Product Designer, News
The Walt Disney Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $112,000 - $150,100 per year
About the role
- Work independently with guidance from your design manager and mentor, taking ownership of well-defined problem spaces while continuing to grow your influence and craft
- Apply a user-centered, data-informed design process to understand user needs and translate them into clear, thoughtful design solutions
- Design and ship features and product improvements across web, mobile, CTV, and other supported platforms
- Partner closely with product, engineering, research, and editorial teams to deliver elegant and practical solutions
- Clearly articulate project goals, design rationale, and tradeoffs in critiques, team reviews, and stakeholder presentations
- Rapidly concept solutions at varying levels of fidelity from sketches and wireframes to high-fidelity mockups and prototypes
- Leverage and contribute to our design system, using established patterns and guidelines to ensure consistency and quality
- Proactively seek and incorporate feedback from design critiques and cross-functional partners, and provide thoughtful critique to peers
- Manage your time effectively, estimate work accurately, and communicate project status, risks, and dependencies clearly
- Embrace ambiguity with curiosity, using it as an opportunity to learn and refine your problem-solving approach.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of experience designing consumer-facing digital products, preferably in media, content, or technology organizations
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or experience in a related field
- Experience designing and shipping features across responsive web and native mobile platforms
- Solid understanding of interaction design principles, usability, accessibility, and platform conventions
- Experience working within and contributing to a multi-platform design system
- Proficiency in Figma and other standard design and prototyping tools
- Ability to balance user needs, business requirements, and technical constraints
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
- A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
user-centered designdata-informed designinteraction designusabilityaccessibilityresponsive web designnative mobile designdesign systemprototypingsketching
Soft Skills
ownershipcommunicationtime managementproblem-solvingcuriositycollaborationfeedback incorporationcritiquearticulationadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in DesignBachelor’s degree in HCI