Sr. Product Designer - Yahoo Fantasy Sports

$128,250 - $266,875/Yr

Yahoo Holdings - Baltimore, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Baltimore, MD

About the position

The Sr. Product Designer at Yahoo Fantasy Sports is responsible for creating engaging and innovative product experiences for over 40 million users. This role involves collaborating with a remote team to design and implement a comprehensive sports growth strategy, focusing on user-centered design and integrating user research into the development process. The designer will work on enhancing the fantasy sports experience, ensuring it resonates with sports fans and meets industry standards for accessibility and usability.

Responsibilities

• Shape and implement a comprehensive sports growth strategy, leveraging market insights and understanding customer needs and competition.
• Tackle broad, ambiguous challenges, transforming them into clear, valuable, and delightful solutions.
• Integrate user research and data insights into every stage of development.
• Apply best practices across various platforms and devices, contributing to a cohesive design system.
• Mentor and provide feedback with humor, grace, and empathy to teammates and cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• 5+ years of digital product design experience for iOS, Android, and web platforms.
• Well-designed portfolio showcasing excellence in visual design, interaction design, prototyping, motion design, micro animations, and product thinking.
• Track record of designing products meeting or exceeding industry accessibility guidelines.
• Experience leading a user-centered design process from end-to-end.
• Proficient in Figma, Origami, After Effects, and other design tools for creating concepts, prototypes, assets, and specifications.
• Strong product sense with an ability to build products the market needs.
• Passion for sports, coupled with deep industry knowledge.
• Strong analytical background, leveraging data to drive business decisions.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a high level of empathy.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in designing for sports products is a plus.

Benefits

• Healthcare
• 401K savings plan
• Company holidays
• Vacation
• Sick time
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program