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The Daily Meal

User Experience Designer

Posted One Month Ago
In-Office
New York, NY, USA
Mid level
In-Office
New York, NY, USA
Mid level
Lead UX design efforts for site-wide upgrades across desktop and mobile. Create on-brand visual systems, wireframes, and prototypes; collaborate with stakeholders and product leadership; hand off designs to development; perform visual QA and iterate using data-driven release processes.
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Company Description

Unprecedented in scope and depth, The Daily Meal produces more culinary content than any other resource. Our passionate team canvasses the world to bring you the best food and drink experiences at all levels, around the table, at home or on the road. Harvesting the delicious and discarding the mundane, we are your friend on the inside, discovering and reporting with a sense of fun and curiosity. The Daily Meal delivers a fresh take on dining news and trends and helps you succeed in the kitchen while highlighting the unifying aspects of food and drink and celebrating the people who create them. 

We are a fast growth media company conceived of and for the digital age. We are looking to revolutionize how premium content is created, shared and monetized.

We have a best-in-class suite of benefits including, medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, pre-tax commuting benefits and a 401(k) plan — and a casual, fun, productive work environment.

Job Description

The Daily Meal is looking for an exceptional User Experience Designer. We will be upgrading the complete user experience for The Daily Meal and The Active Times and you will be leading this process. From concept to handoff to the development team, you will collaborate with our domain experts and Chief Product Officer on projects that will include home page and story templates and continue to revolutionize the recipe experience for desktop and mobile devices. We have a data-informed rapid release process that will help you iterate through concepts to implementation and then measure results.

Qualifications

Develop a consistent, on-brand vision for site style and all creative assets

Working in a team environment, help conceptualize new products and applications while working with stakeholders to turn their vision into implementable designs

Handle all design responsibilities related to product development, including wireframes, graphic design, and pre-launch visual quality review

Additional Information

The Daily Meal is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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