Netflix is a leading entertainment company focused on pushing the boundaries of storytelling and global fandom. They are seeking a Staff Product Designer to create a scalable user experience vision for new content offerings like Livestreams and Podcasts, while collaborating with executives and cross-functional teams to drive innovative design processes and strategies.
Responsibilities:
- Be accountable for a scalable, long-term user experience vision, while balancing a tactical strategy for the shorter term roadmap
- Partner with executives across Netflix to identify business opportunities, and help illustrate the user experiences that capture these opportunities
- Drive the integration of casual entertainment experiences (those you can easily dip into, and drop out of) across the portfolio, driving a scalable UX vision while delivering immediate impact
- Ensure quality of craft and design, and cohesion across all platforms, partners, and offerings
- Partner closely with multi-disciplinary team members to define this new area of business
- Drive a human-centered design process for defining an experience strategy and executing features from concept to launch
- Innovate to meet new business and member needs while leveraging and contributing strategically and tactically to the overall IA and design system, accounting for delight, flexibility, and scalability
- Articulate the experience vision through strong visual storytelling to drive shared understanding and alignment across the company
- Be a strong thought leader with our cross-functional partners
- Facilitate collaborative work sessions with all levels of company stakeholders
- Be a fierce advocate for our members from around the world
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience designing user experiences for consumer-facing products
- Exceptional communication skills, in writing and verbally, whether in small group discussions, large-scale presentations, or with executives
- Understanding of engagement patterns of casual entertainment experiences for mobile and TV
- Track record of designing experiences that create a sense of community
- Experience collaborating with merchandising, marketing and content teams on promotion strategies/campaigns
- Demonstrated success in driving 0-1 initiatives forward
- Strategic thinker who can articulate a compelling product vision
- Ability to dive into a space, gather context, synthesize, and make impact quickly
- Demonstrates great judgement on asking the right questions and determining the work that needs to be done to push the business forward
- Is a fierce advocate for the user, and has the courage to speak up and influence
- Skilled at connecting the dots across related initiatives and fostering cross-functional collaboration
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and distilling complex, unstructured opportunities into actionable roadmaps that integrate user, technology, and business needs
- Proven ability to deal with complex initiatives with deadlines and requirements from various teams, while not losing sight of long-term experience goals
- Strong systems thinker
- Known for high-quality craft and detailed execution of designing patterns for discovery and engagement across multiple UI platforms
- Skilled in Figma's advanced features, such as Autolayout, Components/Variables, DevMode, Responsive Prototypes, etc
- Great at receiving and giving feedback