Lead Designer
Jetzt bewerben Später bewerben Job ID 10112007 Standort New York City, New York, USA / Bristol, Connecticut, USA / Santa Monica, Kalifornien, USA / San Francisco, Kalifornien, USA / Seattle, Washington, USA Veröffentlichungsdatum 04/08/2025 Unternehmen Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & TechnologyJob-Zusammenfassung:
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.
Über Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
Bei Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology vereinen wir Fantasie und Innovation, um die Art und Weise neu zu erfinden, wie Menschen die beliebtesten Geschichten und Produkte der Welt erleben und mit ihnen interagieren. Unsere Arbeit ist vielfältig und anspruchsvoll. Wir schaffen erstaunliche Erlebnisse, transformieren die Zukunft der Medien und entwickeln Produkte und Plattformen, die Menschen überall mit den Geschichten und Sportarten verbinden, die sie lieben.
Disneys Fähigkeit, erstklassige Technologie mit einzigartiger Kreativität zu verbinden, macht uns einzigartig. Es ist der Mittelpunkt unserer Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft. Wir sind Erzähler und Innovatoren. Kreative und Erbauer. Entertainer und Ingenieure.
Über The Walt Disney Company:
Die Walt Disney Company ist zusammen mit ihren Tochtergesellschaften und verbundenen Unternehmen ein führendes, diversifiziertes internationales Familienunterhaltungs- und Medienunternehmen mit folgenden Geschäftsbereichen: Disney Entertainment, ESPN sowie Disney Experiences. Von seinen bescheidenen Anfängen als Zeichentrickfilmstudio in den 1920er Jahren bis zu seiner aktuellen Vorreiterrolle in der Unterhaltungsindustrie trägt Disney stolz sein Erbe weiter und bietet Geschichten und Erlebnisse von Weltklasse, die alle Familienmitglieder bezaubern. Disneys Geschichten, Figuren und Abenteuer erreichen Verbraucher und Gäste aus allen Teilen der Welt. Gemeinsam schaffen unsere Mitarbeiter und Darsteller aus Niederlassungen in über 40 Ländern der Welt Unterhaltungserlebnisse, die sowohl auf globaler Ebene als auch im heimischen Umfeld begeistern.
Diese Position ist bei Disney Streaming Technology LLC, das Teil eines Geschäftssegments ist, das wir Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology nennen.
Disney Streaming Technology LLC bietet als Arbeitgeber Chancengleichheit. Die Beurteilung der Möglichkeit der Beschäftigung von Bewerbern erfolgt unabhängig von ethnischer Zugehörigkeit, Religion, Hautfarbe, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentität, Geschlechtsausdruck, nationaler Herkunft, Abstammung, Alter, Familienstand, militärischem Status oder Veteranenstatus, Gesundheitszustand, genetischen Informationen oder einer Behinderung, oder anderer gemäß Bundes-, Landes- oder örtlichem Gesetz verbotener Merkmale. Disney fördert eine Unternehmenskultur, in der Ideen und Entscheidungen aller Personen uns dabei helfen, zu wachsen, innovativ zu sein, die besten Geschichten zu schreiben und in einer sich ständig weiterentwickelnden Welt von Bedeutung zu sein.