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ID #41462591
Estado Texas
Ciudad Dallas / fort worth
Full-time
Salario USD TBD TBD
Fuente Crunchyroll
Showed 2022-05-23
Fecha 2022-04-26
Fecha tope 2022-06-25
Categoría Art/media/diseño
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Director, Product Design

Texas, Dallas / fort worth, 75201 Dallas / fort worth USA

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Who We Are

We're a cast of characters working to shine a spotlight on anime. Crunchyroll is an international business focused on creating both online and offline experiences for fans through content (licensed, co-produced, originals, distribution), merchandise, events, gaming, news, and more. Visit our About Us pages for more information about our collection of brands.

Crunchyroll COVID-19 Hiring Status

Crunchyroll employees are currently working from home, and we are still conducting remote interviews and hiring during this time. This role is expected to start remotely, and we'll work closely with you as we understand every person has unique circumstances.

Location: Dallas

Our office is located in Dallas, where our group of cross-functional experts assemble to create experiences for our passionate communities.

About the Team:

The Product Design organization at Crunchyroll is a distributed team responsible for the design of the Crunchyroll services on desktop, tablet, mobile, and TV devices. Our goal is a consistent and seamless user experience across all these platforms.

As a complement to business, product, and engineering, we collaborate closely with teams across the organization to identify the right problems to solve and ensure that our solutions satisfy the goals of both the business and the end user. We are a distributed team with designers in San Francisco, LA, Dallas and Moldova.

About the Role:

As a Product Design Director, you will develop and grow the US Product Design team. You will work closely with design leadership to drive initiatives around process, communication, collaboration, and tools. You will provide mentorship to other team members through review, feedback, and coaching. You will represent the Product Design team and build a strong and healthy relationship with other departments. You will manage and improve the tools, processes, and collaboration between Product Design and Engineering teams. You will also do hands-on design as required.

About You:

  • Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design / Interaction Design / New Media / Fine Arts or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of managing designers
  • Excellent leadership and organizational skills
  • Strong leadership, mentorship and coaching skills
  • Experience working closely with cross-functional teams of designers, engineers, product managers, and researchers
  • Ability to clearly articulate design decisions and what problems they're solving with stakeholders at different levels
  • Comfortable managing a wide range of responsibilities at the same time
  • Positive, open-minded, with a desire to collaborate and learn
  • Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines while maintaining a positive and constructive attitude
  • Strong portfolio showcasing design work as well as your design process
  • A user-centered approach to designing software and services for people
  • Understanding and up to date experience with modern application technologies, including responsive web, native iOS/Android app design, and TV design
  • Experience working with and chipping in to design systems, guidelines, and other standard methodologies
  • Expert skills in modern design programs like Sketch and Adobe Creative Suite
  • Experience working in an Agile development environment and using Jira and Confluence
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication
  • Ability to define priorities, set goals, and articulate vision and strategy

Pluses:

  • Interest in anime, pop culture, animation, video games, tech and geekdom
  • Knowledge of the online video streaming space
  • Experience designing for global products
  • Worked with or led design teams in other geographies
  • Copywriting experience
  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript/React knowledge

A day in the life of our Product Design Director:

  • Mentor and support the US Product Design team. Provide meaningful opportunities, advice, and guidance to help them constantly improve and reach their long-term goals.
  • Work closely with design and product leadership to ensure the design department meets business objectives, achieves OKRs, and delivers high quality work at a repeatable cadence.
  • Balance business objectives with user and team needs. Represent all sides and create the best outcomes for each.
  • Create a culture that promotes essential team values, healthy collaboration and shared ownership between design, product, and engineering teams.
  • Help create and refine tools, systems, and processes that improve design quality, speed, and collaboration.
  • Document the processes and best practices and make sure the department follows them.
  • Provide insightful and actionable feedback that improves the quality of design work.
  • Work with our User Research Team and Interaction Designers to create prototypes, test new and existing product features, and iterate on them.
  • Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization - from individual contributors to executive staff as an advocate of the global product design team.
  • May own the product design of multiple features from end to end.
  • May lead large scale features that require complex interactions and the creation of new design system elements.
  • Hire, develop, and lead an engaged and impactful product design team.
  • Take feedback and continuously improve yourself as a design leader.

Benefits: Dallas Office:

  • Competitive salary
  • "Use What You Need" time away from work policy
  • Medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
  • Health care and dependent care FSA
  • 401(k) plan with employer match
  • Employer paid commuter benefit
  • Skilled, passionate, and fun co-workers

Questions about Crunchyroll's hiring process? Please check out our FAQ

Please beware of recent scams to online job seekers. Those applying to our job openings will only be contacted directly from @crunchyroll.com and @ellation.com email accounts. If you have any questions of the authenticity of an Ellation or Crunchyroll job offer, please contact [email protected] before giving away any information.

About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content and experiences they love. In addition to free ad-supported and subscription premium content, Crunchyroll serves the anime community across events, theatrical, games, consumer products, collectibles and manga publishing.

Anime fans have access to one of the largest collections of licensed anime through Crunchyroll and translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast.

The Crunchyroll app is available on over 15 platforms, including all gaming consoles.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

Our Company Values

You'll see these in action if we're lucky enough to have you:

  • Courage - When we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
  • Curiosity - We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
  • Service - We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.
  • Kaizen - We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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