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Lead Product Designer – Sports Design – Espn

Lead Product Designer – Sports Design – Espn

CompanyThe Walt Disney Company
LocationSeattle, WA, USA, San Francisco, CA, USA, Bristol, CT, USA, Burbank, CA, USA, Glendale, CA, USA, New York, NY, USA
Salary$136100 – $199800
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • MUST be a sports enthusiast
  • Minimum 7 years in Product Design at a technology company
  • Minimum 1 year(s) of experience leading other designers either as a project lead or people manager
  • Passion for evolving the design practice; it’s people, processes and tools
  • Consulting skills to help stakeholders & partners uncover project goals, constraints & dependencies; and then guide them to optimal solutions
  • Experience designing across multiple devices (iOS, Android, Web, Apple TV, Roku, Xbox, PlayStation, Fire TV etc.)
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating both personal and team-based work
  • A deep arsenal of design tools (Figma, Sketch, InVision, Framer, Mural, Keynote)
  • Proficiency in user-centered design thinking methodologies
  • Outstanding visual design aesthetics combined usable experiences that address problems
  • A strong drive in overcoming obstacles to make a product successful
  • An understanding of acquisition & conversion, data-informed design
  • Experience with experimentation design (A/B, MVT, Usability, etc.)
  • Be able to communicate directly with Product Managers, Stakeholders, and Developers to translate their visions and constraints, into beautiful, functional products that will delight our users
  • Excellent prioritization and documentation skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead product design for the ESPN Design team, supervising the work of at least 1-2 other designers
  • Partner with product and engineering to identify requirements, use cases, and user journeys
  • Illustrate and communicate complex design solutions across uses cases by creating process flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high fidelity mock-ups
  • Use data collected from research, user testing, and market analysis to create truly user-centered designs
  • Collaborate with a design manager, product manager, and cross-team peers throughout the product development life-cycle to iterate on and deliver a user experience that meets the highest quality bar
  • Act as a quality control on the team and make sure documentations are in top shape before delivering to engineers and QAs
  • Use a variety of metrics to analyze and continuously improve the user experience
  • Mentor and provide design directions for senior, mid-level designers and associate designers
  • Exercise ethical decision-making and do what’s best for our viewers
  • Be the voice in the room that always puts the user first

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience and comfortability with Prototyping
  • Experience doing complex Vision-work, running Sprints, or Broadcasting
  • Proven experience in a senior design leadership role, influencing product strategy and driving organizational impact.

Benefits

    No information provided on Benefits.