Responsibilities

• Responsible for design quality, standards, and cohesion for sophisticated user journeys for the studio.
• Define and frame the problem space and strategy for others, and explore multiple solutions before landing on a strong point of view and recommendation.
• Back up ideas with clear rationale and data/insights, and understand what level of communication is needed for whom.
• Build strategy briefs, overview decks, and easy-to-navigate flows and specs.
• Partner with product and engineering peers to co-create strategic direction, planning, and capacity mapping.
• Expertly and regularly represent design in product rituals, collaborator forums as well as larger forums like studio-wide All Hands.
• Organise content and information to help users focus on their primary tasks while educating them about their context.
• Balance the needs of multiple audiences at once, e.g., listener, creator, and internal ‘Spotifier’ needs.
• Independently run low-risk rapid research studies and usability tests to validate assumptions, iterate designs, and improve experiences.
• Partner with Data Scientists to identify what questions we need to answer, and challenge/influence their team's understanding of the problem.
• Deliver design value and experiences across multiple surfaces that involve collaborating with peers and collaborators across the company, to continuously improve our ubiquitous experiences.
• Drive high-level studio initiatives forward from a design perspective, teaming up closely with leads across our team and the wider Spotify organisation.
• Approach projects with a comprehensive mentality, proven to deliver solutions that improve the overall consistency, simplicity, and user-friendliness of products or services.
• Mentor, empower and educate the designers within the studio and collaborate with the collaborators within the studio on product design, product experiences, and design strategy.

Who You Are

• You are a proven communicator - sharing relevant, timely, and critical information within and across teams.
• Lead by example, and coach others to give and ask for honest and critical feedback.
• You are committed to continuous growth, embracing a multidisciplinary approach to design, and adapting seamlessly to change to stay at the forefront of design.
• You excel in your craft and confidently guide the team by visualising ideas, seeking feedback, and improving work through design critiques.
• Foster agreement and provide clear directives that invite and encourage peer participation.
• Drive inclusion and equity within your team/domain.
• Help shape and define a healthy and growing design organisation, inside your team/domain and across the Platform Design org.
• Propose and help develop new standards, programs, and initiatives that positively impact or shift ways of working within your domain.

Where You'll Be

• This role will be in London, UK or Stockholm, Sweden.