Product Designer

Product Designer

CBS News Digital (New York, New York)

Brand/Division Overview:

CBS News Digital develops, manages, and distributes the product suite (web & apps) for CBS News and a number of high-profile, major media brands, including 60 Minutes, The CBS Evening News, Face the Nation, and CBS This Morning. We are also home to CBSN, our 24-hour CBS News digital network, streamed over a million times a day, featuring live anchored coverage by CBS News correspondents, including breaking news and original programming from around the globe.

Download the CBS News mobile app, watch us on Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV or on your desktop at www.CBSNews.com

Role Details:

We are looking for an innovative product designer to join the CBS News Digital design team.

The successful candidate is someone who will design for our desktop, mobile and connected TV (AppleTV, Roku, etc…) platforms.

As an organization, we place a premium on design and usability. Creating beautiful and intuitive apps and sites is a significant focus of our roadmap. CBS News is truly cross-platform - we value design and brand consistency across devices, and are seeking a Product Designer to help us develop interactive design solutions and consistent user interfaces across these platforms.

We seek a designer whose work displays both a pixel-level attention to detail, as well as an acute understanding of broader usability paradigms. Someone who is able to transform complex concepts into simple, approachable experiences that are easy to use and visually balanced, across any device. A team player that lives and breathes the interactive space.

The position reports directly to the Creative Director, and will work closely and collaboratively with a talented team of product managers and developers. Our environment is one that genuinely rewards initiative, good ideas, and creative problem solving.

Our designers are encouraged and expected to contribute at all stages of product development. You will have significant input on shaping premium, cutting-edge, high-traffic apps and sites.

Your Day-to-Day:

Work on video-centric app and site designs, for major CBS News brands, from concept to interaction-flows and wireframes, to final design specs
Meet with the Product Team regularly to whiteboard ideas, iterate rapidly, and hammer out UI/X requirements
Provide meticulously organized design files and specs, as well as interactive prototypes to developers
Present your work to various stakeholders, explaining your creative process and how your final design aligns with the product goals.
QA/UAT development builds from a design perspective and log change requests and feedback
Incorporate the CBS News visual brand sensibilities in all designs, consistently and efficiently
Quickly adapt to fast moving timelines and variable project requirements
Keep up with the latest Android, iOS and OTT releases, design trends and innovations

Key Projects:

Design for the CBS News mobile apps
Design for the CBS News OTT apps
Continuing responsive design work for cbsnews.com, as well as show sites for 60 Minutes, The CBS Evening News, and others
Design and UI work on our video player products, to optimize usability and increase engagement around live video
Develop and maintain style guides

Qualifications:

5+ years of Product Design experience, ideally content-rich products, for a high-traffic media company
The ability to demonstrate project work through all stages of design and development
Strong experience designing for iOS, Android and OTT apps
Strong visual design sense, clean command over interaction design, typography and usability
Proficiency in wire-framing and prototyping (Sketch and InVision are our tools of choice)
A solid portfolio showcasing exceptional UX and UI work across multiple platforms.
Excellent communication skills, self-motivation, and a fine eye for detail.
A mastery of Sketch
Awareness of the trends and technology in the mobile space

You might also have -

Experience leading or managing designers
Experience with data visualization
BA in design from a leading institution
A keen editorial sensibility, and engaged awareness of the news

All candidates must successfully complete a background check prior to starting employment at CBS Interactive. CBS Interactive is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran. CBS Interactive complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.