Hybrid Senior Product Designer

at The Walt Disney Company

• Job title: Senior Product Designer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $132,500 - $177,600 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Seattle, United States

About the role

• Senior Product Designer at Disney, crafting exceptional digital experiences for employee engagement. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and design strategy.

Responsibilities

• Work within the current design system on ongoing and new partner communication needs, ensuring consistent, high-quality design output.
• Drive design vision for system redesign, craft design systems and provide implementation guidance.
• Champion user-centered design principles and foster a culture of design excellence.
• Define and articulate partner teams' communication and product design, aligning with business goals and user needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into innovative design solutions.
• Collaborate on and oversee user research, gather insights, validate design concepts and direction.
• Translate user feedback, market trends, and data into design decisions and iterations.
• Visualize product design that aligns user needs with business goals and technological capabilities to create compelling, differentiated experiences.
• Design intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces that adhere to brand guidelines and ensure consistency across all touchpoints.
• Create interactions, animations, and micro-interactions that enhance usability and deliver delightful user experiences.
• Develop high-fidelity prototypes, wireframes, and mockups to test and refine design solutions.
• Lead usability testing sessions and iterate on designs based on user feedback, and data analysis to continuously improve product usability and satisfaction.
• Contribute into and maintain design systems and component libraries, promoting consistency and scalability in design across the platforms and systems.
• Work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and other stakeholders to align design with technical feasibility and business goals.
• Facilitate design reviews and presentations, effectively communicating design rationale and decisions.
• Stay updated with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in product design and AI, advocating for user centric innovative solutions that drive user satisfaction.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product design, with a proven track record of leading design projects from concept to launch.
• Demonstrated expertise in integrating AI functionality into product design is a plus.
• Experience designing and extending product design systems.
• A robust portfolio showcasing a range of design projects, including case studies that highlight your problem-solving skills, design process, and impact.
• Proficient with design and prototyping tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch or similar.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to translate complex data and information into actionable design.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles, interaction design, and visual design.
• Experience with user research methodologies and usability testing.
• Proficient in ADA and WCAG accessibility standards and responsive design principles.
• Proficient in creating responsive designs that provide optimal viewing experiences across various device viewports.
• Knowledge of AI technologies for personalizing user interactions and recommendations is a plus.
• Familiarity with front end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.

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.