Staff Product Designer for New Business at Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN) leads design for high-impact, strategically complex initiatives central to CNN’s future, focusing on standalone, non-news experiences across platforms.
Responsibilities
- Guide the design vision and oversee end-to-end development of original experiences for emerging products in highly ambiguous contexts.
- Independently produce a spectrum of design artifacts, adapting deliverables from IA maps and sketches to high-fidelity prototypes to support strategic decisions with partners.
- Participate in workshops and thought experiments that shape design direction and influence strategy across new business initiatives.
- Collaborate closely with editorial, product, engineering, research, and growth teams to synthesize multiple threads and business goals into a best-in-class product experience with a customer-focused mindset.
- Advocate for thoughtful innovation by balancing mobile platform boundaries and business needs, while pushing to challenge conventions and reimagine what is possible for users.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as a cross-platform product designer, including at least 4 years working on native mobile experiences; experience in media companies is a plus.
- Mastery of Figma and prototyping.
- Impeccable visual and interaction design skills.
- Expertise in creating and modifying components and utilizing a mature design system kit.
- Experience building and maintaining design systems or component libraries.
- Mastery of 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, or equivalent professional experience.
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Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Employee wellness program
- Life and disability insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays and sick time and vacation
- Annual bonuses
- Short-term incentives
- Long-term incentives
- Program-specific awards
About Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery blends iconic content and beloved brands with the storytellers and creators who bring them to life. CNN New Business focuses on developing standalone products beyond news to enrich users’ lives and support subscription growth.
Your New Role
CNN is the world's most essential and engaging source of digital news. The New Business team is building innovative standalone experiences that go beyond news to drive growth and delight users. As a Staff Product Designer for New Business, you will help lead design for high-impact, strategically complex initiatives central to CNN’s future.
How We Get Things Done
Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day-to-day.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, and genetic information. If you require adjustments during the application process, visit our accessibility page for instructions. In compliance with local law, compensation information is disclosed where legally required. Pay Range: $116,480.00 - $216,320.00 per year.
