Director, Product Design Mobile Apps

Job Description

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Director of Product Design, Mobile Apps

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As the Director of Product Design, Mobile Apps you are a member of the world-class CNN Digital Product Design Team, which is responsible for creating industry-leading user experiences engaged by millions across the globe. CNN Digital is driven by a shared commitment to put our users at the center of the experiences we build and to push the boundaries on what an exceptional digital experience can be.

The Director of Product Design, Mobile Apps is an experienced mobile design leader, who'll collaborate with design, product, engineering, research, editorial, and analytics to reimagine our mobile apps in order to be a modern news destination that integrates our world-class journalism into users' daily habits. In this role you will have the opportunity to impact the future of CNN's digital experience, one of the most trusted news organizations in the world, and at the same time impact CNN's bottom line.

Your role accountabilities:
• Steer and communicate the vision for the growth and execution of the CNN mobile app experience from daily improvements to long term strategies, laddering into the overall CNN Digital Product strategy.
• Foster a deep collaborative culture and promote partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Manage a team of product designers to identify user needs, collaborate on research and testing, and execute on stellar designs that ladder into the mobile roadmap.
• Guide, with user research and analytics data, to develop a deep understanding of how users engage, what matters to them and identify pain points.
• Empower and mentor your design team; fostering a cohesive, committed, passionate, productive, and positive environment; champion new ideas, and work towards the highest caliber of craft and a best-in-class mobile experience within a growing team.
• Be committed to challenging the status quo, understanding the boundaries of mobile technology, and the business; but most importantly knowing when to push it. 

Qualifications and Experience:
• 10+ years related work experience leading design in Digital Media/Technology companies, with a focus on native mobile experiences.
• 5+ years managing and building teams of designers.
• Deep understanding of mobile technologies.
• Impeccable written and verbal communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, and a proven track record of executing on a design vision and influence cross-functionally.
• Data-driven, with extensive experience testing and refining to continually improve upon metrics.
• Experience creating and streamlining workflows for continuous iteration and improvement. 
• Expertise in Figma with deep knowledge of utilizing design systems; extensive experience in program management tools such as Confluence and Jira
• Experience and passion for affecting culture change.
• Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience  

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