Principal Product Designer
Principal Product Designer
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$ 150000 - 180000
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Job Description:
About Our Organization:
Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats including print digital mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the worlds largest newsgathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal Americas largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barrons MarketWatch Mansion Global Financial News Investors Business Daily Factiva Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Dow Jones Newswires OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS NWSA; ASX: NWS NWSLV).
About the Team:
Excellence in news and information services demands excellence in our customers experiences. Our Design & Research Team brings together teams covering Product Engineering Marketing and Operations with a single purpose: to connect people to the news and information that matters most. We deliver information when and where our users need it by defining and building connected innovative products that are data informed and with a customer lens. Were a globally distributed team spearheading a digital transformation at Dow Jones.
About the Role:
We are looking for a Principal Product Designer to define and lead a design strategy for a new initiative within our Barrons brand in close collaboration with crossfunctional stakeholders. While this is an individual contributor role you will be expected to mentor other product designers and lead projects across our NYC (ET) and Barcelona (CET) offices with managers in Pacific Time (PT).
In this role youll play a key part in designing the future of a unique new communitybased Investing Platform for Barrons subscribers that builds on the brands 100 year history and dedicated user base. Youll be a part of a crossfunctional team of researchers marketers product managers and engineers responsible for making this platform a delightful and sticky experience for Barrons most advanced users. Youll be responsible for strategic influence and driving alignment across multiple teams and the of highly crafted systemoriented designs.
The Principal Product Designer will report to the Director of Design Wealth and Investing.
You Will:
- Use your background as a designer in Fintech or other datadriven business to influence and own the delivery and outcome of highquality endtoend design solutions for our new Investor focused product.
- Be a thought leader for our team. Sets a high bar for systemsdriven design and craftsmanship. Lead by example.
- Bring to bear a deep understanding of UX best practices and visual design principles to your solutions alongside a grounding in data driven testing methodologies.
- Have a robust understanding of accessibility (a11y) requirements and how to best integrate them into your work.
- Intuitively know how to move between different levels of design fidelity to drive understanding of a conceptfrom low fidelity to prototypebringing clarity to ambiguity across your portfolio of work.
- Be a dependable teammate who treats everyone with respect. Bring to bear your mentorship experience when it comes to fostering an inclusive culture. Help us build up Dow Jones as a place for worldclass design and help grow our team.
- Last but never least serve as an advocate for our users keeping their needs at the heart of our product design solutions
You Have:
- 7 years of relevant work experience as a Product Designer in a matrixed organization where youve shipped products landed them grown them over time
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates your endtoend Product Design process and approach inclusive of a research function
- The ability to present and defend your work effectively to stakeholders and senior leadership for review and feedback in person and in written comms
- An to lead and take initiative balancing strategic goals with daily tactical work (and understand how to turn the tactical into strategic opportunities)
- Strong grasp of UI HCI Accessibility and UX principles
- Expertise working on native mobile (iOS and Android) web and responsive design.
- Expertise with component based design design systems and Figma.
- Strong proficiency with Gsuite products and experience with professional collaboration tools such as Jira Miro Confluence and Airtable.
- Comfortable in a hybrid working environment and know how to influence from a distance.
Plus:
- Experience in the design of News or Financial Services
- Experience managing design strategies across multiple brands with unique
- Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards and compliance
Our Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement Plans
- Comprehensive Insurance Plans
- Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources
- Education Benefits
- Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
- Commuter Transit Program
- Subscription Discounts
- Employee Referral Program
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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.Business Area:
Dow Jones TechnologyJob Category:
Software Product EngineeringUnion Status:
Union rolePay Range: $150000 $180000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Payforperformance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
