The Trade Desk-posted 3 months ago
$124,900 - $228,900/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Los Angeles, CA
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

We're a small, high-impact team building the next-generation TV operating system. Our flexible structure gives designers direct influence over product direction—an opportunity rarely found in larger companies. Our innovative approach to the CTV industry optimizes the advertising supply chain, creating better outcomes for advertisers, publishers, and TV viewers alike. As part of the Ventura OS team, you will play a key role in crafting a personally tailored and streamlined consumer TV experience, engineered to deliver user preferences and facilitate effortless engagement with their favorite content. Our organization places significant value on culture, cultivating an environment where designers excel through collaboration, innovation, and continuous professional development. Our design team operates cross-functionally with engineering, product, business, and research departments, fostering a highly engaged and collaborative atmosphere. The UX team is instrumental in addressing complex challenges within our domain, creating cutting-edge TV streaming experiences that are aesthetically pleasing, efficient, and highly effective for the consumer.

  • Champion a user-centered design approach, passionately understanding and advocating for the needs and preferences of our users.
  • Develop detailed user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups that effectively communicate design concepts and user interactions, aligned with industry best practices.
  • Own the design process, including concept design, product definition, interaction, and visual design, for complex features.
  • Help translate abstract user research insights and business requirements into structured, scalable design solutions that seamlessly integrate with the existing design system.
  • Help transform broad, conceptual ideas into valuable user experiences that seamlessly blend functionality with ease-of-use.
  • Apply systematic design principles to solve complex UX challenges, ensuring consistency and reusability across multiple product features and platforms.
  • Contribute to the development, refinement and maintenance of core UI components, patterns, and design guidelines within our comprehensive design system, ensuring consistency and scalability of design elements and patterns across the platform.
  • Partner with engineers to provide implementation guidance, ensuring features maintain high quality and alignment with the design vision.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, researchers, engineers, and fellow designers, to bring designs to life and ensure a cohesive experience.
  • Facilitate cross-functional workshops and presentations to educate stakeholders on design system capabilities and best practices.
  • Contribute to planning and vision on key company initiatives by collaborating with product managers, engineers and researchers.
  • Support the planning and execution of usability testing sessions, gathering valuable feedback from users and iterating on designs based on user insights.
  • Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure our designs remain innovative and competitive.
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience.
  • 5 - 7+ years of professional UX Design experience.
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in crafting user-centered digital TV and media consumer products inclusive of tv and mobile apps, websites, and/or operating systems.
  • Experience designing for and working on zero-to-one project environments is a major plus.
  • Proficiency with industry-standard design and prototyping tools (Figma).
  • Strong understanding and exposure to the use and maintenance of design systems.
  • Experienced working across organizational boundaries and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated experience in contributing to or leading the development and maintenance of design systems.
  • Strong understanding of user research methodologies and the ability to translate research findings into actionable design insights.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex design decisions to diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and prioritize tasks effectively in a deadline-driven environment.
  • Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents.
  • Retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match.
  • Short and long-term disability coverage.
  • Basic life insurance.
  • Well-being benefits.
  • Reimbursement for certain tuition expenses.
  • Parental leave.
  • Sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked.
  • Vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter.
  • Around 13 paid holidays per year.
  • Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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