Yahoo - Baltimore, MD
posted 5 months ago
About the position
Yahoo Finance is the world's leading finance destination, empowering investors with the necessary news, information, and tools to make informed financial decisions. Trusted by over 150 million visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion in investable assets, Yahoo Finance provides high-quality real-time market data across various platforms including desktop, mobile, and streaming. The platform features breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts, technical tools, and personalized mobile alerts, all designed to equip investors with the knowledge and insights needed to achieve financial freedom and prosperity. In this role as a Senior Product Designer, you will collaborate with other product designers and cross-functional partners to define and execute the vision for new features and explorations that inspire and elevate the product. You will be involved in all phases of the design process, from conception to implementation, which includes wireframing, prototyping, and visual design. As the design lead for large projects or responsible for significant parts of several projects deemed business-critical, you will implement innovative team practices that drive change and identify new opportunities for value creation. You will act as a thought leader within your cross-functional group, demonstrating the ability to implement forward-thinking design strategies. Building relationships and collaborating with internal stakeholders such as Product Management and Engineering will be essential to ensure consistency with broader product goals and company objectives. Your strong understanding and implementation of the internal design process will guide your cross-functional team in framing and providing thoughtful solutions to complex design problems, ultimately contributing to the revitalization and future positioning of Yahoo Finance.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product designers and cross-functional partners to define and execute the vision for new features and explorations.
- Execute across all phases of the design process including wireframing, prototyping, and visual design.
- Lead design for large projects or major parts of several business-critical projects.
- Implement innovative team practices that drive change and identify new opportunities for value creation.
- Act as a thought leader in the cross-functional group, implementing forward-thinking design.
- Lead design vision and strategy for the cross-functional group.
- Build relationships and collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure consistency with broader product goals.
- Frame and provide thoughtful solutions to complex design problems.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience as a Product Designer.
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.
- Mastery in UX software such as Figma.
- Design portfolio demonstrating strong UX and visual design solutions, with an emphasis on solving true user problems.
- Foundational understanding of HTML and CSS.
- Exceptional track record in executing product design strategy and mentoring designers.
- Experience in building world-class product experiences and streamlining workflows with continuous iteration and improvement.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead user experience design, including usability principles, user research methodology, and testing techniques.
- Willingness to take smart risks and champion new ideas.
- Passionate about contributing to and maintaining design systems.
Nice-to-haves
- Skills in data visualization or copywriting.
