Lead Designer
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10112007 Emplacement New York, New York, États-Unis / Bristol, Connecticut, États-Unis / Santa Monica, Californie, États-Unis / San Francisco, Californie, États-Unis / Seattle, Washington, États-Unis Entreprise Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date de publication 04/08/2025Résumé du poste:
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.
Why Us
Building the scalable future of Disney’s Sports and Entertainment ESPN business: DE&E Designers are creating and building the foundation for our digital future through thoughtful solutions that meet the needs of partners across the organization.
Reach and Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – ESPN Digital Products, ESPN Streaming, ESPN Fantasy, and more.
Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
About The Team
The Disney Entertainment & ESPN (DE&E) 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.
Disney Entertainment & ESPN’s Product Design team is seeking a Lead Product Designer who will be an exceptional role model to our growing team. You'll guide and mentor a hardworking design team, focused on the evolution of our cross-platform design system used across ESPN sports apps, web properties, and emerging digital experiences. The right person for this role must have experience in developing comprehensive, intuitive, and future-forward UX mechanisms. They must also have a proven ability to inspire and mentor designers to push the boundaries, as well as keeping focus on optimizing design system elements for other designers and engineers to utilize.
In this role you will play a pivotal part in shaping the next generation of ESPN’s digital products and will shape the patterns that sports fans use across the entire ESPN digital ecosystem.
Responsibilities
Lead design systems efforts for the ESPN Core Design Systems team, supervising the work of at least 1-2 other designers
Partner with designers, engineers, and PMs across multiple teams to align on system usage, adoption, and evolution.
Design and maintain reusable components, patterns, and documentation in Figma (or similar tools), enabling efficient, cohesive product experiences.
Champion design system governance, establishing processes for contribution, feedback, and versioning.
Work with accessibility experts to ensure every component and pattern meets WCAG and inclusive design standards.
Act as a thought leader on design craft, systems thinking, and the unique demands of sports user experiences.
Mentor and guide designers on both system usage and contribution best practices.
Be the voice in the room that always puts the user first
Basic Qualifications
MUST be a sports enthusiast
Bachelor's degree required, MBA or technical degree preferred
Minimum 7 years in Product Design at a technology company
Minimum 1 year(s) of experience leading other designers either as a project lead or people manager
Passion for evolving the design practice; it’s people, processes and tools
Deep understanding of typography, motion, color theory, and interaction patterns in modern digital products.
Consulting skills to help stakeholders & partners uncover goals, constraints & dependencies; and then guide them to optimal solutions
Experience designing for native apps, web, and responsive platforms at scale.
A strong portfolio demonstrating both personal and team-based work
A deep arsenal of design tools (Figma, Sketch, InVision, Framer, Mural, Keynote)
Proficiency in user-centered design thinking methodologies
Outstanding visual design aesthetics combined usable experiences that address problems
Be able to communicate directly with Product Managers, Stakeholders, and Developers to translate their visions and constraints, into beautiful, functional products that will delight our users
Excellent prioritization and documentation skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Proven experience in a senior design leadership role, influencing product and technical strategy while driving organizational impact.
The hiring range for this position in New York and Seattle is $145,400 to $195,000 per year, in Bristol and Los Angeles is $138,900 to $186,200 per year, and in San Francisco is $152,100 to $203,900 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also 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.
Sur Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
Chez Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, nous allions imagination et innovation pour réinventer la manière dont les gens vivent et interagissent avec les histoires et les produits les plus appréciés au monde. Notre travail est extrêmement vaste et complexe. Nous créons des expériences incroyables, transformons l’avenir des médias et créons des produits et des plateformes qui rapprochent les gens du monde entier des histoires et des sports qu’ils aiment.
Chez Disney, notre capacité à associer une technologie de classe mondiale à une créativité sans pareille nous rend uniques. C’est l’essence même de notre passé, de notre présent et de notre avenir. Nous sommes des narrateurs et des innovateurs. Des créateurs et des bâtisseurs. Des artistes et des ingénieurs.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à Disney Streaming Technology LLC , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
Disney Streaming Technology LLC est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.