About the Role
Title: Sr Product Designer – Commerce Content
Location: US – United States of America
Job Description:
Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.
Yahoo is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented product designer to help create the future of shopping on Yahoo’s web properties. As a Senior Product Designer in the Platforms Design team, you will take lead on key projects as we evolve and expand Yahoo Commerce websites into new categories. This role will use user insights and strategic thinking to design engaging, accessible and brand-forward content experiencesfor millions of Yahoo users and potential shoppers. You will work with other designers, Product Managers, Researchers, Engineers, and Content Strategists to deliver features that help us grow the Yahoo Commerce content footprint and drive business impact.
This role demands exceptional design craft, cross-functional collaboration, an obsession with quality and user needs, the ability to drive projects forward and a passion for solving complex user problems. If you enjoy working in high-performing teams, and taking responsibility to deliver great work, this role is for you!
Key Responsibilities:
As a Senior Product Designer, you’ll be involved in the product development cycle from start to finish-imagining, creating and shipping innovative designs that set new standards for content experiences in Yahoo products.
- Lead Design Initiatives: Take ownership of high-impact projects from ideation through prototyping, validation and delivery of product features, shaping the design and ensuring all work aligns with user needs and business goals.
- Collaborative Design Process: Contribute to stakeholder discussions, design reviews, workshops, and other rituals to ensure alignment with product and engineering teams.
- Quality and Craft: Maintain a high bar of quality by knowing what good looks like and consistently delivering top-notch designs and design artifacts.
- Drive Work Forward: Proactively drive projects forward through design artifacts and processes, keeping work moving and contributing to high-velocity development.
- User-Centered Design: Champion user-centric design principles and user experience research to ensure designs are grounded in real user needs and behavioral insights.
- Innovation and Inspiration: Contribute fresh perspectives to continuously improve the design process, drive innovation and push the boundaries of what’s possible.
- Strategic Influence: Deliver innovative solutions to complex design challenges, contributing to the design vision and strategy for the Yahoo Commerce team.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of product design experience.
- A portfolio demonstrating high-quality design craft and a track record of delivering impactful product experiences that users love.
- Strong knowledge of modern user experience design methodologies, principles, and frameworks
- Experience working with qualitative and quantitative data to balance user needs and business objectives
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and build relationships across the organization
- Experience designing Shopping or Commerce-related experiences a plus
- Experience leading design projects with cross-functional partners
- Proficiency with design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite