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Senior Product Designer, Ad Mission

The New York Times, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Overview

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Independent journalism is at the heart of all we do. The Times has a world-renowned newsroom that reports from nearly 160 countries and focuses on reader experience across print, audio, digital and app destinations. Our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. Mission Overview & Responsibilities

The New York Times Ad Mission is looking for a Senior Product Designer to design and deliver compelling ad experiences to our audience of millions of curious users, across all of our products. New York Times Advertising elevates brands through premium ad experiences. The Ad Mission aims to deliver scaled ad products that are relevant to our audience, high performing, driving measurable impact and strong outcomes for our advertisers. As a Senior Product Designer in the Ad Mission, you will help shape the future of advertising within a world-renowned media organization. You will create unique advertising experiences across the many user journeys of our products and optimize current experiences to provide more value to users while enhancing performance for advertisers. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys identifying strong hypotheses to guide the creation of strategic design solutions that balance user and business needs. The solutions should demonstrate a direct and positive impact to our users and the company. This is an individual contributor role. Senior Product Designers at The Times work with cross-functional teams, learn about our products, and continue to sharpen their design skills from more experienced designers. The Senior Product Designer will execute the design of complex features that help meet team and company goals and see them through a full release cycle. They are an emerging leader with deepening expertise. This is a hybrid position, based in our New York City headquarters. Responsibilities

Collaborate on high-level product strategy, ensuring we ask the right questions and solve for distinct needs. Work with engineers and product teams to ensure design quality and consistency of shipped flows and interactions. Create documentation (e.g. user journeys, experience maps, wireframes, frameworks) to lead conversations, build alignment, and help make decisions. Take product ideas and hone them into multiple solutions and concrete approaches, then collaboratively narrow ideas and establish requirements. Contribute to team and product design rituals. Nurture the design team, with an eye toward inspiring and mentoring teammates and enhancing processes and documentation. Contribute to the team's productivity, efficiency, learning and creativity. Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world. You will report to the Executive Director of Product Design for the Ad Mission. Basic Qualifications

A portfolio of work that showcases your process along with finished design work. Must demonstrate experience and strong proficiency of visual design principles, typography, visual hierarchy, and design systems. 5+ years of experience designing digital web or app products — with experience working through user journeys. Proficient in design tools such as Figma. Proficient in prototyping tools such as Play, Cursor, Gemini, Figma. Experience facilitating alignment through workshops, brainstorms and cross-functional collaboration. Preferred Qualifications

Experience with digital advertising. Experience designing or conceptualizing large solutions while also aligning user and business goals (which may contradict). Experience designing for A/B or multivariate testing. Experience working with stakeholders. Experience with user research and synthesis. REQ-019547 The annual base pay range for this role is between: $120,000 - $145,000 USD For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs. For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process. The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. We embrace a diverse workforce with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response. The Company encourages those with criminal histories to apply and will consider their applications in a manner consistent with applicable "Fair Chance" laws, including NYC Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For information about The New York Times' privacy practices for job applicants, click here. Please beware of fraudulent job postings. Scammers may post fraudulent job opportunities and may even make fraudulent employment offers. All legitimate job opportunities from The New York Times will be accessible through The New York Times careers site. The Times will not ask job applicants for financial information or for payment, and will not refer you to a third party to do so. You should never send money to anyone who suggests they can provide employment with The Times. If you see a fake or fraudulent job posting, or if you suspect you have received a fraudulent offer, you can report it to The New York Times at NYTapplicants@nytimes.com. You can also file a report with the Federal Trade Commission or your state attorney general.

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