Senior Product Designer (Content Discovery)

About Crunchyroll

Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

About the role

As a Senior Product Designer at Crunchyroll, you will be responsible for the design and user experience of the Crunchyroll service to create innovative content discovery features for our global anime fans. As an individual contributor, you will work in a team of designers who collaborate with user researchers, product management, and engineers to evolve the user experience through iterative improvements and new features. Your designs should show a deep understanding of design best practices, the industry and our competitors, business needs, and most importantly, empathy for our users. You will think through complex problems and use your design expertise to create solutions that provide our users with an outstanding user experience that is both elegant and functional.

In the role of Senior Product Designer, you will report to the Director, Product Design.

We are considering applicants for the locations of San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Dallas.

About You

We get excited about candidates, like you, because...

• 8+ years of professional design experience
• Strong visual capabilities and a range of styles
• Demonstrate a user-centered approach to designing software and services
• Experience designing for content discovery and personalization
• Experience with design programs like Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
• Proficient knowledge and skill in wireframing, prototyping, and UI and interaction design
• Experience designing responsive websites, mobile apps, or living room experiences
• Effective storytelling skills and an ability to present design work
• Experience working with design systems, guidelines, and other standard methodologies
• Experience using data and research insights to advise in design decision
• Experience working with partners to align on technical limitations to deliver good experiences for users and business leaders
• Bachelor’s degree in digital design or related field

Pluses:

• Experience with Living Room Experience
• Experience working in streaming or entertainment industry
• Experience with A/B testing and ideating the experiments
• Experience with motion capabilities

About the Team

The Product Design department is a distributed team responsible for creating Crunchyroll's video streaming services. Our work encompasses the new Crunchyroll website, the mobile apps, and the TV experiences. Our mission is to provide a fabulous and engaging user experience for lovers of anime and manga content everywhere!As a partner to business, product, and engineering groups, we collaborate with teams across the company to identify the right problems and ensure that our solutions satisfy the goals of both the business and the end-user.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
• Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Health Saving Account HSA program
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan, with employer match
• Employer paid commuter benefit
• Support program for new parents
• Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

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About our Values

We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value

• Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

• Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

• Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

• Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

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