Product Designer II, Growth - Acquisition

Warner Bros. Discovery; Washington; On-site; USD 90,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness program

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery’s CNN Ad Experience team seeks a Product Designer II who balances business needs with user insights to shape advertising experiences across platforms.

You’ll partner with product managers, engineers, designers, researchers, and data scientists to drive high-quality UX for CNN’s digital products. You will contribute to a scalable design system, run and apply user research, and help define the future of monetization.

Qualifications

• 2+ years as a product designer in tech, marketing tech, or growth design.
• Strong Figma experience, including variables, components, styles, and libraries.
• Track record of product thinking and helping teams prioritize problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency using design system components to create scalable UX.
• Experience on consumer-facing products in large orgs; news/media a plus.
• Ability to manage design tasks and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Developing strength in UX best practices, usability, research, testing, and interaction design.
• Bachelor’s degree in design, HCI, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Be part of the product design team evolving CNN’s advertising products across desktop web, mobile web, mobile app, and video surfaces.
• Create user flows, mockups, and interactive prototypes to conceptualize features.
• Lead or contribute to user research sessions and usability testing.
• Contribute to and maintain design system components.
• Champion design principles, systems, and roadmaps for editorial teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to brainstorm, envision, and validate new ad products.

Skills

Product design

Figma

Product thinking

Communication skills

Design systems

Cross-functional collaboration

User research

Education

Bachelor's degree in design/HCI

Tools

Figma

Job description

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

We are the now and the next. The power behind the people building the future. We are born from the spirit of innovation. We are created from the idea that people around the world want more, need more, deserve more. We are the home of the global digital revolution. We are CNN.

To see what it’s like to work atCNN, follow @WBDLife onInstagramandX!

Your New Role…

TheCNNAd Experience teamsits at the intersection of CNN’suser experienceand its primary financial engine.We believe the future of CNN is in a premium ad experience powered by first-party data and best-in-class UX.To achieve this,we’reunifying ad UX across platforms,innovating onnew ad formats,andbuildingsmartertooling to ensure our ads arerelevant,timely, and respectful.

ThenextProduct DesignerII,Ad Experienceisastrong criticalthinkerwhointuitively understands the balance ofbusiness and user needs.They love acting as the“tip of the spear” for newprojects, andwant to continue developing theirdesign thinking as the bridge to other teams and disciplines.They’llpartner closely with product managers, engineers, designers, researchers, and data scientists tobuild the future of CNN’s digital products.

Your Role Accountabilities…

• Be an integral part of the product design team that isevolvingCNN’s advertising products and footprints across desktop web, mobile web, mobile app, and video surfaces.

• Create user flows,mockups,andinteractive prototypesto effectively conceptualize product features.

• Help driveuser research sessionsand usability teststo better understandour consumers.

• Create, contribute, andmaintaincomponents for our design system.

• Champion our design principles, designsystemsand product roadmap, and serve our editorial teams’ needs.

• Play a role in shaping the future of CNN’smonetizationby collaborating with stakeholders and team members to brainstorm, envision, andvalidatenewad products and footprints.

Qualifications & Experience…

• 2+ years as a product designer,ideallyinad tech,marketing tech, or growthdesign.

• StrongFigmaexperience,includingwithvariables, components, styles, and shared libraries.

• A goodtrack recordof product thinking, helping teams understand and prioritize the problemsthey’resolving as part of thedesign effort.

• Excellent written and verbal communicationskills.

• Proficiencyinutilizingdesign system components to create scalable, delightful user experiences.

• Experience workingon consumer-facing productswithin large-scale organizations. Bonus points for experience in news/media.

• A demonstrated ability to manage designtasksand a strong record ofworkingcross-functionally with otherdisciplines.

• Developing strengthsinbest practices of user experience design, including usability principles, user researchmethodology, testing techniques (A/B, Multi-Variant), design theory, and interaction design.

• Bachelor’s degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $88,900.00 - $165,100.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.