Senior Mobile Product Designer, Consumer

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 
• Unlimited 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