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Product Designer

WmgToronto, Ontario2d ago

Figma

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.

• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.

• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

Technology is one of the most important parts of our business. Whether it’s signing up new artists; ensuring we provide the right data to Spotify, YouTube, and other digital service providers; or helping artists use the latest AI tools and make thoughtful decisions with data-driven insights – technology plays an invaluable role in our success. The engineering team at Warner Music Group makes all of it a reality.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

Your role:

Product Designers contribute to the strategic overhaul of our internal facing digital product experiences to help artists, songwriters, producers, A&R, marketing and finance users build long lasting music careers for Artists and Songwriters, push boundaries and find new innovative ways to improve our business. Product Designers at WMG thrive in fast-paced environments and have a proven track record of simplifying the complex. In this role you will collaborate cross-functionally with content designers, product managers and engineers to create intuitive, user-centered and innovative digital products. Your primary focus will be on transforming these business-to-business tools to elevate them to have consumer-grade interfaces and ensuring that our products are not only functional but also delightful to use. You will be responsible for contributing to crafting experiences that guide users, establish consistent and repeatable patterns for our design system, and drive engagement.

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Design at global scale, working on the most important products that power our business and further WMG’s position as the fastest growing major record label in the world

Drive the planning, execution, and analysis of user research studies, usability testing, and other user-centered design methodologies to meet project goalsDevelop a strong understanding of user goals, workflows, and pain points through research and discovery

Design user-centered experiences that balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraintsTranslate research findings into actionable design insights and recommendations that drive product improvements.

Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and content designers to integrate user insights, opportunities and requirements into the product development processes.

Ensure that design solutions meet accessibility standards and guidelines for an inclusive user experience.

Collaborate and communicate work in regular design critiques as well as technical and stakeholder reviews.

Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in product design and user experience.

Help shape the culture, engagement and processes of the WMG User Experience team and larger Technology Organization in this time of growth and change.

Learn from and collaborate with folks from across the music and tech industry to grow your career and industry knowledge.

Explore how AI can enhance your design process, from synthesizing research to transforming concepts into functional prototypes.

About you:

At least 2-3 years of proven experience in Product Design, UX Design, or similar roles with a strong portfolio showcasing how you’ve designed, delivered and optimized intuitive and impactful experiences for complex B2B products.

Proven track record of bringing a consumer sensibility to experiences and tackling complex flows and customer journeys but still producing elegant and efficient business products that solve complex, data intensive problems.

You can work independently or on a team and constantly strive to raise the design bar through applying a wider variety of design skills (e.g., design thinking, design strategy, user problem definition, information architecture, service design).

You understand that strategy also requires alignment and are able to lead workshops to align the team and stakeholders around a vision and approach.

You know that modern design happens at the systems level not just interface elements or pages and are passionate about design systems and accessibility.

Strong proficiency in Figma and knowledge of other major design and AI prototyping tools as well as user testing platforms.

Laser focused on solving for user needs, with a strong understanding of user-centered design principles and user research and testing methodologies.

Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex design concepts to cross-functional teams.

Strong collaboration skills across disciplines and stakeholders. You welcome feedback, are a good listener and value a wide range of opinions and perspectives.

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

Love this job and want to apply?

Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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