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Full-Time

Product Designer

Sports Media

Posted on 11/2/2023

theScore

theScore

501-1,000 employees

Sports scores, news, and betting app

Consumer Software
Entertainment
Gaming

Junior, Mid, Senior

Toronto, ON, Canada

Category
Software Engineering
UI/UX & Design
Required Skills
JavaScript
UI/UX Design
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
Figma
iOS/Swift
Sketch
Android Development
Product Design
HTML/CSS
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent knowledge and/or experience.
  • Experience with industry standard design tools (Eg. Figma, Framer, Sketch, Adobe XD, Illustrator, After Effects, Photoshop etc).
  • A portfolio with mobile case studies that highlight how you think and your design process, from research and ideation to execution.
  • Experience designing mobile UX / UI.
  • A general understanding of iOS / Android patterns and conventions.
  • Excellent problem solver and curious about how the business works because design needs to further the strategy of the company.
  • Able to work autonomously.
  • Nice to have: Front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
Responsibilities
  • Work closely with other product designers, product managers, engineers, and various stakeholders, to solve user problems, from ideation to execution.
  • Leverage our double-diamond design playbook and various frameworks such as Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) to create user flows, journey maps, wireframes, hi-fi’s etc.
  • Most days, you’ll live and breathe in Figma, so ensure you have a good understanding of how the tool works, from design to prototyping.
  • Follow and help evolve our design system and language across platforms.
  • A critical part of product design involves pitching your work and justifying your design decisions, so you’ll be expected to communicate and articulate your thoughts regularly.
  • Being open and receptive to feedback, exploring iterations, and providing critique for other product designers.
  • Participate in conducting user research, usability testing etc. and leveraging intelligence tools such as Amplitude for quantitative feedback.
  • Always thinking about how to improve team and organizational processes.
  • Ship aesthetically pleasing user interfaces that delight and add value to our users.
  • Other duties as required.
Desired Qualifications
  • Front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

theScore, a subsidiary of PENN Entertainment, offers a popular media app providing personalized live scores, news, stats, and betting information for sports fans, along with a sports betting app delivering a mobile betting and iCasino experience. The company utilizes mobile app development and digital content distribution technologies to create and distribute digital content through web, social, and esports platforms.

Company Stage

M&A

Total Funding

$268.1M

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

2012

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

25%

2 year growth

59%
INACTIVE