Sr Designer

Job Description

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming Disney's media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you'd love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
• Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
• Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

The Disney Entertainment & ESPN (DE&E) Technology Design team thinks beyond what is possible today. They discover, disrupt, and chart a course to where our fans and consumers will be next. Design brings the Disney magic to life by building digital customer experiences via the entire portfolio of both consumer-facing products and internal products and tooling. This includes Sports, Entertainment, News, Streaming and Enterprise Products and Experiences.

As a Senior Product Designer on the Product Creative team, you'll be leading efforts to create and curate the highest-quality artwork for Disney+ and Hulu that ultimately contributes to the core user-experience of our global subscribers. You'll collaborate with studios, agencies and other creative teams across the company to ensure quality standards are met and that an excellent product experience is prioritized. You'll lead, direct and define key strategic projects for the group to grow and mature our practice. You'll work closely with all groups that contribute to the Disney+ platform. As part of the Product Design group, you'll always look to balance the essence of the brand story and maintain the integrity of the product user interface; to always ensure the best experience for the user while delighting them with great content and visuals. As a team, you'll also coordinate and collaborate with other Product Designers working on similar artwork projects. You'll work with dedicated program managers to balance and prioritize work to ensure a smooth review, approval and delivery process.

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
• Champion artwork design as a way to improve and drive audience engagement
• Coordinate with internal teams to plan, organize, prep, and deliver on creative projects
• Effectively communicate and get buy-in on creative concepts, aesthetic choices and visual execution with peers and partners across the company
• Clearly and constructively communicate design expectations & possible solutions through a product design lens
• Collaborate directly with studios and filmmakers on artwork for our global suite of streaming products
• Maintain a solid understanding of the Product design (artwork) specifications and guidelines and able to communicate externally
• Collaborate and build strong working relationships across the Walt Disney Company

Experience/Qualifications
• An online portfolio featuring stunning visual design work
• Deep knowledge and passion for typography
• 5+ years experience in a Senior creative role providing art and design direction to designers and vendors
• Proven ability to contribute to strategic creative projects
• Exceptional photo compositing and illustration ability
• 4+ years experience designing and shipping successful consumer experience in a fast-paced product-centric, technology environment.
• Identifying core goals, success-KPI's and expectations in performance
• Utilizing rapid prototyping and iterative design techniques.
• Designing for multiple platforms and screens.
• Defining and evolving design systems.
• Leading project design efforts/teams.
• 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
• Experience in verbally articulating conceptual and design decisions to executives while being aware and sensitive to strategic influences
• Proven leadership and strategic ability
• 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.
• You have an innate passion for learning new software design technologies and trends.
• You embrace change and ambiguity as an opportunity for design to lead.
• You can move effortlessly between doing design work and defining requirements and goals.
• BA/BS or equivalent experience required

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA, is $124,000.00 to $166,200.00 per year. The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

About Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) provides the technological backbone and product development for Disney's two media business units, while helping to keep the company at the vanguard of innovation – enabling the Company to continuously leverage technology to enhance storytelling and creativity, while delivering scalability, flexibility, and efficiency for its businesses.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gmb9j2-3-133-144-122-42 in your application.