Principal Product Designer, Streaming/OTT

Vimeo enables anyone to create high-quality video experiences to connect better and bring ideas to life. We proudly serve our growing community of nearly 300 million users — from creative storytellers to globally distributed teams at the world’s largest companies.

As a Principal Product Designer, you'll play a key role in shaping Vimeo's Streaming Solution. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to design innovative tools and features that empower video content creators and communities to build, curate, and analyze their own Netflix-style streaming business. Our platform provides the tools for content creators to manage their media, design custom channels, set monetization models, and reach their audience directly. We are a fast-paced, design-led organization committed to delivering top-tier user experiences.

What you’ll do:

• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups that effectively communicate design concepts and solutions to stakeholders.
• You will employ visual systems to ensure that your designs are in harmony with the broader product ecosystem.
• Lead the entire design process for multiple concurrent projects, from inception to launch, as the sole designer for this team, ensuring all products meet the highest quality standards.
• Work with the product team head to craft an engaging product vision for the business unit and establish effective design principles and connections with stakeholders.
• Work in close collaboration with cross-functional teams, encompassing product management and engineering, to gain insights into both business and user requirements and transform them into product designs.

Skills and knowledge you should possess:

• 7+ years of professional experience in product design.
• Outstanding abilities in interaction design, conversational design, visual design, and product thinking, supported by a robust portfolio featuring web and native app designs.
• Demonstrated expertise in Figma, robust prototyping abilities coupled with a track record of conducting user research and usability testing to collect feedback and insights that guide design choices.
• Capable of making thoughtful trade-offs and swiftly implementing designs without sacrificing quality.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to convey design decisions effectively and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product and Software Engineers, as the sole designer.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale design initiatives.
• Experience designing for video streaming technologies and platforms.

Bonus points (nice skills to have, but not needed)

• Experience working with remote or distributed product teams.
• Knowledge and experience with motion design and animation.
• SaaS experience.

Benefits:

• Be part of a passionate and collaborative team.
• Contribute to a platform loved by millions of users worldwide.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

About us:

Vimeo (NASDAQ:VMEO) is the world’s most innovative video experience platform. We enable anyone to create high-quality video experiences to connect better and bring ideas to life. We proudly serve our growing community of nearly 300 million users — from creative storytellers to globally distributed teams at the world’s largest companies. Learn more at www.vimeo.com.

Vimeo is headquartered in New York City with offices around the world. At Vimeo, we believe our impact is greatest when our workforce of passionate, dedicated people, represents our diverse and global community. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion is championed in how we build our products, develop our leaders, and strengthen our culture.

Base Salary Range:

• NYC Metro, Bay Area, Seattle, Los Angeles: $158,000 - $216,500
• All other US cities outside above metro areas: $142,200 - $194,850

At Vimeo, we strive to hire and nurture amazing talent across the globe. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to experience, specialized skills, internal alignment, and location. Base salary is just one component of Vimeo's total rewards philosophy.

We offer a wide range of benefits, perks, variable compensation and where eligible long-term incentive programs.

We also offer paid time off, generous 401k match, commuter benefits, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), fertility reimbursement, group term life insurances, wellbeing resources, and more.

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