Description
Technology plays a critical role in bringing stories to life across The Walt Disney Studios. The Studio Technology Design team partners with filmmakers, artists, production teams, and technologists to create enterprise software that powers every stage of the filmmaking process.
The Studio Technology Design team is seeking a Senior UX Product Designer to help shape the next generation of internal tools that power filmmaking across The Walt Disney Studios. You’ll work across a portfolio of enterprise products used by artists, production teams, and studio operations, partnering closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and stakeholders to solve complex workflow challenges.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end product design across multiple enterprise applications, from discovery through implementation.
- Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and stakeholders to define product strategy, identify opportunities, and deliver user-centered solutions.
- Design intuitive, desktop-first experiences that simplify complex enterprise workflows while balancing user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
- Plan and conduct user research activities, including interviews, workflow analysis, and usability testing, translating insights into actionable design decisions.
- Create user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and interactive prototypes to communicate concepts, validate ideas, and support implementation.
- Contribute to and evolve our design system, ensuring consistency, accessibility, scalability, and a high standard of visual quality across products.
- Explore opportunities to leverage AI within enterprise products and continuously improve design workflows through emerging tools and technologies.
- Present design work clearly and confidently to stakeholders and leadership through compelling storytelling, rationale, and demonstrations.
- Facilitate collaborative workshops, design critiques, and cross-functional design discussions.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining a high level of craft, attention to detail, and execution.
- Stay informed on evolving design practices, AI capabilities, and technology trends, bringing new ideas back to the team.
- Identify opportunities to improve design processes, collaboration, and overall product quality.
Requirements
- Must have 5+ years of experience designing digital products.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design across complex software products.
- Experience designing enterprise or B2B software applications.
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to simplify complex workflows into intuitive user experiences.
- Excellent interaction, information architecture, and visual design skills.
- Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and design thinking practices.
- Experience planning and conducting user research and usability testing.
- Experience contributing to or building scalable design systems.
- Must have advanced proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools, such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and AI-assisted prototyping tools.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions to cross-functional partners and leadership.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and transforming complex production workflows into intuitive, human-centered experiences.
- Ability to independently manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Self-motivated with exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Experience leveraging AI-powered design, research, and productivity tools to enhance design workflows is strongly preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: $129,300.00 - $159,000.00 per year
- Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits