Lead UX Designer
Cast & Crew- 150,000 - 170,000 USD per Year
- Full Time
- Posted : 11 months ago
At Cast & Crew, we've empowered creativity and supported the global entertainment industry for decades.
We grew from a modest small business in 1976 to be the premiere provider of entertainment technology and solutions, staying true to our mission of modernizing content production and leading the digital transformation within the industry. With a global workforce across a host of storied brands, our cloud-based technology and industry expertise span all areas of produced and live entertainment, from film, television, streaming, to advertising, live events, and short-form.
Together with our family of brands - Backstage, CAPS, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, Media Services, Sargent-Disc, and The TEAM Companies – we operate as a combined entertainment technology and services provider offering industry standard screenwriting accounting software, digital payroll products, data & reporting, and a host of creative tools. The industry continues to move faster than ever, and the need for our expertise, our technology, and our people has never been greater. We are a production's best ally every step of the way. #OneCastOneCrew
Lead UX Designer
Regular Full-Time
Position Overview
Cast & Crew is looking for a Lead UX Designer to help transform entertainment industry software by designing easy-to-use features that solve real user problems and enable a positive user experience. Responsibilities include building elegant solutions within our product suite by gathering user requirements, designing graphic elements, and building navigation components that enable a congruent and consistent user experience across our digital products.
To be successful in this role, you should have experience with user-centered design principles, a variety of design software and wireframe tools and have a passion for user experience.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead and influence business-wide discussions relative to the current and future direction of design and user experience
- Proactively pitch prioritization suggestions for bad user experiences and workflow gaps
- Lead the design planning phase of the product lifecycle and partner on strategic product priorities in ideation and discovery.
- Provide expert-level UX strategy in consolidating product lines and partner with other creative teams within Cast & Crew to influence and adapt the products to a new unified brand strategy.
- Create user flows and key personas alongside Product Managers in four key industry verticals.
- Recruit for and conduct user research sessions to create the best possible user experience for our customers prior to development.
- Create and communicate UX user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity mockups, and design plans that account for strict development timelines.
- Consistently and proactively build long-term and highly productive working relationships across multiple functions within Cast & Crew to create a unified customer experience.
- Oversee development of future staff, including training, assessing, and managing junior designers.
- Other related tasks and duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's Degree in Visual Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Design, or related field; or relevant certification or equivalent work experience
- Previous experience defining, developing, and documenting UX design requirements.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to lead and innovate across teams and organizations.
- Proficient in multiple methods of user research with the ability to recruit customers and non-customers.
- Experience mentoring other product and user experience professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and lead projects from concept to delivery and ongoing improvement.
- Experience partnering with product and development teams in Agile frameworks.
- Portfolio demonstrating user experience activities, processes, and deliverables.
- Strong understanding of discoverability, adoption and usage analytics, and attribution models with the ability to partner with development and product teams in success measure ideation.
- Advanced skill with design tools, such as Sketch, Invision, Adobe CS, Figma, etc.
- 7+ years of product or service design experience
- Experience with mobile app design, payroll, or employee-facing technology a plus
- Sedentary – Involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Some positions may entail exerting up to 15 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, or pull.
The compensation range for this position is:
$150,000—$170,000 USD
Compensation is commensurate with various factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, skills, training, licensure, certifications, geographic cost of labor, and other business and organizational needs. Compensation range for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.
Benefits
Cast & Crew provides a comprehensive package of employee benefits including: Medical, Dental, Life/AD&D; LTD, additional voluntary benefits such as STD, Vision, paid vacation, holidays, and sick pay; 401(k) and employer match, Additional Life Insurance, health and wellness programs, employee discounts, and other perks!
Note: Cast & Crew benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.
Due to the high volume of applicants, it is likely that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates must be currently authorized to work in the U.S.
CA residents: Your personal information may be collected in connection with certain services provided by Cast & Crew or its affiliated companies. A summary of your California privacy rights can be found at: https://www.castandcrew.com/privacy-policy/
Cast & Crew is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job, without regard to age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship or marital status, and to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias based upon these grounds.
Skills
- User Experience (UX)
- User Experience Design (UED)
- User Interface Design
- Graphic Design Principles
- User Flows
