Senior User Experience Designer - Full-time

Sling TV L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), provides over-the-top television services including domestic and international live and Video-On-Demand programming. It is available on televisions, tablets, computers and smartphones. The Sling TV programming portfolio includes content from Disney, ESPN, HBO, AMC, Turner, Scripps, EPIX, Univision and Maker Studios. Sling International (formerly DishWorld) currently provides close to 200 channels in 18 languages across multiple devices to U.S. households. Sling TV is a next-generation service that meets the entertainment needs of today’s contemporary viewers. Visit www.Sling.com. 

Television is at an inflection point. New technologies and businesses are rapidly evolving and reshaping how we watch TV. We are seeking a Senior User Experience Designer with strong interests and expert capabilities designing engaging user experiences to join our UX team working on the SlingTV product in American Fork.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem-solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication. This individual excels at providing both highly analytical as well as highly creative ideas to a design engagement. The candidate will also have extensive experience in a fast-paced and innovative development environment. A thorough understanding of user-centered design methodologies is a must.

Join our talented User Experience team and help drive the continued improvement and innovation across our products.

A successful Senior User Experience Designer will have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Product Design, HCI, Human Factors, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology, Computer Science, or related discipline; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Demonstrated success designing fantastic User Experiences across desktop, web and mobile
• Strong ability to work with different functional groups including Engineering, Product Management and Product Marketing
• Understanding of qualitative and quantitative user research methods
• Experience with UX design for consumer-oriented products
• Experience with designtools such as Sketch, Illustrator, and Photoshop
• Experience with wire framingand prototyping tools such as InVision, Proto io, Marvel, OmniGraffle, Balsamiq, and Azure
• Experience with Front End Development/Prototyping technologies such HTML, CSS and/or javascript is a plus

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Primary responsibilities fall into the following categories:

• Participate in the product definition process with the Product Manager, Engineering Manager and User Research
• Drive the clarification of the user tasks and objectives
• Provide input to other UX team members and projects
• Perform qualitative user research to understand user needs and evaluate design solutions for usability
• Conduct effective meetings with project stakeholders to understand goals, requirements, user profiles, and context of use
• Create interaction design deliverables such as process flows, wireframes, annotations, and prototypes
• Establish and document interaction design standards for common usage across all SlingTV platforms