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Product Designer: Digital Media (web / mobile / emerging platforms)
A+E Networks
New York, NY, United States
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Job Description
The Product Designer will be integral to the creative process and play a key role in defining the user experience, visual design, and innovation of our TV Everywhere (TVE) applications that are shaping the television/video industry. This position will work side-by-side with diverse product team members (on brands such as A&E, History, Lifetime, and FYI) to produce beautiful, compelling, and useful products that span across digital platforms and include executions on desktop, tablet and smartphone, as well as emerging platforms such as Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and whatever comes next.
The ideal candidate must have a portfolio presenting cutting edge design solutions for web, mobile and/or OTT applications and demonstrate strong interface design skills based on principles of design and user-centered design methodologies. The Product Designer should possess the ability to create interactive prototypes, have strong typographic skills, understand the unique needs of each platform, and be familiar with established human interface guidelines (iOS, Android, game consoles, connected TVs, etc.).
The Product Designer must be comfortable presenting design solutions to stakeholders, have excellent problem-solving skills, understand constraints quickly, and be able to create intuitive, optimized, and brand-consistent experiences that connect people and entertainment brands across A+E’s portfolio of networks.
Effectively communicate and collaborate with design team, product team, and extended digital media team to understand design and UX strategies, business needs, requirements, goals, and metrics, as well create a shared understanding of user needs throughout all phases of the product design process.
Create sketches, prototypes, and translate complex ideas into elegant and intuitive visual interface designs with compelling, delightful and intuitive interactions, transitions and animations.
Provide guidance and assets throughout entire product design and development process to ensure a stellar final product - complete with intended design solutions and user interactions, animations, transitions, etc.
Push the creative envelope and remain current with the latest technology, design trends, usability, and developments in mobile and emerging platforms in order to explore and experiment with the future of A+E’s mobile/emerging product interfaces.
Qualification Requirements
Portfolio that demonstrates exceptional visual and graphic design skills via intuitive and engaging UI design with a simple clean style and a pixel-level attention to detail.
Have a strong design point of view and understanding of fundamental design principles, typography, layout, grid systems, hierarchy, color, and composition.
Understanding of interaction design concepts.
Understanding of web, mobile and OTT design.
Understanding of mobile design issues, including cross-platform compatibility.
Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and prototyping tools.
Working knowledge of HTML/CSS and content management systems with strong desire to learn is desirable.
Entertainment industry experience a plus.