Job Description

Yahoo Mail is the ultimate consumer inbox with over 220 million users. It’s the best way to access your email and stay organized from a computer, phone or tablet. With its beautiful design and lightning fast speed, Yahoo Mail makes reading, organizing, and sending emails easier than ever.

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled designer with a passion for and track record of creating exceptional user experiences. In this role, you will work across all products within an organization, and collaborate closely with business owners to share the future of our product offerings. You will be responsible for designing and leading the execution of high-quality, user-centered design solutions that balance business goals and user needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the design strategy for growth initiatives, focusing on user acquisition, activation, and retention through data-driven experimentation

• Comfortable observing and experimenting with customer behavior to scale improvements

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and data analysts to identify opportunities and define design goals aligned with business objectives

• Partner closely with user research and usability testing to gather insights and validate design decisions, ensuring a user-centric approach in all experiments

• Create high-fidelity design deliverables, including wireframes, prototypes, and user flows, to communicate design intent and functionality effectively

• Iterate on designs based on feedback from stakeholders, user testing, and performance metrics to continuously improve and optimize user experiences

• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging design patterns, and UX best practices to infuse innovative and cutting-edge solutions into our products

• Collaborate with the marketing team to ensure brand consistency and a seamless transition from acquisition channels to the product experience

• Collaborate with business owners to understand business objectives, identity opportunities, and create effective design solutions that drive business results

• Partner closely with product and engineering teams to drive innovation and push the boundaries of what’s possible

• Mentor and provide guidance to other designers on the team

• Influence stakeholders and build strong relationships across the organization
   

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in user centered experience design

• A portfolio of work that demonstrates your expertise in designing impactful experiences

• A deep understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across an organization

• Experience leading design projects across teams within an organization.

• A passion for mentoring and coaching other designers

• A track record of delivering high-quality, innovative design solutions that user’s loveProficiency with design tools such as Figma, Origami, Webflow, and Adobe Creative Suite

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $160,965.00 - $349,885.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.