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Sr. Manager, Product Design

Who we're looking for:

We’re looking for a Sr Manager of Product Design to lead the Player Experience Design team in charge of creating a new industry standard for competitive mobile gaming experiences.

Your passion for design leads you to creating fresh new concepts that can change an industry. You take initiative, you find solutions to obvious and hidden problems without being asked. The status quo is not sufficient, and you are constantly looking for new ways to improve your designs and a user’s experience and you expect the people around you to do the same.

Product Design Managers serve a vital role at Skillz: they elevate the health, growth, and development of their team, as well as care for the overall business. They have a passion for design excellence expressed through thoughtful creative direction and occasionally rolling up their sleeves to lead by example.

You will report to the Head of Product Design [ Matt Snow ]

What You'll Do:

• Shape product design direction and strategy while also hiring, leading and mentoring the growth and success of a talented team of product designers creating competitive mobile gaming experiences on both iOS and Android
• Work closely with product and engineering and other cross-functional partners to drive design vision and strategy. Help turn business objectives into customer centered problems and steer team strategyCollaborate with Design and Skillz leadership to determine our overall player experience design direction
• Define and drive design hiring goals. Recruit and interview new Product Designers, review incoming candidates, and actively improve our design hiring process.
• Own the design efforts for and bring clarity to large and ambiguous product experiences
• Contribute to iterating on our product experiences through user research
• Drive design thinking within the larger Product Design organization and encourage various design focused problem-solving methodologies

Your Skillz:

• 5+ years experience as a UX or Product Designer (encompassing interaction design and visual design with proficiency designing across platforms)
• 3+ years experience managing a team of 3+ designers
• Experience building and shipping applications or software across a variety of platforms
• Experience with delivering products from concept stages to launch
• Mobile design experience for iOS and Android
• Portfolio that showcases sound product thinking and design rationale through navigation, user flows, interaction design, and information architecture
• Portfolio that demonstrates strong understanding of how users engage with the aesthetics of a product through the use of typography, color, imagery, layout, and grid systems
• Ability to manage deadlines and collaborate in a cross functional environment
• Capable of supporting your designs with strong rationale, research, and effective communication
• Experienced in using various design software including Sketch, Invision, and Adobe CS
• Experience with motion design and animation is a plus

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.