Who: Sinclair Digital Group
Position: Director of Design
Where: Seattle
What: Sinclair Digital Group, a newly-formed division of Sinclair Broadcast Group, is looking for a creative leader to oversee the design of their news and entertainment websites and mobile products to help transform and grow their business from its broadcast roots to an industry leader on all platforms.
The Director of Design will help shape the future of their sites and create user experiences. You will build and lead a staff of site and advertising designers responsible for the aesthetic and usability of websites that reach millions of users. Successful candidates will be experienced, strong leaders who are passionate about web design with a proven ability to manage large-scale design processes from inception to implementation.
They want someone who can oversee design efforts for current needs, but who always has an eye on the future and ideas for what they should be doing next. The Director of Design will work closely with leaders of news, development, sales and other departments to help guide overall strategy and ensure design requirements and timelines are met.
Responsibilities:
- Direct and manage all aspects of site, advertising and product design, including budgeting, forecasting and scheduling.
- Provide ongoing feedback and documentation for design standards and best practices.
- Contribute to Sinclair Digital Group’s strategic planning.
- Define short and long-term design goals, setting requirements and project timelines, overseeing execution and rollout of new products and features.
- Improve overall quality of design and user experience of audience-facing and internal digital channels and tools.
- Stay current with industry trends to identify and recommend process and technology improvements.
- Identify and recruit outstanding designers.
- Oversee day-to-day operations of design staff.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in design or related field.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, lead and implement website design and user experience strategy.
- 10 years of website design and management experience.
- Deep understanding of modern web design, mobile design, typography, user interface, user experience design, brand development, digital advertising and related technologies.
- Expert Photoshop, Illustrator, CSS and HTML skills.
- Experience with Flash and JavaScript/jQuery preferred.
- Understanding of integration with back-end technologies and data sources.
- Proven ability to lead and coach multi-disciplinary teams, including managing of remote staff.
- Strong knowledge of user experience deliverables such as site maps, wireframes and style guides.
- Experience designing and implementing mobile and responsive websites.
- Experience in news publishing preferred.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Expert organization, time management, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel for company business.
- Please provide a portfolio of your past work experience and relevant user-centered design solutions
Contact: Apply here.
