Disney Entertainment ESPN Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment ESPN Technology

Building the future of Disney’s media business: DEE Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

Reach Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.

Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment news.

The Disney Entertainment ESPN (DEE) Technology Design team thinks beyond what is possible today. They discover, disrupt, and chart a course to where our fans and consumers will be next. Design brings the Disney magic to life by building digital customer experiences via the entire portfolio of both consumer-facing products and internal products and tooling. This includes Sports, Entertainment, News, Streaming and Enterprise Products and Experiences.

As a Senior Product Designer on the Product Creative team, you’ll be leading efforts to create and curate the highest-quality artwork for Disney+ and Hulu that ultimately contributes to the core user-experience of our global subscribers. You’ll collaborate with studios, agencies and other creative teams across the company to ensure quality standards are met and that an excellent product experience is prioritized. You’ll lead, direct and define key strategic projects for the group to grow and mature our practice. You’ll work closely with all groups that contribute to the Disney+ platform. As part of the Product Design group, you’ll always look to balance the essence of the brand story and maintain the integrity of the product user interface; to always ensure the best experience for the user while delighting them with great content and visuals. As a team, you’ll also coordinate and collaborate with other Product Designers working on similar artwork projects. You’ll work with dedicated program managers to balance and prioritize work to ensure a smooth review, approval and delivery process.

Responsibilities

Create exceptional original artwork packages and title treatment design for new titles

Ideate and concept creative ways to leverage artwork in new and unexpected ways

Champion artwork design as a way to improve and drive audience engagement

Coordinate with internal teams to plan, organize, prep, and deliver on creative projects

Effectively communicate and get buy-in on creative concepts, aesthetic choices and visual execution with peers and partners across the company

Clearly and constructively communicate design expectations possible solutions through a product design lens

Collaborate directly with studios and filmmakers on artwork for our global suite of streaming products

Maintain a solid understanding of the Product design (artwork) specifications and guidelines and able to communicate externally

Collaborate and build strong working relationships across the Walt Disney Company

Experience/Qualifications

An online portfolio featuring stunning visual design work

Deep knowledge and passion for typography

5+ years experience in a Senior creative role providing art and design direction to designers and vendors

Proven ability to contribute to strategic creative projects

Exceptional photo compositing and illustration ability

4+ years experience designing and shipping successful consumer experience in a fast-paced product-centric, technology environment.

Identifying core goals, success-KPI’s and expectations in performance

Utilizing rapid prototyping and iterative design techniques.

Designing for multiple platforms and screens.

Defining and evolving design systems.

Leading project design efforts/teams.

Working closely with a cross-functional team of designers, software engineers, product managers, and business owners through all product development phases.

Delivering engineering-friendly design specifications and documentation

Familiarity with version control

Informing and evangelizing the design process.

Detail oriented

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Professional experience with creating and managing digital content assets in the media/entertainment industry for (mobile, web, TV) is a significant advantage

Sensitivity to handling of studio-based imagery and assets and the many facets of legality associated

Experience in the business of digital subscription services, a bonus

Experience in verbally articulating conceptual and design decisions to executives while being aware and sensitive to strategic influences

Proven leadership and strategic ability

A love of television, film, and entertainment.

Experience in commercial advertising and brand campaigns is a plus

Smart, conceptual, confident, competent, adaptable, proactive, and results-oriented.

Earnest, mature, and ego-free; you welcome candid feedback, and can constructively give it as well.

You have an innate passion for learning new software design technologies and trends.

You embrace change and ambiguity as an opportunity for design to lead.

You can move effortlessly between doing design work and defining requirements and goals.

BA/BS or equivalent experience required

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA, is $124,000.00 to $166,200.00 per year. The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Job ID: 10099518

Location: Glendale,California

Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment ESPN Technology

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