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About the Role
The Community UX team is responsible for the Twitch viewer and streamer experience across the product ecosystem building and maintaining a cross?platform live streaming service that supports the growth and development of streamer based communities. We are looking to add a Principal UX Designer, Personalization to our team. Working closely with our discovery, identity, and recommendations teams, this designer will be responsible for the right users getting the right content at the right time - from onboarding to becoming an engaged member of the Twitch community.
You can work from Twitchs headquarters in San?Francisco, CA; or from one of our US based hub locations in Seattle, WA; Irvine, CA; Los?Angeles, CA or New?York?City, NY.
You Will:
- Lead design strategy for content personalization and user engagement initiatives
- Create designs and prototypes for presentation to execs and peers, and handoff to engineering partners
- Collaborate with a cross functional development team of product managers, ML engineers, engineers, and designers, and content programming teams
- Work with our UX Research and Data Science teams to combine qualitative and quantitative information to develop hypotheses about customer motivations and use that to improve your designs
- Learn from streamers and viewers about the ways they use our services and imagine the future of the service
- Help shape Twitch's design future by evolving our design systems and mentoring designers across the organization
You Have:
- 7+ years of professional experience in user experience design
- Portfolio demonstrating experience with content personalization and discovery features (e.g. user identity/profiles, recommendations, feeds, search & browse)
- Experience creating interactive prototypes for mobile platforms
- Track record of successful collaboration with cross?functional teams
- Ability to clearly communicate complex concepts through storytelling and narrative techniques
Bonus Points
- Experience in video content, social media, or streaming platforms
- Experience as a content creator
- Formal education in Design, Human?Computer Interaction, or related field
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Job ID: TW8979
US Pay Per Year: $147,600 - $244,000 USD
Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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