UX Prototyper, Tveverywhere

Job Description

Responsibilities

Welcome to Peacock, the dynamic new streaming service from NBCUniversal. Here you'll find more than a job. You'll find a fast-paced, high-flying team for unique birds that want to be at the epicenter of technology, sports, news, tv, movies and more. Our flock works hard to connect people to what they love, each other and the world around them by creating shared experiences through culture-defining entertainment.

As a company, we embrace the power of difference. Our team is committed to creating an organization that champions diversity and inclusivity for all by curating content and a workforce that represents the world around us. We continue to challenge ourselves and the industry by being customer-centric, data-driven creatures of innovation. At Peacock, we are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through creativity, teamwork, and talent.

Here you can fly to new heights!

The TVEverywhere group is an integral part of the NBCU Streaming experience. We are responsible for streaming products for NBCUniversal brands such as NBC, NBC Sports, Bravo, SYFY, USA, E! and Telemundo on desktop, mobile and connected device platforms. We also support the voting apps for popular shows such as the Voice and America's Got Talent.

We're growing our team of smart, innovative, and upbeat designers who crave the chance to build new solutions at the epicenter of content, tech, and culture. This is a chance to be a driving force on a team that's empowered to deliver great experiences.

We are seeking a UX Prototyper to evolve and elevate the experience of watching entertainment, live events, kids, news and sports content in and out of the home. As part of the product team, you will collaborate with design, product, technology, marketing, data, and insights teams to elegantly solve problems for users while driving business value. You are a tinkerer, you like to build beautiful things, you like to experiment with the latest trends. You're someone who stays on the cutting edge and doesn't mind problem solving on your feet.

As a UX Prototyper you will:
• Produce interactive prototypes to assist in user research and feature development.
• Translate UX documents (flows, wires, comps) into functioning prototypes for multiple platforms, including TV, iOS, Android and web.
• Build prototypes across a range of visual fidelity and complexity utilizing different tools, platforms, and programming languages.
• Collaborate daily with product managers, product designers, and user researchers in order to understand team goals for developing prototypes for user validation.
• Translate design thinking to client teams.
• Be a thought leader in bridging the gap between design and client engineering.
• Work on multiple projects at once.
• Build and maintain reusable frameworks and libraries to enable rapid iteration on high fidelity prototyping.
• Stay on top of the latest industry trends and advising the product and design teams.
• Work independently and be hands on.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Design, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in development or prototyping.
• Portfolio of relevant prototyping work.
• Experience working with multiple teams supporting parallel efforts.
• Experience with Agile product development.
• Knowledge of streaming platforms (AppleTV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Samsung…) is beneficial, especially the UX guidelines, design language and interface design elements used by these platforms.
• Knowledgeable in Sketch, Figma and Zeplin as part of a delivery workflow.
• Experience building software prototypes on consumer hardware.

Desired Qualifications:
• Experience working with both developers and design teams.
• Experience in a large-scale, consumer-facing organization, preferably in the media space.
• Experience with a variety of platforms, languages, and tools such as:
• ReactJS Framework, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Swift and UIKit development for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, Unity3D, Android SDK and Android development, Framer, Proto.io
• Hands on team player, who can handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Able to think in terms of user goals, infusing work with empathy, and striving for accessibility.
• High degree of creativity and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional communication skills: communicate ideas through information & presentations.
• Drive to deliver compelling, best in class experiences for consumers and proven track record working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• A willingness to thrive and be happy as part of a world-class UX team

Eligibility Requirements:
• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered
• Willingness to work overtime and on weekends with short notice; having a flexible schedule to work is key for this role
• Must be willing to work in Universal City, CA
• Must have work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must be covered by Solutions, NBCU's Alternative Dispute Resolution Program

Additional Information

NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.

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