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UX Designer

At Cast & Crew, we’ve empowered creativity and supported the global entertainment industry for decades. Together with our family of brands - Backstage, CAPS, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, Media Services, Sargent-Disc, and The TEAM Companies – we operate as a combined entertainment technology and services provider offering industry standard screenwriting accounting software, digital payroll products, data & reporting, and a host of creative tools. The industry continues to move faster than ever, and the need for our expertise, our technology, and our people has never been greater. We are a production’s best ally every step of the way. #OneCastOneCrew

About Cast & Crew
We grew from a modest small business in 1976 to be the premiere provider of entertainment technology and solutions, staying true to our mission of modernizing content production and leading the digital transformation within the industry. Our cloud-based solutions and industry expertise help streamline the entire production lifecycle and have revolutionized how content is made. We now have a global workforce across a host of storied brands, spanning all areas of produced and live entertainment, from film, television, streaming, to advertising, live events, and short-form.

UX Designer
Regular Full-Time

Position Overview

Cast & Crew is looking for a UI/UX Designer who is ready to help transform entertainment industry software by designing easy-to-use features that solve real user problems and enable a delightful user experience.

Responsibilities include building elegant solutions within our product suite by gathering user requirements, designing graphic elements and building navigation components that enable a congruent and consistent user experience across the digital products.

To be successful in this role, you should have experience with user-centered design principles, a variety of design software and wireframe tools and have a passion for creating user experiences that our customers and users love. If you have a portfolio of professional design projects that includes work with enterprise SaaS applications, we’d like to meet you.

Core Responsibilities

Work in collaboration with product managers, engineers, customer success and implementations teams to envision and design impactful and delightful product experiences 
From design strategy and research, to ideation and production, to handoff and QA, you will lead every step of the design process for a variety of mediums, ensuring we are shipping meaningful and quality experiences 
Produce user requirements specifications, personas, storyboards, scenarios, flowcharts, design prototypes, and design specifications
Define the user experience, interactions, and user interface through user flows, information architecture, sketches and wireframes
Clearly illustrate design ideas through the creation of mockups and prototypes, both low and high fidelity, and present to internal and external stakeholders to gather feedback
Break down complex problems to find discrete and meaningful solutions that improve the efficacy of our users within the products
Gather insights from primary and secondary user research to better understand our customers, and translate insights into product recommendations 
Design a variety of UI elements, such as menus, buttons, navigation elements, widgets and other user interactions
Use design systems to support rapid, iterative development, and make recommendations of how they can evolve based on user and stakeholder feedback
Work with your team and listen to feedback to reach solutions together, while inspiring and helping others by bringing fresh perspectives 
Adhere to best practices and user-centric design methodologies for UI components, fonts, colors and images
Other duties as assigned

Key Qualifications

3+ years of experience in UI/UX product design or similar role on SaaS platforms
A standout design portfolio that demonstrates examples of how you used research to frame problems and solved them collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Comfortable working with Figma, Axure, Usability Hub and other design-related software
Must have working knowledge of Google’s Material Design Standards
Experience designing final UI components using Sketch
Experience creating wireframe prototypes using Figma
Working knowledge of usability testing methodologies and stakeholder interviews
Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
Good time-management skills
Good written, verbal, and listening skills
Comfortable in group or small settings
BS in Design, Graphic Design, HSCI or relevant field

Preferred Qualifications

3+ years of work experience in front end development experience a plus

Special Work Conditions

Sedentary – Involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Some positions may entail exerting up to 15 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, or pull.

Compensation is commensurate with various factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, skills, training, licensure, certifications, geographic cost of labor, and other business and organizational needs. Compensation range for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.

The compensation range for this position is:

$115,000—$125,000 USD

Benefits

Cast & Crew provides a comprehensive package of employee benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, health and wellness programs, employee discounts, and more! Note: Cast & Crew benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.

Due to the high volume of applicants, it is likely that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

CA residents: Your personal information may be collected in connection with certain services provided by Cast & Crew or its affiliated companies. A summary of your California privacy rights can be found at: https://www.castandcrew.com/privacy-policy/

Cast & Crew is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job, without regard to age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship or marital status, and to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias based upon these grounds.