Full-Time UX/UI Designer

Reporting directly to the Director of UX, this person will be a key contributor to the UX team within the Product Development department and will be responsible for delivering great products that meet our company goals and exceed our customers' expectations. 

As a UX Designer at NBC SportsNext, you will...

• Lead design projects across the entire product lifecycle—from discovery to design—for a product team, with support from senior designers.
• Be insights-driven. You’ll pair closely with our UX Research team to design exceptional user experiences grounded in user insights.
• Utilize and make contributions to our design system
• Produce concepts, prototypes, and designs—knowing when to apply pixel-perfect attention to detail and when to make low-fi sketches and wireframes.
• Be autonomous. You’ll take full ownership of your work and take responsibility for every detail every step of the way.
• Be part of a team. You’ll be joining our exceptional design team and have a chance to grow your skillset alongside our passionate group of designers.
• Work closely with product leaders to analyze new opportunities and assess user and business impact.
• Help map, maintain, and optimize customer journeys to identify and implement impactful solutions
• Help contribute to the overall process, product strategy, and best practices for our UX team.
• Present your work, align multiple stakeholders, and consider all feedback critically.
• We are a remote-friendly work environment. Whether you live outside the Minneapolis or Orlando area and would be fully remote, or you live within commuting distance but want the option to work from home, that works for us.
• We offer flexible work schedules, including the option to work four 10-hour days.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements:

• Have a sense of humor & no ego.
• You have strong opinions, loosely held.
• You’ve got design chops. You are comfortable designing in Figma, and you understand what it takes to design for the end user.
• Have 1 - 5 years of professional experience working on consumer and business web applications
• You’re someone who can prioritize and execute. You are comfortable optimizing for speed and knowing when to sweat the details vs. what we can fix forward.
• You’re comfortable presenting your work no matter who’s in the room and have strong communication skills.
• You excel at design strategy, analytical and critical thinking skills, ability to break down complex problems and formulate design vision.
• You have a strong desire to learn and are constantly trying to improve.
• You’re comfortable working with team members across various time zones.

Desired Characteristics

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or equivalent experience
• You have the ability to lead complex design projects.
• You have experience working in Figma, JIRA, and Confluence.
• You have a knack for zooming out and looking at the problem from the bigger picture, making sure you understand the impact across our products.
• You have a strong desire to grow awareness of user experience standards across the organization.
• You don’t limit your talents to just your product team’s work but look for opportunities to impact the user experience vision across product teams. 
• You're passionate about understanding and optimizing customer journeys.
• You can build memorable experiences that people love and recommend.
• You thrive on making complex things simple.
• You can communicate your ideas with diagrams, graphics, and imagery.
• You have visual design skills and an eye for consistency.
• You insist on sweating the details and focusing on craftsmanship.
• You can work independently to manage multiple projects at a time.