Lead Product Designer, Sportsbook
Magic Eden
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Description
Magic Eden seeks a Lead Product Designer for their crypto casino and sportsbook platform, Dicey.
This remote role involves shaping the design strategy and mentoring a team, with a focus on sports betting products.
Magic Eden became one of the fastest companies in history to reach unicorn status, just 9 months after launch.
Built on a foundation of crypto-native expertise and in-house engineering, we moved fast and proved the model.
Now we’re taking that same energy into the next chapter: Dicey, our crypto casino and sportsbook platform targeting the $180B+ iGaming and sports betting markets.
## What you'll do
- •Act as the primary hands-on designer for our sports betting platform, helping translate unique protocol work and novel concepts into intuitive and engaging user experiences.
- •Define and drive the overall product design vision and strategy for our sports suite, ensuring it aligns with business objectives and user needs.
- •Lead the design of major features and contribute directly with hands-on work including user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes.
- •Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering leadership to align on roadmaps, prioritize efforts, and ensure a high-quality, cohesive user experience.
- •Elevate the team through mentorship, fostering a culture of excellence through direct feedback, design critiques, and sharing best practices in craft.
- •Establish and refine design processes (e.g., reviews, user research) that fit our fast-paced environment and empower the team to do their best work.
Requirements
- •7+ years of experience in product design, with a proven track record of operating at a senior level (e.g., Senior, Lead, or Principal) with experience mentoring other designers.
- •A basic understanding of crypto is required.
You should have a foundational grasp of the space (e.g., how wallets or transactions work) and a curiosity to learn how to design for decentralized platforms.
- •A deep enthusiasm for sports.
A genuine passion for sports betting or the mechanics of sports markets is highly desirable.
- •A compelling portfolio showcasing both exceptional, recent hands-on design work and your ability to lead complex projects.
Your portfolio should reflect a high degree of visual craft and strategic thinking.
- •A builder mindset, with a track record of operating with autonomy and thriving in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
- •Proven ability to lead projects that simplify highly complex concepts into delightfully simple and intuitive user experiences.
- •Expert proficiency in Figma and other modern design and prototyping tools.
- •Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and build consensus from the team level to the executive level.