Lead Product Designer

*This role can be remote*

Who We Are

Yieldmo is an advertising technology company that operates a smart exchange that differentiates and enhances the value of ad inventory for buyers and sellers. As a leader in contextual analytics, real time technology, and digital formats, we create, measure, model, and optimize campaigns for unmatched scale and performance.  By understanding how each unique impression behaves and looking for patterns and performance in real time, we can drive real performance gains without relying on audience data. 

What We Need

Yieldmo is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join our team of problem-solvers and inventors to evolve the way brands connect with people. We aspire to make advertising a welcome part of free content, making marketers more effective along the way. You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, business teams and customers to create interactive ad experiences and advertising tools.  As a designer at Yieldmo, you’ll be expected to use your full range of product, interaction, and visual design skills. Your work will change an industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead designer for innovative advertising experiences, mentoring other team members and contributing a high volume of output yourself
• Create new ad formats and iterations, battle tested for performance and user experience against billions of ad views per month
• Create marketer campaign tools that bring those ad experiences and the intelligence behind them to life
• Work in close collaboration with Product Managers to inform and improve design strategies, help set the vision for the user experience and formulate plan for iterating  towards that vision
• Collaborate tightly with engineering to experiment and launch commercially viable products, all while putting systems in place for scalable, well documented products. 
• Lead brainstorming sessions with clients, designers and stakeholders to generate new concepts and a long term UX vision
• Develop a strategy for improving advertiser performance metrics
• Iterate early advertising concepts objectively using both qualitative and quantitative usage data
• Drive UX research to hone product performance as seen through the lens of its users
• Provide consultative services and product roadmap collaboration with a few key clients

Requirements

• 3-5 years experience in AdTech creating beautiful and engaging, interactive, advertising experiences for end-users
• 5-7 Years of combined experience in digital advertising and product design, having seen interactive products through from concept, to launch, to multiple data backed iteration cycles
• Bachelor’s Degree in: UX/UI/Research, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, or other relevant fields
• Strong track record of leading teams to launch consumer facing products
• Strong collaboration skills, with a demonstrated ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Previous experience in working with and fostering strong VIP Client relationships, in collaboration with Account Reps
• Ability to step up to challenges and new experiences with a positive, can-do, collaborative attitude
• Proactive individual contributor as well as fostering collaborative team engagements

Perks

• White glove service to help you upgrade your home office
• 1 Mental Escape (ME) day each month to fully unplug and recharge
• Work life balance, flexible PTO and competitive compensation packages
• A generous learning stipend and other opportunities for professional development