{"id":17267,"date":"2015-11-18T10:28:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T15:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=17267"},"modified":"2015-11-18T10:28:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T15:28:24","slug":"job-manager-of-ux-design-met-museum-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2015\/11\/18\/job-manager-of-ux-design-met-museum-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB] Manager of UX Design, MET Museum of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lori Malberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talent Acquisition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/p>\n

lori.malberg@metmuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. 212.650-2787<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198<\/p>\n

    General Description<\/p>\n

    We are looking for a talented Manager of UX Design who will help transform how our<\/p>\n

    team continuously improve our products to capitalize on opportunities presented by the<\/p>\n

    rising influence of mobile technologies and a significant shift in the way that people are<\/p>\n

    accessing information and consuming digital content today. Our product teams are<\/p>\n

    focused on making the best web and mobile product experiences in the industry. In the<\/p>\n

    interest of building the best digital products, we are looking for a creative, inspirational<\/p>\n

    leader with a demonstrated ability to drive execution of UI and UX design across<\/p>\n

    multiple products.<\/p>\n

    The Manager of UX Design will be responsible for product design across a range of<\/p>\n

    products, leading and growing a small team of designers to create and implement UX<\/p>\n

    work with various product teams and across multiple devices and platforms. You will<\/p>\n

    partner with product owners and project stakeholders and collaborate with engineering<\/p>\n

    talent to define, design and deploy new products and features.<\/p>\n

    The role requires a broad knowledge of design and development processes, current<\/p>\n

    visual design and prototyping tools, excellent communication skills, and project<\/p>\n

    management skills.\u00a0 The ideal candidate would have a passion for and knowledge of the<\/p>\n

    cultural sector and mission-based institutions. The candidate must have a proven track<\/p>\n

    record of strong mentoring and communication skills, strong visual and interaction skills<\/p>\n

    and the ability to help shape product strategy in order to support and fulfill the strategic<\/p>\n

    objectives of a large organization. The ideal candidate is an expert in UX design, and is<\/p>\n

    passionate about bringing next-generation services to life. This role will report to the<\/p>\n

    Chief Digital Officer.<\/p>\n

    Responsibilities<\/p>\n

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    • Manage and lead the design of new products and features that are thoughtful,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      beautiful, and usable.<\/p>\n

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      • Mentor and manage a small team of designers. Recruit new designers and actively<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        participate in the hiring process<\/p>\n

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        • Lead the development of a shared set of best practices, standards, and design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Position Profile (continued)<\/p>\n

          guidelines that are consistent with the brand guidelines<\/p>\n

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          • Work closely with product owners and engineering leaders to take features from<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            concept to launch<\/p>\n

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            • Work with teams to prioritize competing needs with good reasoning and create<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              solutions<\/p>\n

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              • Work closely with Product Owners and Engineers on moving a product or feature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                from idea to public release.<\/p>\n

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                • Guide the team to develop shared set of best practices and design tools to ensure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  high bar of quality<\/p>\n

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                  • Establish and advance design exploration, rapid experience prototyping and agile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    design principles<\/p>\n

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                    • Set realistic but ambitious goals based on design velocity and increase product<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      design team\u2019s output<\/p>\n

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                      • Provide clear goals, manage project load and allocate designers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                        • Review performance and provide ongoing career path support and mentorship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                          • Foster Product, Design, Content Production, Data Management and Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                            team cohesion, synergy, and culture<\/p>\n

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                            • Create optimal environment for product success and continuous improvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                              • Interface regularly with the DM Leadership and Management team to share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                learnings<\/p>\n

                                QUALIFICATIONS:<\/p>\n

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                                • 7+ years of professional experience in web and mobile product design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                  • Success managing output and mentoring talent in a high-growth environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                    • An exceptional portfolio of UX and visual design work both as an individual<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                      contributor and a team leader<\/p>\n

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                                      • A track record of shipping and iterating on products at a rapid pace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                        • Deep understanding of limitations and opportunities designing applications for the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                          web and mobile<\/p>\n

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                                          • Conversant in current technologies with an innate understanding of popular web<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                            and mobile application stacks<\/p>\n

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                                            • Fantastically strong written communication skills, from intra-team communication to<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                              great user-facing copy<\/p>\n

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                                              • Bonus points if you\u2019ve built or committed code to one of the products that you\u2019ve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                                designed<\/p>\n

                                                The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed,<\/p>\n

                                                sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic<\/p>\n

                                                partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category protected by<\/p>\n

                                                law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading,<\/p>\n

                                                demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                                Lori Malberg Talent Acquisition The Metropolitan Museum of Art lori.malberg@metmuseum.org 212.650-2787   1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 General Description We are looking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}