Sr. Product Designer, Yahoo! Fantasy Sports

Design @YahooSports is hiring! We’re scouting for a talented senior product designer to elevate, innovate, and create highly engaged, sticky product experiences that delight our 40M+ users. We're not just crafting apps; we're crafting experiences that resonate with the passion of sports fanatics. Our goal is to provide real-time, personalized content that keeps fans engaged and delighted. If you're a top-tier product designer who lives and breathes fantasy sports, this is your chance to be part of a global design team that's redefining the future of fantasy sports engagement.

As a key player in our remote team spanning SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle, Lawrence, Vancouver, and Toronto, you'll collaborate with like-minded sports fans and storytellers. We're not just a team; we're a vibrant community committed to delivering best-in-class product experiences. Our values shine through our culture, and we're dedicated to fostering an environment where everyone thrives and grows.

Responsibilities

• Shape and implement our comprehensive sports growth strategy, leveraging market insights and understanding customer needs and competition.

• Tackle broad, ambiguous challenges, transforming them into clear, valuable, and delightful solutions.

• Integrate user research and data insights into every stage of development.

• Apply best practices across various platforms and devices, contributing to a cohesive design system.

• Mentor and provide feedback with humor, grace, and empathy to teammates and cross-functional partners.

About You

• A seasoned product designer—embracing information architecture, multi-step flows, motion, and holistic experiences

• Consistently delivers polished layouts through typography, color, and visual hierarchy

• Are especially skilled at making micro animations that burst with delight

• Create beautifully crafted transitions that breath life into content

• Understanding of how to present complex data in a clear and understandable manner 

• Uses prototypes as a foundational piece of your design process both to identify appropriate solutions and influence stakeholders

• Solves user problems in creative ways that go beyond obvious, expected solutions

• Demonstrates empathy and openness when interacting with teammates and other co-workers

• Presents designs clearly and confidently to facilitate useful feedback while shifting approach based on the audience and desired outcome

• Takes initiative and accountability for timelines, deliverables and outcomes

• Contributes to the design community both inside your company and beyond

• Desires and takes action to grow professional skills
   

Qualifications

• 5+ years of digital product design experience for iOS, Android, and web platforms.

• Well-designed portfolio showcasing excellence in visual design, interaction design, prototyping, motion design, micro animations, and product thinking.

• Track record of designing products meeting or exceeding industry accessibility guidelines.

• Experience leading a user-centered design process from end-to-end.

• Proficient in Figma, Origami, After Effects, and other design tools for creating concepts, prototypes, assets, and specifications.

• Strong product sense with an ability to build products the market needs.

• Passion for sports, coupled with deep industry knowledge.

• Strong analytical background, leveraging data to drive business decisions.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a high level of empathy.

• Experience in designing for sports products is a plus.
   

Join us at Yahoo Sports, where your passion for sports meets your passion for design!