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Lead UX Engineer

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Job Summary:DMED Technology Design:
Design at Disney is at the forefront of creating intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that our fans love and crave. We strive to design high-quality end-to-end experiences while maintaining an inclusive and collaborative culture. To us, team-fit and attitude are as important as hard design skills.
DMED Technology Design is the unified design org for 90+ customer-facing websites/apps and hundreds of enterprise products in the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) Technology organization. We are the storytellers responsible for adding “something special” to our consumers’ experience every day through exciting design, artwork, branding and UX globally. We are responsible for driving the product design, user experiences, creative direction, production design, motion design, service design, UX copywriting, UX research and UX engineering. It is our job to create a framework that delivers consistent, creative and innovative user experiences for people – whether they are using Disney’s consumer-facing products, or the platforms, products and tools that help power our business. Crucially, how we do that work must be both imaginative and efficient, allowing us to also free our team devote energy to using design to drive innovation.
The consumer portfolio we get to design for includes many of the most trusted and beloved brands in the world – ABC, ABC News, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, Marvel, National Geographic and Star Wars. These are great products, and our charge is to always imagine ways to make them even better; to deliver happiness and magical moments through artistry and inventive design, reinforcing the emotional connection between consumers and Disney’s brands.
The enterprise portfolio we are responsible for is also critically important – and our colleagues, partners and businesses will be relying upon us to bring the same kind of imagination, ease and consistent excellence to those experiences.
Design Services:
The DMED Technology Design Services team develops the fundamental building blocks and insights that activate a brand's identity, purpose, and expression and enable best-in-class product experiences across the complete user journey. This mission includes the continued development of our Content Creative team which includes Production Design, Motion Design, Visual Design, and UX Copywriting as well as Service Design, UX Research, and UX Engineering teams. We are a multi-disciplinary design team where you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with many design groups and specialties to create innovative products that people love to use.
Lead UX Engineers at Disney are creative and technological leaders who look to collaborate inclusively throughout the design process and evolve the way Disney by creating high-fidelity prototypes across our entire product portfolio using native programming languages. We expect a Lead UX Engineers to inspire and work on multiple prototypes simultaneously, both from the ground up and optimizing existing solutions, with in-depth knowledge about the latest design trends and technologies.
Responsibilities:

  • You will be responsible leading and inspiring project teams
  • You will contribute to create high fidelity prototypes across our entire product portfolio using native programming languages
  • You will be a point of contact to coordinate requirements with stakeholders
  • You will collaborate with a diverse set of partners
  • You will innovate new consumer experiences
  • You will work closely with the Product and Design partners creating prototypes and giving technical advice to designers
  • You will be present prototype work to partners and stakeholders.
  • Your prototype work sets an example for other designers to follow
  • You will be responsible for mentoring and growing fellow UX Engineers and their skills on the UX Engineering Team


Basic Qualifications:Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree


Minimum Requirements

  • 7+ years of relevant industry experiences
  • You have experience crafting high quality experiences for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS with Swift and UIKit
  • You have an expert understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices
  • You are a self-motivated, problem solver with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • You are hungry for innovation, eager to challenge the status quo
  • You have a deep understanding of adaptive, responsive, and fluid UI layout concepts
  • You are an expert in knowledge in UI Development best practices
  • You have experience with UI motion and animation best practices
  • You have a strong interest in and aptitude for learning the new platforms, software languages, and concepts as trends shift in the industry
  • You have a strong work ethic, are reliable, adaptable, and work well with others
  • You have knowledge of design tools such as Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite
  • If you have experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, that’s a plus


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Location

500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank , CA 91521

An Insider's view of The Walt Disney Company

How does the company support your career growth?

Over my 13 years with the company, I’ve had passionate leaders and colleagues with diverse backgrounds who have taught me and given me opportunities to expand into areas I never thought possible. You have the freedom to take career risks and apply your previous experience in ways you may not anticipate.

Chase

Product Management Director

What is your vision for the company?

Disney has always been at the heart of the evolution of the media industry, and technology is an essential part of that. The way that we tell and consume stories in the future is going to be completely different than it is today, and The Walt Disney Company is uniquely positioned to shape and create that future.

Jamie

SVP/Chief Technology Officer, The Walt Disney Studios

What are The Walt Disney Company Perks + Benefits

The Walt Disney Company Benefits Overview

Because our employees and cast members are at the heart of everything we do, Disney offers a competitive total rewards package that includes pay, health and savings benefits, time-off programs, educational opportunities and more. Together, these rewards make up a comprehensive package that help you live your best life, grow personally and professionally and take advantage of the special extras that only Disney can provide.

Eligibility for certain reward programs will vary based on your job status, work location and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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401(K)
401(K) matching
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