Job Summary:

JOB DESCRIPTION – Lead Product Designer

Division: Global Enterprise Product Design 

Contract Terms: Full-time/Regular 

THE PRODUCT AND TEAM 

Ticketmaster’s enterprise platform enables creating and managing worldwide events. Many details go into each event: from planning to sales, managing entry during the event and post event reports and analysis. As designers at Ticketmaster, we are responsible for ensuring this robust functionality stays simple and elegant. We design for a wide range of devices and roles that together bring amazing entertainment to fans. We bring delight into our clients and on-the-ground teams’ day-to day tasks with our unique range of ticketing and event management solutions. While Ticketmaster’s product teams keep the user at the forefront of our solution design, we, the designers, are the specialists in research techniques, mapping and ideation workshops, building agile trials and closing the feedback loop. 

THE ROLE 

As Lead Product Designer you will own a product area in our Enterprise Revenue and Demand Platform area. In this exciting role, you'll have the opportunity to design dynamic pricing solutions that will revolutionize the event industry. Your work will empower our clients to make data-driven decisions and deliver exceptional event experiences. You will be accountable for achieving design excellence, ease of use and task success whilst working with other design leads and management to ensure an industry-leading overall client experience.  

You will be responsible for managing stakeholder expectations, aligning team objectives to product roadmaps, and developing achievable schedules to ensure strategic goals and timelines are met. You will be solving diverse problem sets, defining new frameworks, independently conducting research and mentoring/developing team members. You have experience with and are comfortable leading conversations with clients, synthesizing their feedback and utilizing it to improve the overall user experience.  

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Deliver best in class user experience for our clients working directly with design leadership, product and engineering leads and various business stakeholders. 

Use information architecture and design expertise to take product design deliverables through a full project lifecycle 

Initiate and conduct user/market, usability and competitive design research 

Identify user segments, scenarios, journeys, flow/decision maps and produce relevant documentation to convey this vision 

Participate in and lead ideation workshops with cross-functional teams 

Generate wireframes, storyboards, prototypes, and/or define the structure for design artifacts to be produced 

Ensure Ticketmaster’s brand identity is considered and integrated into all features, and ensure the logical user flow is translated into an intuitive and stylish experience  

Conduct internal QA tests to ensure deliveries meet initial design specifications  

Work with the Analytics and product management teams to drive measurable UX decisions 

Collaborate with other product designers in maintaining the Global Design System 

Understand long-term vision and strategic business goals of the department  

Keep skills fresh and be able to share out best practices, technical trends and developments with team 

REQUIREMENTS 

Thorough grounding in principles, methodology and practices of digital product design with proven hands-on experience in a working environment, i.e. UX design, UX research, interface design, mobile app design, interaction design, and/or branding   

An outstanding portfolio with cross-platform product design works  

Ability to drive a range of innovative and compositionally strong design solutions 

Fully conversant in one or more industry software, i.e. Figma, Miro, Slack, Google suite, Jira/Confluence 

Experience working with/on pattern libraries/design systems 

Ability to think creatively and present concepts clearly to stakeholders and team members 

An understanding of capabilities and limitation of technologies that are used to create powerful interactive experiences: HTML / CSS / AJAX / JavaScript / SQL  

A strong understanding of best/tried and true as well as current trends in UX/UI practices and cross-platform development 

A fundamental understanding of relationship between good UX, UI design and branding   

A strong understanding of grid systems and layouts and/or exceptional typography and graphic design desired 

YOU  

Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills 

Collaborative, positive team player 

A passion for interaction and customer involvement 

Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills 

Comfortable working and openly communicating with a distributed team 

Ability to lead and oversee multiple projects simultaneously 

Proactive in learning and being fluent in latest UX trends and technologies 

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LIFE AT TICKETMASTER

We are proud to be a part of Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest live entertainment company.

Our vision at Ticketmaster is to connect people around the world to the live events they love. As the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the leading global provider of enterprise tools and services for the live entertainment business, we are uniquely positioned to successfully deliver on that vision. 

We do it all with an intense passion for Live and an inspiring and diverse culture driven by accessible leaders, attentive managers, and enthusiastic teams. If you’re passionate about live entertainment like we are, and you want to work at a company dedicated to helping millions of fans experience it, we want to hear from you.

Our work is guided by our values:

Reliability - We understand that fans and clients rely on us to power their live event experiences, and we rely on each other to make it happen.

Teamwork - We believe individual achievement pales in comparison to the level of success that can be achieved by a team

Integrity - We are committed to the highest moral and ethical standards on behalf of the countless partners and stakeholders we represent

Belonging - We are committed to building a culture in which all people can be their authentic selves, have an equal voice and opportunities to thrive

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion.  You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work.  We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife.  As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.  It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Ticketmaster strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation. 

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Ticketmaster will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Ticketmaster also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.  Ticketmaster will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Ticketmaster recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Ticketmaster may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

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** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.