Sr. Product Designer (Contractor)

We’re a cast of characters working to shine a spotlight on anime. Crunchyroll is an international business focused on creating both online and offline experiences for fans through content (licensed, co-produced, originals, distribution), merchandise, events, gaming, news, and more. Visit our About Us pages for more information about our collection of brands.

Crunchyroll COVID-19 Hiring Status

Crunchyroll employees are currently working from home, and we are still conducting remote interviews and hiring during this time. This role is expected to start remotely, and we’ll work closely with you as we understand every person has unique circumstances.

Location: San Francisco

Our headquarters is located in downtown San Francisco, where our group of cross-functional experts assemble to create experiences for our passionate communities.

About the Team:

The Product Design department is a distributed team responsible for crafting the Crunchyroll and VRV video streaming services. Our work encompasses the new Crunchyroll website, the mobile apps, and the TV experiences. Our mission is to provide a fabulous and engaging user experience for lovers of anime and manga content everywhere!

As a partner to business, product, and engineering groups, we collaborate with teams across the company to identify the right problems and ensure that our solutions satisfy the goals of both the business and the end-user.

About the Role: 

As a Senior Product Designer at Crunchyroll, you will be responsible for the Crunchyroll web experience. You will work in a team of designers who collaborate with user researchers, product management, and engineers to evolve the web experience through iterative improvements and new features. Your designs should show a deep understanding of the industry, our competitors, and most importantly, empathy for our users. You will think through sophisticated problems and use your design expertise to deliver solutions that provide our users with an outstanding user experience that is both elegant and functional.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in design or related field
• Portfolio showcasing your design work as well as your design process
• 8+ years of professional design experience
• Demonstrate a user-centered approach to designing software and services
• Experience working in an Agile development environment using Jira and Confluence
• Experience with web application technologies, including responsive web design
• Skilled in design programs like Sketch, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an adept collaborator
• Effective storytelling ability and an ability to present design work
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively
• Experience working with design systems, guidelines, and other standard methodologies

Pluses:

• Experience designing user interfaces for mobile apps or living room experiences
• Interest in anime, pop culture, animation, video games, tech and geekdom
• Knowledge of the online video streaming space

A Day in the Life of Our Senior Product Designer:

• Constantly develop a deeper empathy for our users. In partnership with our user research team, gain and apply user insights to new concepts and in-development designs. Ensure that design decisions are rooted in a clear understanding of user needs and motivations.
• Collaborate with product management, marketing, and business teams to define and drive projects from concept to production, ensuring user goals are represented.
• Orchestrate the design of multiple features from concept through production. Drive the review process, both within the design department and with partner teams, to ensure an effective solution that meets the needs of the user and the business. Also, provide constructive input to the designs of other designers on your team.
• Collaborate closely with engineering to shepherd the design through implementation and launch to market.
• Participate in scrum activities, working closely with your Lead and program management to establish priority, evaluate and estimate upcoming work, and report on progress.
• Exercise effective time management so you are always working on the right task and delivering on time.

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About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories through the content they love. Best known as a top streaming service delivering AVOD and SVOD content, Crunchyroll also provides experiences to deepen fan engagement and community through social, events, games, consumer products, content distribution, content creation, and manga publishing. 

Fans have access to the largest collection of licensed anime through Crunchyroll, Anime Digital Network (in partnership with Citel, a subsidiary of Média-Participations), and Anime on Demand video streaming services, translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll's services also extend to licensing of theatrical, TV, home video, and consumer product rights. 

Fans engage further with events (including owned events Crunchyroll Expo, Anime Awards, Crunchyroll Movie Nights, KAZÉ Movie Nights), consumer products through eCommerce and retail partners (Crunchyroll, KAZÉ, AV Visionen), Crunchyroll Games, KAZÉ Games, and manga (KAZÉ Manga, Crunchyroll Manga app, Crunchyroll Manga Store).

Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Chisinau, Lausanne, and Berlin (AV Visionen). VRV (U.S.) and Eye See Movies (Germany) are also Crunchyroll brands.

Our Company Values

You’ll see these in action if we’re lucky enough to have you:

• Embrace Originality - We’ve taken different paths to get here -- but we’re in it together to win in anime 
• Fuel Passion - Understanding fandom makes us better at what we do
• Champion Change - We’re agile and see change as an opportunity to lead by example
• Hustle Intentionally - As fans of our fans, we always want to do more -- but we’re deliberate in our path
• Elevate Anime - We’re showing the world how special anime is

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.