Senior Product Designer (Remote)

The Athletic is a leading sports media company that provides comprehensive coverage of sports teams and athletes. They are seeking a Senior Product Designer to enhance the user experience of their core product, collaborating with various teams to deliver innovative design solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and production-ready design deliverables
• Support high-level product strategy, ensuring we're asking the right questions and solving for the most important internal and external user needs
• Lead and conduct design and user research, as necessary
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, partnering with Product Managers, Engineers, Content Operations, SEO Strategists, Product Analysts, and fellow designers to take concepts from ideation to execution
• Work closely with engineers and PMs to evaluate constraints and trade offs
• Lead design projects with input from other members of the design team to ensure design quality and consistency across the user experience
• Understand the competitive environment and stay on top of great user experiences, especially within sports apps, sports media, and news related products
• Actively contribute to The Athletic’s Design System

Requirements:

• Demonstrable expertise in designing shipped product experiences across both web and native mobile applications
• Strong Visual and Interaction Design skills, as exemplified in an online portfolio or presentation
• Subject matter expertise related to sports and/or media. You have a strong understanding of what makes a great sports and/or media app, and ideas on how you could make our experience even better
• Experience working with other designers directly on projects, and also indirectly to provide and receive feedback on work
• Experience collaborating with engineers, product managers, other XFN partners, and stakeholders with a high standard of quality and professionalism
• Ability to manage your time effectively, sometimes across several projects
• Expert Figma skills and knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Hands-on experience using AI to develop concepts and live experiences
• Experience with prototyping and animation as a means to explore and convey design solutions
• An eagerness to try new things, innovate and learn — and a willingness to learn from mistakes
• Enthusiasm for being part of a multidisciplinary design studio and a collaborative design process