Senior UX Designer

The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. We are proud of the culture we have built. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day.

So, if you are talented, driven, creative, and eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team, then we want to talk!


WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR


The Trade Desk is helping change the way we buy, sell and consume advertising as one of the leaders in the programmatic industry. Since the programmatic industry is young, you will directly contribute to a new experience that translates the massive power of our technology into simple and elegant workflows for ad agency partners and advertisers. Our industry is complicated, but we dont believe our platform should be.

Youll be joining a small but growing team of experienced designers who are paving the way to create a more user-centered platform. Our team thrives on collaborating across teams, and digging in to fully understand the context of any problem. We value ideas and feedback from everyone, and were incredibly fortunate to sit next to people who use the platform on a daily basis.

As a Senior UX/UI Designer at The Trade Desk, you will have a unique opportunity to shape our fast-growing platform used by thousands of people across the globe. You will be important not just to the UX team, but to the company as a whole. As a Senior UX/UI designer, you will work on enhancing our product UX/UI through individual projects, as well as mentor and guide to our growing UX/UI team.

At The Trade Desk, we believe each opportunity to engage with consumers is unique. Because of this, our platform provides advertisers and their agencies with an unprecedented level of power to describe and reach their target audience. This means user experience can make or break our business our users must have all the flexibility to harness our systems growing power and should be able to use our platform with unparalleled ease.


WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING


As a Senior UX Designer:
You will drive guidelines and best practices, manage complex, cross-functional projects, and work with leadership to set goals and implement roadmaps
Use writing and content design skills to create UI text that facilitates user navigation
Drive vision for product language and content across our platform
Collaborate with designers, researchers, legal, marketing, product managers, and engineers; Influence and adapt to stakeholders and their feedback


WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:


5+ years of relevant experience
Exceptional communication and presentation skills
Proven knowledge of industry standard design tools (Figma, Sketch, Invision, etc.)
Proven track record of being an effective and creative problem solver
Quickly and thoroughly create user flows, wireframes, high fidelity mockups and prototypes. While you need to be speedy, you are a deliberate designer. Every pixel has a purpose, and every interaction is thoughtful
A professional portfolio demonstrating a strong background in user flows, information architecture, interaction, and visual design (NOTE: only candidates with a portfolio will be considered)
Translate problems and new concepts into intuitive and clean UIs. Our system is complex, but shouldnt feel that way to our users
Strong knowledge of design patterns and systems, you can help build and maintain a cohesive visual language
Utilize research and best practices to construct and defend your ideas. You embrace feedback and thrive in an iterative environment
An empathetic and effective collaborator with engineers, other designers, product managers and business stakeholders, remotely and in person


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:


Experience in AdTech
Experience designing for enterprise software
Feature level platform experience
Experience working with a user research team
Experience leveraging data to inform and measure design
Experience working with an established design system
Help other designers grow by providing constructive feedback and guidance
Keep up with technology and design trends, striving for our platform to be modern and innovative

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The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.