Product Designer

$104,600 - $140,200/Yr

Disney - Glendale, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Glendale, CA

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

About the position

As a Product Designer II on the Product Creative Team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, you will play a crucial role in creating and curating high-quality artwork for Disney+ and Hulu. This position focuses on enhancing the user experience for a global audience by collaborating with design and creative teams to ensure quality standards are met. You will be responsible for creative execution, concepting, and providing feedback on various artwork projects, while maintaining the integrity of the product user interface and brand story.

Responsibilities

• Create exceptional original artwork packages and title treatment design for new titles
• Ideate and concept creative ways to leverage artwork in new and unexpected ways
• Regularly receive creative feedback from fellow team members to help guide early concepts and polish final executions
• Champion artwork design as a way to improve and drive audience engagement
• Coordinate with program managers to kickoff, progress and deliver creative projects
• Effectively communicate creative concepts, aesthetic choices and visual execution with peers within the design team
• Clearly and constructively communicate design expectations & possible solutions through a product design lens
• Maintain a solid understanding of the Product design (artwork) specifications and guidelines and communicate them effectively
• Collaborate and build strong working relationships across the Walt Disney Company

Requirements

• An online portfolio featuring stunning visual design work
• Strong knowledge of, and passion for typography
• 3+ years experience as a key creative contributor on a design team
• Exceptional photo compositing and illustration ability
• 2-3 years experience designing successful consumer experiences in a fast-paced product-centric, technology environment
• Identifying core goals, success-KPI's and expectations in performance
• Designing for multiple platforms and screens
• Working closely with a cross-functional team of designers, software engineers, product managers, and business owners through all product development phases
• Delivering engineering-friendly design specifications and documentation
• Familiarity with version control
• Informing and evangelizing the design process
• Detail oriented
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Professional experience with creating and managing digital content assets in the media/entertainment industry for (mobile, web, TV) is a significant advantage
• Sensitivity to handling of studio-based imagery and assets and the many facets of legality associated
• Experience in the business of digital subscription services, a bonus
• A love of television, film, and entertainment
• Experience in commercial advertising and brand campaigns is a plus
• Smart, conceptual, confident, competent, adaptable, proactive, and results-oriented
• Earnest, mature, and ego-free; you welcome candid feedback, and can constructively give it as well
• An innate passion for learning new software design technologies and trends
• Embrace change and ambiguity as an opportunity for design to lead
• BA/BS or equivalent experience required

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the business of digital subscription services
• Experience in commercial advertising and brand campaigns

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Financial benefits
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package