Sr. Product Designer - Yahoo Fantasy Sports

$128,250 - $266,875/Yr

Yahoo Holdings - Nashville, TN

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Nashville, TN

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 while maintaining a cohesive design system across various platforms.

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