Product Designer, UI

Summary

Join NBC Sports Next's Product Experience team as a Product Designer, UI! Collaborate with product managers, developers, and designers to create engaging and accessible UI solutions for SportsEngine products. Leverage your expertise in web and mobile app design to design features and enhancements. The ideal candidate is a creative problem-solver with exceptional design and presentation skills. This fully remote position offers the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge, award-winning initiatives within a dynamic sports technology company. You will work on multiple projects, providing design consistency across products and collaborating with cross-functional partners. This role requires a strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Information Architecture, Design, or related field
• 3+ years of professional experience as a UI Designer
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present design concepts clearly and effectively
• Experience with transactional and ecommerce platforms
• Knowledge of Apple (HIG) Human Interface Guidelines and Google Material Design
• Understand W3C web and accessibility standards
• Expert in design tools, including Figma
• Proficiency in rapid prototyping to visualize and validate UI concepts efficiently
• Experience with continuous design, A/B testing and iteration
• Strong portfolio showcasing a variety of UI design projects, with a focus on user-centered design

Responsibilities

• Work with UX, Product Management, and Engineering teams to design usable products for the SportsEngine platform and related products
• Understand business objectives and user needs
• Use research and data to understand the problems that need to be solved and to drive design execution
• Ensure consistency in UI design across products by adhering to and contributing to design systems
• Produce visual assets including icons, and instructional illustrations when necessary
• Modify products in accordance with feedback from users and test groups
• Gather feedback and collaborate across multiple cross functional partners
• Work closely with developers to ensure design integrity is maintained during implementation
• Watch consumer trends to identify desirable product traits
• Able to work on multiple tracks and pivot from one project to another
• Maintain a critical eye and obsessive attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with sports-related platforms or apps

Benefits

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence