Staff Product Designer, New Business

The CNN New Business team is pioneering the development of innovative, standalone products that go beyond news, aiming to create distinctive non-news experiences that enrich users' lives and help drive the subscription business. The Staff Product Designer for New Business helps lead design for high-impact, strategically complex initiatives that are central to CNN's future. The ideal candidate is an experienced designer who is comfortable navigating ambiguity and has deep expertise in designing user-centred experiences across a variety of platforms and channels.

• Help lead the design vision and end-to-end execution of original experiences for emerging products in highly ambiguous areas.
• Work autonomously to craft a range of design artifacts, assessing and flexing deliverables to match project needs, from IA maps and sketches to high-fidelity visual prototypes, to drive strategic decisions with partners.
• Contribute to workshops and thought exercises that shape design direction and influence product strategy across new business initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional experts in editorial, product, engineering, research and growth, synthesising multiple threads and business goals into a best-in-class product experience while exemplifying a customer-focused mentality.
• Champion thoughtful innovation by understanding the boundaries of the mobile platform and the business, while knowing when to challenge convention, drive disruption and reimagine what is possible for users.

• 8+ years experience as a cross-platform product designer, with at least 4 years working on native mobile experiences.
• Mastery of Figma and prototyping.
• Impeccable visual and interaction design skills.
• Expertise in creating and modifying components and utilising a mature design system kit.
• Experience building and maintaining design systems or component libraries.
• Mastery of best UX design practices, including usability principles, user research methodologies and testing techniques.
• Solid understanding of mobile and web technologies.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience with program management tools such as Confluence and Jira.
• Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.

• Experience in media companies is a plus.

• Actual salaries will vary based on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, external market data, internal equity, skill set, experience, training, education and/or performance; base pay is just one component of the total compensation package.

• Health insurance coverage.
• Employee wellness program.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation.
• Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives and program-specific awards.