Principal Product Designer

2 Months ago • 10 Years + • Product Design • $167,700 PA - $246,400 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Product Designer will shape the strategy and design vision for Disney's advertising platform, focusing on campaign planning, creative review, and interactive ad formats. This role demands leading complex projects, setting team goals, and solving intricate design problems. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional product thinking, interaction design skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders. Responsibilities include driving impactful projects, improving team processes, mentoring others, and strengthening the design culture. The role also necessitates leveraging data to inform design decisions and mastering design tools like Figma.
Must have:
  • 10+ years relevant experience
  • Shipping high-utility apps
  • Exceptional product & interaction design
  • User-centered design expertise
  • Lead complex projects
  • Strong communication skills
  • Figma expertise
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Long-term incentives
  • Full benefits package

Job Details

Job Summary:

Title: Principal Product Designer

Locations: New York City / Glendale / San Francisco

About the Role

Disney’s technology organization is growing our team of passionate product designers on a mission to entertain, inform and inspire people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling. As the group that develops Disney Plus, Hulu, ESPN+, and dozens of other Disney apps and enterprise products, we are builders with a relentless dedication to adding a little magic to people’s lives – whether they are streaming a Pixar movie or using the tools that power our business.

Disney’s technology organization is growing our team of passionate product designers on a mission to entertain, inform and inspire people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling. As the group that develops Disney Plus, Hulu, ESPN+, and dozens of other Disney apps and enterprise products, we are builders with a relentless dedication to adding a little magic to people’s lives – whether they are streaming a Pixar movie or using the tools that power our business.

This person will play a key part in shaping both the strategy and design vision for our evolving and growing advertising platform. Key initial areas of focus include campaign planning and creation, creative review, and interactive ad formats. In addition to shipping high-caliber work, we are equally committed to a design culture that is inspiring, collaborative, and fun – and this person will have leadership opportunities to improve how we work.

Key Responsibilities

Principal Product Designers at Disney are resourceful problem solvers and influential leaders who collaborate with engineering, product management, and stakeholder leadership throughout the design process – in service of shipping impactful work. In this role, you will work independently to drive multiple complex projects, identify new opportunities for impact, and ship work that sets the standard for the organization.

Specifically, the person in this role will be expected to:

  • Take the lead and deliver projects of large and/or ambiguous scope.

  • Play a critical role in helping set goals and direction for the team.

  • Solve design problems that few others can, leveraging exceptional product thinking, interaction design, and/or craft – while elevating the work of those around them.

  • Frame discussions to elicit desired feedback, while clearly and articulately representing their work in larger presentations and leadership reviews.

  • Make the broader design organization better by leading initiatives such as interviewing, mentorship/teaching, process improvements, onboarding, design standards.

  • Strengthen culture and identify areas for development within the team and proactively driving initiatives to make the team’s work stronger.

Qualifications

As an applicant to this role, we ask that your portfolio demonstrates:

  • 10+ years of relevant industry experience

  • Experience shipping high-utility mobile or desktop applications, simplifying complex user flows, or delivering new product innovation that disrupted conventions

  • Exceptional product thinking, interaction design, and craft skills

  • Expert understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices

  • Self-motivated problem solving with the ability to lead multiple complex projects simultaneously

  • Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively, and to collaborate effectively with sr leaders and stakeholders

  • Hunger for innovation, fluidity with ideas, eagerness to challenge the status quo

  • Strong interest in and aptitude for leveraging data to inform design, and learning new technologies

  • Strong work ethic, are a self-starter, adaptable, and inspire those around you

  • Ability to design solutions that solve business problems and deliver impact

  • Expert knowledge of Figma and/or other design tools

  • BA/BS or equivalent experience required


The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $175,800.00 to $235,700.00 per year and in Glendale, CA is $167,700.00 to $224,900.00 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $183,700.00 to $246,400.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also 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.

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