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UI/UX Designer
Los Angeles, CA
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
As our UI/UX Designer, you'll determine the look, feel, and overall graphical design of The Young Turks' website and mobile apps.
Key responsibilities and duties include:
Success Metrics:
The Young Turks is the leader in online news talk and entertainment. With more than 150 million monthly views and 6 million subscribers on YouTube alone, the multi-channel network owns and operates 12 channels across market categories (politics, sports, pop culture, style…). Its flagship show is the world’s largest and the longest-running online daily news show. TYT is the recipient of a long list of industry accolades, including the 2015 Webby Award for Best Online Political News Show, the VH1 2015 Streamy Award for Best Political News Channel, and Variety Magazine’s 2015 Top Influencer in News and Politics.
To apply, send resume to [email protected]
As our UI/UX Designer, you'll determine the look, feel, and overall graphical design of The Young Turks' website and mobile apps.
Key responsibilities and duties include:
- Collaborate with developers, editors, and customers to create TYT’s next-generation online media infrastructure
- Execute all visual design stages from concept to final sign-off
- Determine global, integrated graphical presence for all online products
- Produce wireframes, storyboards, sitemaps, and screen flows to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
- Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
- Oversee production of final, pixel-perfect assets for web and mobile
- Conduct usability testing; analyze user feedback and activity; iterate to enhance the user experience
- Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards
- Other duties as needed
- Expert proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Fireworks, or XD
- Demonstrable design skills with a strong portfolio
- Hands-on experience creating wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, etc
- Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and Javascript
- Experience with mobile app design; mobile game design a plus
- Familiarity with agile/scrum development process; Experience with Pivotal Tracker a plus
- Excellent creative, analytic, and problem solving ability
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work across teams
- Knowledge of news industry, online media, and/or entertainment a plus
- Understanding of The Young Turks’ content and audience a big plus
- BS/MS in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, related field, or equivalent experience
Success Metrics:
- Delivery of cutting-edge, intuitive designs for web and mobile
- Creation of beautiful, efficient graphical assets for web and mobile
- Measurable increase in user satisfaction, engagement, and member conversion
- Contiued improvement and innovation in layout, useability, and graphic design
The Young Turks is the leader in online news talk and entertainment. With more than 150 million monthly views and 6 million subscribers on YouTube alone, the multi-channel network owns and operates 12 channels across market categories (politics, sports, pop culture, style…). Its flagship show is the world’s largest and the longest-running online daily news show. TYT is the recipient of a long list of industry accolades, including the 2015 Webby Award for Best Online Political News Show, the VH1 2015 Streamy Award for Best Political News Channel, and Variety Magazine’s 2015 Top Influencer in News and Politics.
To apply, send resume to [email protected]