User Experience Developer/Engineer

Job ID 10106913 Location Madrid, Spain Business Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Date posted Jan. 16, 2025

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About the Role & Team

Design at Disney

The design team at Disney is at the forefront of creating intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that our fans love. We strive to design high-quality end-to-end experiences while maintaining an inclusive and collaborative culture. To us, team-fit and attitude are as important as hard design skills.

We are the storytellers responsible for adding ‘something special’ to our consumers’ experience every day through exciting design, artwork, branding and UX globally. It is our job to create a framework that delivers consistent, creative and innovative user experiences for people – whether they are using Disney’s consumer-facing products, or the platforms, products and tools that help power our business. Crucially, how we do that work must be both imaginative and efficient, allowing us to also free our team devote energy to using design to drive innovation.

The consumer portfolio we get to design for includes many of the most trusted and beloved brands in the world, such as Disney and National Geographic. The enterprise portfolio we are responsible for is also critically important – and our colleagues, partners and businesses will be relying upon us to bring the same kind of imagination, ease and consistent excellence to those experiences.

Design Team

Within Content Operations, Design is a team of designers, video producers, and one engineer/developer, who together are responsible for delivering design solutions and localized content to our EMEA based sites and services.

Job Summary

A User Experience Developer at Disney is a creative problem solver, who collaborates closely with design, editorial and engineering teams, to develop first-class product solutions for our key brands, including Disney and National Geographic. They will advise on best practices, ensuring that any development is in line with the wider company thinking. They will work on multiple projects simultaneously, and for each project, assume responsibility for the timely delivery of HTML and CSS to our technical partners. They will have a keen eye for detail and are passionate about delivering creative solutions that work seamlessly across all platforms. In addition to working on our web products, they may be asked to create high-fidelity prototypes, proofs-of-concept, and MVPs for web and mobile. The developer will be an active and vocal member of the design team, offering fresh ideas and technical know-how. They will collaborate closely with engineering colleagues to ensure a consistent approach, as well as being a proactive and communicative link to our technical colleagues in Madrid, who manage the platforms for local products.

What you will do

Collaborate closely with design & editorial teams, helping to assess local product needs and advising on effective solutions
Build and deliver effective engineering solutions, primarily in HMTL & CSS, that works seamlessly across platforms, and with a deep appreciation of the original design thinking
Develop close and effective relationships with UX engineer partners in the wider design team, to ensure consistent approaches to development solutions
Develop a regular communication stream with our technical partners in Madrid who manage our product platforms and services
Design and develop high fidelity prototypes for responsive web applications when required
Design, architect and build libraries supporting a Platform approach to design when required, leveraging existing Design Systems
Provide design knowledge and technical expertise across the proof-of-concept lifecycle
Identify and execute opportunities for end-user testing and feedback in partnership with design team members
Present prototype progress and ideas to partners and stakeholders

Required

Qualifications & Skills:

As an applicant to this role, we ask that your portfolio demonstrates:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject
Minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience
Experience crafting high quality experiences for web
Expert knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript
Expert understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices
Expert understanding of adaptive, responsive, and fluid UI layout concepts
Expert in knowledge in UI Development best practices
Experience creating and leveraging design systems and component libraries
Experience with React or other Javascript frameworks
Knowledge and experience working with design tools including Figma, Sketch, and Adobe CS
Self-motivated, problem solver with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
Hungry for innovation, eager to challenge the status quo

The Perks

25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

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About Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) provides the technological backbone and product development for Disney’s two media business units, while helping to keep the company at the vanguard of innovation – enabling the Company to continuously leverage technology to enhance storytelling and creativity, while delivering scalability, flexibility, and efficiency for its businesses.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with TWDC Iberia S.L, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology.

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