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About the Role

Design is centrally responsible for the design supporting all consumer-facing and business products and tooling for the Disney Entertainment & ESPN portfolio, including sports, entertainment, enterprise, UX, creative services and design research. As Executive Director, Design - Discovery & Browse, you will own the end‑to‑end design mandate for Discovery & Browse across Disney+ and Hulu. This encompasses both platforms' browse surfaces, search experiences, personalization UX, and next-generation AI-powered discovery interactions.

Responsibilities

Define and champion a unified but platform-appropriate design vision for Discovery across Disney+ and Hulu.
Lead design of Search, Browse, and navigation systems at scale including content taxonomy, metadata-driven UX, and information architecture.
Drive the design strategy for next-generation discovery including AI discovery assistants, voice interfaces, conversational browsing, and ambient recommendation surfaces.
Partner with Personalization and Data Science teams to translate algorithmic recommendations into intuitive, subscriber-trusting design experiences.
Set and hold the bar for design simplicity and clarity ensuring that as the platforms grow in capability and catalog, the subscriber experience grows simpler, not more complex.
Oversee Discovery design consistency and quality across TV, mobile, web, and emerging device surfaces maintaining coherence while adapting to each platform's unique interaction model.
Recruit, develop, and retain a best-in-class Product Design team with specialized depth in streaming Discovery, Search, AI prototyping, and browse UX.
Serve as the design executive partner for Product Management, Engineering, Machine Learning, and Content teams ensuring design is embedded in Discovery strategy from the earliest stages.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent work experience
Minimum 12 years of related work experience
Demonstrated experience leading Discovery and Browse design at Disney+, Hulu, or a closely comparable streaming or entertainment platform.
Expert-level background in designing large-scale content discovery systems including search UX, browse taxonomy, genre and mood-based navigation, and recommendation-driven surface design.
Direct experience leading design for AI-powered features including voice discovery, natural language search, conversational recommendation interfaces, and AI-assisted browsing.
Experience navigating multi-brand or multi-audience design systems with the ability to maintain platform identity and audience appropriateness across a diverse content portfolio.
Proven track record setting design direction, influencing at the VP level, building high-performing design teams, and driving design outcomes on complex, cross-functional products.
An exceptional design sensibility with a demonstrated ability to bring clarity and elegance to complex discovery problems.
A reputation for attracting senior design talent and building Discovery-specialized teams with a network in entertainment technology and streaming design.

Skills

Discovery & Browse
Search
Personalization UX
AI-powered discovery
Voice interfaces
Conversational browsing
Recommendation surfaces
Content taxonomy
Metadata-driven UX
Information architecture
AI prototyping
Streaming Discovery
Search UX
Browse UX
Natural language search
Conversational recommendation interfaces
AI-assisted browsing
Multi-brand design systems
Multi-audience design systems
Design sensibility
Clarity
Elegance
Restraint

Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Work Type

Full time

Experience Level

12 years of related work experience
Executive Design Leadership

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree

Salary/Compensations

$227,200 to $304,700 per year

Benefits

A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

About the Company

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses.
We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.
We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.