UX Designer, IMDb

$106,000 - $184,000/Yr

Imdb.Com - Santa Monica, CA

posted 4 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Santa Monica, CA
Specialty Trade Contractors

About the position

IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV, and celebrity content, boasting an audience of over 250 million unique monthly visitors across web and mobile platforms. As a UX Designer at IMDb, you will join a collaborative team of seasoned designers who prioritize customer obsession, innovation, and rapid decision-making, all supported by the extensive resources of Amazon. The work environment at IMDb is one that celebrates both team and personal milestones, fostering a balanced lifestyle that enhances productivity and refreshes creativity. Regular meetings with the founder and colleagues to discuss current films, shows, and events further enrich the workplace culture. In this role, you will lead the end-to-end UX design process, collaborating effectively with peers and cross-disciplinary partners. Your responsibilities will include creating user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, the voice of the customer, user journeys, customer feedback, and usability findings. You will be expected to quickly and iteratively produce user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity mockups, and detailed UI and visual design specifications for Product and Engineering teams, as well as business stakeholders and executive leadership. Incorporating customer feedback, technical constraints, and usability findings into your designs will be crucial, as will developing and maintaining detailed information architecture and design specifications. The team at IMDb is diverse, with a mix of experience levels and tenures, and is committed to knowledge sharing, work-life balance, and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that will help each team member develop into a well-rounded professional, enabling them to take on more complex tasks in the future. Our inclusive environment drives innovation through regular brainstorming sessions and UX Deep Dives, making it an exciting place to work and grow.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end UX Design
  • Collaborate effectively with peers and cross-disciplinary partners
  • Create user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, voice of the customer, user journeys, customer feedback, and usability findings
  • Quickly and iteratively create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high fidelity mockups and detailed UI and visual design specifications to Product and Engineering teams, as well as business stakeholders and executive leadership
  • Incorporate customer feedback, technical constraints, and usability findings into design
  • Develop and maintain detailed information architecture and design specifications
  • Be resourceful and creative to overcome obstacles and turn challenges into opportunities

Requirements

  • 3+ years of design experience
  • 3+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer
  • Have an available online portfolio
  • Experience prototyping (HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash or Flash Catalyst, or Axure)

Nice-to-haves

  • 2+ years of mass-market consumer web / mobile products experience
  • Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
  • Equity and sign-on payments as part of total compensation package
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