Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) one of the world's premier sports and entertainment companies, owns the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL), Toronto Raptors (NBA), Toronto FC (MLS), Toronto Argonauts (CFL), Toronto Marlies (AHL), Raptors 905 (NBA D-League), TFC II (USL) and Raptors Uprising Gaming Club, the Toronto Raptors Esports franchise in the NBA 2K League. Its charitable arm, MLSE Foundation, focuses on funding initiatives to support youth through sport and recreational programs. In 2017 MLSE Foundation, with support of community and corporate partners, built MLSE LaunchPad, a 42,000-sq. ft. space dedicated to programming that support its four Pillars: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Ready For School and Ready For Work.

MLSE also owns and operates Scotiabank Arena, Canada’s premier sports & entertainment venue hosting more than 200 events each year, as well as two digital channels (Leafs Nation Network and NBA TV Canada), and has a partnership with Live Nation (the biggest concert promoter in the world). MLSE has also invested in and operates five of Toronto's sports facilities – Coca-Cola Coliseum, BMO Field, BMO Training Grounds at Downsview Park, home of Toronto FC's Academy and the First Team's practice facility, the Toronto Raptors’ training facility and the Ford Performance Centre, the practice facility for the Maple Leafs and Marlies.

MLSE’s common purpose is to unite and empower employees to deliver extraordinary moments to our fans and each other.

As a Senior Product Designer, you will be responsible for conceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, wireframes and prototypes. You will also design the overall functionality of the product and iterate upon it to ensure a great user experience. The Senior Product designer is guided by user-centric design and is someone who can produce logical flows from one step to the next for the best user experience. MLSE is looking for a designer who prioritizes ease-of-use, responsive, and instinctive layout in meeting the end user’s goals while optimizing how they interact with our products.

To thrive in this role, you must be a self-starter with extensive experience in the corporate and technology sectors. You love variety, work independently and command excellent communication skills and understand and appreciate the value of team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with Product Managers, business stakeholders and fans to understand problems that need to be solved
• Facilitate research, wireframing, sketching, prototyping, and mocking up user experiences for digital products
• Design and deliver wireframes, user journeys, and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces
• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions
• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features
• Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your design

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Experience working in an agile environment
• Strong appreciation for user design and user experiences
• Understanding of UX/UI current best practices
• Rapid prototyping for user feedback testing
• Ability to create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps effectively
• Strong proficiency in Figma other visual design and prototyping tools
• Actively pitch and present designs to stakeholders
• Excellent communicator with the ability to drive difficult conversations to resolution
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently towards goals in a diverse, matrixed environment with multiple and changing demands
• Passion for client satisfaction

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 5+ years of work experience in design
• Strong portfolio, including depth of experience in web or mobile applications
• Strong data-driven approach in critical design decisions
• Outstanding record of project success, both in results achieved and in use of professional methodologies inclusive of agile methods.
• Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams and communications with various stakeholders (Technical and non-technical)
• Designed solutions for varied internal/and external stakeholders of customers
• Strong and current awareness of external technology trends and best practices
• Bachelor of Design or equivalent in a design-related field

Apply by:  April 16, 2020

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Partnership will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in the job application process. If you have difficulty using our online application system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email [email protected]. Please note this email is only for accommodation requests. Resumes sent to this email address will not be considered.