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　　At the NBCU News Group, we're responsible for the best, most impactful news brands in the industry, including NBC News, MSNBC, Today, CNBC, Telemundo and E! News. We care passionately about news and our ability to help our customers to get informed and inspired about what's important to them (and us.)

　　The NBCU News Group Product Design team is a diverse group of passionate, hard-working and highly collaborative people. We are looking for a strategic design leader who enjoys collaborating closely with content teams, product, engineering and other business stakeholders. In addition, we are seeking someone who is a detail-oriented, innovative, thought leader to join our team as our new Design Director and we are hoping it might be you.

　　You’ll have the opportunity to shape design strategy and vision for our cross-platform digital experiences, in ways that provide more value to our audiences. Our team values a human-centered, data-driven approach to product design, and your job will be motivating and driving the team to seek solutions, listen deeply, act with integrity and take ownership. You will be hands on while ensuring the team’s design, discovery & domain expertise are at level (and leveling up the org). In addition, you will shape your team’s career planning & growth with individual career plans & training.

　　The Job:

　　Shape design strategy and vision for NBC News Group Digital partner experiences, multi-brand design systems and cross-platform UX

　　Channel broader NBC News Group design vision, strategy and principles across your portfolio of news brands and products

　　Set cohesive brand strategy and vision to elevate our digital products and work with cross-functional teams to deliver value for customers and business

　　Innovate and ideate on how to get the work done as well as on the work itself

　　Lead, coach, mentor and direct a talented team of data-driven, customer-centered product designers to design for interconnected screens, user flows, and prototypes

　　Manage stakeholder relationships and communication across your purview

　　Set the tone for team communication, managing peer and stakeholder expectations

　　Strong grasp of theories, concepts, and methods of UX research and user-centered design

　　Partner with Customer Experience and UX Research teams as necessary to discover consumer needs and opportunities; align resources to execute

　　Model and share frameworks to do design research, synthesis, ideation and facilitation

　　Ensures team’s hard skills in design, discovery, and domain expertise are at level

　　Coach and advocate for your team, inspiring and elevating them to their best potential

　　Actively manage direct reports, set goals and provide follow-up feedback

　　Manages career growth of team through 1:1 feedback and assignments, OR

　　Provide regular feedback and manage career development

　　10+ years of experience as a product designer with successful outcomes for digital products, reaching millions of users, preferably in a media context

　　7+ years of experience hiring, managing, and mentoring successful product designers

　　You demonstrate:

　　Proven track record managing high performing team(s) of in-house designers who were embedded in Pods, Agile or Scrum teams

　　Design best practices, integrating UX Research and building meaningful customer experiences

　　Expertise in design research with a dedicated human-centered approach to problem solving

　　Strong experience in product discovery and design thinking, in particular leading design workshops with cross-functional stakeholders

　　Excellent communication and presentation capabilities, articulating ideas effectively and without bias

　　High energy level and a strong work ethic, someone who is self-driven

　　Systems-thinking mindset, with deep knowledge of cross-platform design & visual system creation and effective implementation

　　Digital platform, design system, domain space (video, authentication, e-commerce) and news industry subject matter expertise

　　An active, participatory role in defining how, what and why the work you do is approached and executed (explain the “why”)

　　Prioritization and multi-tasking skills

　　Comfort with integrating design operations into your team process

　　Ability to hold your team accountable for high quality product design and timely cross-functional communication

　　A sense of humor and gratitude for others

　　Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

　　This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

　　Salary range: $180,000 - $220,000 (bonus eligible)

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