Manager Product Design

Amagi is a global leader in cloud-managed services for the Streaming TV and Broadcast TV industry. Amagi enables TV networks and content owners distribute and monetize their content. Amagi’s clients include premium networks and platforms such as NBCU, CBS, PBS, Samsung TV Plus, Redbox, XUMO, Roku, A+E Networks, Viceland TV, MGM, ShortsTV, Yahoo! Finance, PeopleTV, Tastemade, Turner Corporation, Discovery Networks and more.

Amagi pioneered the use of cloud technologies in the broadcast industry, and today manages 300+ channels with deployments in more than 40 countries. Amagi is an advanced tier partner of Amazon Web Services (AWS), and works on the latest cloud technologies that are shaping the media and entertainment industry. Amagi has sales offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, and operations center in New Delhi, and an innovation center in Bangalore. For more information, visit http://www.amagi.com">www.amagi.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job role: UX Manager

Location: Bangalore

Role reporting into: Head of UX Strategy and Design

Does this role have direct reports?: No

Job Responsibilities:

• Own the Product design philosophy and UX strategy
• Team management and mentoring
• Initiate/ participate in user research initiatives and insights to drive design decisions
• Translate user needs and business goals into innovative products that provide an engaging user experience.
• Collaborate effectively with cross functional teams right from Design, Product Management, Engineering, Operations to Marketing
• Practice design thinking, understand ‘jobs to be done’ framework, agile and lean UX methodologies
• Knowledge of wireframing, visual design and rapid prototyping tools
• Manage shifting priorities, deliver pixel perfect products, and consistently meet project deadlines.
• Should partner with content writers to help articulate User Guide documentation, demo video scripts etc.
• Ensure the quality of the design throughout the development cycle.

Job Requirements:

Ideally a person should have had the below experiences / possess the below abilities to succeed in this role:

• Previous experience of having managed a team
• Proven problem solving skills with the ability to understand complex ideas
• A portfolio that demonstrates a user centred design process, interaction and visual design skills with experience designing web apps/ cross platform products in the consumer as well as enterprise space.
• Should be self-driven and proactively look at improving user workflows of existing products
• Should have the ability to thrive in ambiguity
• Have demonstrated ability to conduct user research, usability testing to uncover unarticulated user needs, usability issues etc
• Good learning ability to grasp new domains and comfort to understand both depth and breadth across the technology platform(s)
• Should be a team player and be comfortable collaborating across teams.
• Should possess good communication skills to articulate the design process and design decisions to stakeholders
• Should be proficient in developing and documenting detailed user experience specifications

Preferred Work Experience: 8+ years , preferably with a combination of work experience in start-up environments as well as large corporates 

Education/Qualifications: B-Des /M-Des from institutes like NID, Srishti or IDC (IIT)