Business Analyst, UX Design

Job Description

Business Analyst, UX Design

The Digital Media Group (DMG) is a software development team at Sony Pictures Entertainment that specializes in managing digital content for the studio. We operate, maintain, and enhance several important software systems including Digital Asset Management (DAM) platforms, screening apps for mobile and TV, and digital media supply chain tools and components.

UX design is a critical function within our team and the primary force for keeping our users at the heart of every design consideration. The UX Designer will work side by side with product owners, customers, and developers on a fast-moving agile team.

Responsibilities:
• Conceptualize and craft elegant user experience design solutions utilizing analytics and user research
• Lead with a user-centered design approach to all product builds
• Study user personas and identify user needs
• Translate complex systems into intuitive user experiences through user journey maps
• Product research, developing or designing presentation materials, tutorial guides, and visualizations
• Conduct customer interviews
• Create clickable prototypes for user testing, stakeholder presentations and developer handoff
• Create iconography, logos, digital illustrations, and design systems
• Collaborate with customers, developers, product owners and support teams
• Present demos of new features and research decks
• Design and maintain WordPress support ''How To'' help sites
• Mentor up & coming designers edifying them in UI/UX best practices along with knowledge transferring
• Leverage design thinking and lean UX
• Deliver high-fidelity assets and specs ready for engineering
• Conduct research for all things user experience, competitive analysis, and technical
• Further evolve and contribute to our UI library, style guide and tool kit
• Represent the voice of the customer within brainstorms, feedback sessions and project meetings to influence team decisions

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree from a reputable institution
• 3+ years of experience in UI/UX design or visual design
• Entertainment industry experience
• Comfortable using latest design tools including Invision, Sketch, Figma, and Adobe CC
• Deep understanding of Agile processes and methodologies
• Knowledge of Jira is required as this is the primary work management tool used by the team
• Think creatively for solutions with excellent problem-solving skills
• A team player, who appreciates strengths from other team members
• Speak intelligently about UX concepts to non-technical people
• Strong presentation skills
• Growth-minded and eager for new learnings

* Sony Pictures - CA - Culver City Area & Studios

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwvzmj-216-73-216-105-42 in your application.