paced and fluid startup environment
ABOUT YOU:
- You have worked with teams to build and ship mobile products that users love
- You pride yourself on producing great visual designs and being able to simplify complex problems into great user experiences.
- You love to learn and you are not shy about asking questions
- You take pride in the outstanding quality of your designs but you can also aggressively prioritize, ship quickly, iterate and, most importantly, hear other people’s feedback
- You have learned by experience that no design survives user testing untouched, and you thrive in iterating from user feedback
- You are comfortable sketching on whiteboards, producing tons of wireframes and designing icons
- You have experience in creating both iOS and Android designs, and aggressively stay on top of the latest mobile standards
- You love working in teams and work great under pressure
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of experience designing and shipping products across iOS and Android (we are willing to accommodate a wide range of experience levels)
- Strong portfolio demonstrating pixel-perfect eye candy, interactive designs, and ability to solve complex problems
- Ability to clearly articulate your reasoning behind design decisions
- Experience working closely with engineers, including communication, understanding platform limitations, and asset production
- Ability to empathize with a wide range of users, often different from yourself, to understand what they need..
- Proficient in Sketch
BONUS:
- User testing experience
- Prototyping in Principal, or similar tools
- Icon design and animation experience
- Working within existing design libraries and patterns.
- Asset hand-off with Zeplin
Learn more about how our design team solves problems: https://medium.com/current-design/unique-solutions-for-unique-lives-f112f35aaec1
BENEFITS:
- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity in the form of stock options
- 401(k) plan with company matching
- Discretionary performance bonus program
- Biannual performance reviews
- Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100% for you and your dependents
- Flexible time off and paid holidays
- Generous parental leave policy
- Commuter benefits
- Healthcare and Dependent care FSA benefit
- Employee Assistance Programs focused on mental health
- Healthcare advocacy program for all employees
- Access to mental health apps
- Team building activities
- Our modern Chelsea-based office with open floor plan, stocked kitchen, and catered lunches