Careers: Engineering

ABOUT US: 

Bleacher Report is the social voice of sports – creating and collaborating on the culture of sports for the next generation of fans. Its vision for making sports bigger than games has led to unmatched engagement on social media, where it consistently ranks as the No. 1 publisher. Bleacher Report also provides an industry-leading fan experience on mobile devices through its top-rated app. In February, 2018, Bleacher Report was rated the 3rd most innovative media company in the world by Fast Company. Find Bleacher Report on the web at www.bleacherreport.com and on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @BleacherReport. Bleacher Report is a division of Turner Sports.

ABOUT THE ROLE: 

Bleacher Report is hiring a Designer for our Creative Services & Marketing team who will work cross-functionally to create and execute design-centric needs for various business units. This role will field requests from the sales, experiential, e-comm and marketing teams to deliver consistent visual branding/identity across programs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates taste and understanding in layout, typography and visual hierarchy
• Executes consistent designs aligned with existing style guides and process
• Participates in all aspects of design phase from sketches, through final executions   
• Shares work early and often and seeking out constructive feedback from others
• Cares deeply about the quality of their work with a desire for improvement
• Practices effective communication techniques
• Able to meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment
• Interested & motivated to learn and grow 

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong design portfolio highlighting layout and typography
• 1-3 years professional experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Design or related field preferred
• Understanding of designing across platforms
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch
• Understanding of HTML and CSS
• Awareness of 3rd party integrations and APIs
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Effective presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate ideas
• Working knowledge of the digital landscape in media, design and technology
• Understanding of contemporary design, internet and youth culture trends
• A knowledge and love of sports and sports culture a plus

ADDITIONAL

• Motion graphics skills a plus
• Video editing skills a plus
• Prototyping skills a plus
• HTML + CSS skills a plus

Bleacher Report is a division of Turner. Turner and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled. Turner and its subsidiaries are E-Verify users. 

B/R is launching an exciting new initiative focused on rethinking what’s possible on social platforms. We are looking for a self-starter to drive  the look and feel, creating differentiated social experiences and design-forward experiments. We are seeking a creative leader who can motivate a team to dream big and think outside-the-box. The ideal candidate has an open mind, a strong POV and a deep understanding of social media. This role is based in NYC.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Guide creative rooted in a strong POV

• Lead out-of-the box thinking and new executions to consistently raise the ceiling

• Empower and support our most forward-looking projects from concept to completion

• Drive aspirational social experiences connecting users and promoting engagement

• Identify and build relationships with a large network of creatives

• Balance near term deadlines with big picture strategy and goals

• Strive for continual improvement to maintain the highest quality of work

• Excite and inspire team with an infectious curiosity and optimistic approach.

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong design portfolio of digital and social media-focused work 

• 10+ years experience (leadership experience a plus)

• Excels in thinking outside-the-box

• A genuine love for and excitement about the internet

• In tune with social media trends, youth culture, memes and viral content

• Deep understanding of digital landscape, emerging platforms and latest technology

• Thrives at the forefront of the design and technology

• Understands millennials and gen-z audience

• Thrives on working fast and shipping work rapidly and iteratively

• Able to deliver constructive criticism resulting in stronger work

• Design expertise of layout, typography and visual hierarchy

• Embodies high standards with a critical attention to detail

• Demonstrates a user-centered approach to design

• Bold leadership skills, confident in mentoring and guiding talent

• Strong relationships to creatives in the industry

• Excellent presentation and communication skills, able to clearly articulate ideas

• Bachelor's degree in Design or related field preferred

• Fueled and motivated to learn and grow

• A knowledge and love of sports and sports culture a plus

• This position is located in New York City

TO APPLY

To be considered please provide the following items:
• Link to your website or work samples including relevant design and/or social media focused work.
• Link to your LinkedIn profile

Bleacher Report is the social voice of sports – creating and collaborating on the culture of sports for the next generation of fans. Its vision for making sports bigger than games has led to unmatched engagement. Bleacher Report also provides an industry-leading fan experience on mobile devices through the highly addictive app Team Stream. Follow the action at bleacherreport.com and through Instagram @BleacherReport. 

Bleacher Report is a division of Turner. Turner and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled. Turner and its subsidiaries are E-Verify users.

About Bleacher Report

Bleacher Report is the social voice of sports – creating and collaborating on the culture of sports for the next generation of fans. Its vision for making sports bigger than games has led to unmatched engagement on social media, where it consistently ranks as the No. 1 publisher. Bleacher Report also provides an industry-leading fan experience on mobile devices through its top-rated app. In February 2018, Bleacher Report was rated the 3rd most innovative media company in the world by Fast Company. Find Bleacher Report on the web at www.bleacherreport.com and on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @BleacherReport. Bleacher Report is a division of Turner Sports.

Why Growth Design?

Bleacher Report is fueling the next generation of sports culture, a vision that attracts millions of new social fans to sign up for Bleacher report everyday. To make this happen, the Growth team is dedicated to delivering a captivating experience from the moment of sign up to launch. The Growth team works cross-functionally with different teams to identify new and existing opportunities in the user experience that can drive sign up rates, onboard and educate users, and create stronger social connections. To do so, we need a special kind of designer on the Growth team who is curious, passionate, adaptable, and lives at the intersection of balancing user needs with business goals. As a Growth Designer, you can identify user motivations, launch experiments, evaluate data and test results, and use qualitative research methods to validate experiments. 

What You’ll Do?

The Growth Product Designer role on the product design team owns the complete process from definition to launch for our mobile apps, websites, and internal tools. You identify goals/problems and employ a broad set of design tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Principle, HTML/CSS) to best solve and communicate. 

In this role, you will:

• Advocate for the user by creating meaningful experiences for real fans while continually looking for ways to meet business goals.

• Grow the business by optimizing user flows, design experiments, and create new features. 

• Help define the strategy with your team, learn from experiment results, and have the ability to adapt.

• Execute on all phases of the design process—from wireframing and designing visuals to completing engineering handoff.

• Craft A/B tests and multivariate experiments. Conduct user research/testing to gather qualitative data to inform your decisions.

• Transform quantitative data and quantitative learnings into informed design decisions. 

• Collaborate with PMs and engineers to oversee the user experience of the product from conception until launch.

• Communicate complex ideas, goals, and problems in a way that is accessible even to those unfamiliar with the project.

• Come to the table with an opinion and a good rationale about your designs.

• Constantly strive to learn and grow.

• Create consistent, scalable design solutions across all platforms.

• Embody high standards and thoughtful design, prioritize and manage multiple projects while adhering to deadlines.

Requirements

• 6 - 9+ years related design experience

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Fine Arts, Human Factors, or related field preferred

• Understanding of HTML and CSS

• Comfortable working with 3rd party integrations and APIs

• Strong design portfolio showcasing problem-solving and visual design skills, with examples of growth design

• Ability to clearly articulate and advocate your design thinking behind your concepts

• Experience collaborating with PMs and Engineers across the entire product lifecycle 

• Ability to rapidly ideate and produce multiple UX/UI concepts while considering design across platforms on iOS, Android, and web.

• Demonstrates empathy for teammates and users.

• Capable of planning & executing user research into actionable, high-level insights.

• Knowledge of the digital landscape in media, design, and technology

• In tune with contemporary design, internet, and youth culture trends.

• Candidate must be based in, or willing to relocate to San Francisco.

Bonus Points

• A knowledge and love of sports and sports culture a plus.

Bleacher Report is a division of Turner. Turner and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled. Turner and its subsidiaries are E-Verify users.

Bleacher Report is the social voice of sports – creating and collaborating on the culture of sports for the next generation of fans. Its vision for making sports bigger than games has led to unmatched engagement. Bleacher Report also provides an industry-leading fan experience on mobile devices through the highly addictive Bleacher Report app. Follow the action at bleacherreport.com and through Instagram @BleacherReport.

As a division of Turner, B/R has gained all the advantages of a large media company while maintaining its vibrant startup culture. We work in a fast paced, 24-7 field in a laid back environment. You'll also be in a role that allows you to work with multiple groups and networks. We are growing our mobile team and looking for an Android Engineer to work either in our SF office or remotely within the US.

What you’ll be building...

Bleacher Report is the premier social sports app, and serves as a destination for millions of fans all over the world to read, watch, listen, and discuss what’s happening in the world of sports. We pride ourselves on delivering a rich fan experience by using the latest and greatest technologies, sweating the small stuff, and continuing to iterate.

How you’ll build it...

We primarily develop in Kotlin, while our app is still mostly in Java. We aren’t afraid to include new OS features and libraries in our apps. We work closely with the engineers writing and maintaining our custom web services when building new features or refactoring old ones. We discuss approaches to problems early and often, review each other’s code, and are open to suggestions.

Required skills...

• Proficiency in Android app development, with experience using Android SDK and deep understanding of android development. 
• Minimum 5+ years experience of Android development
• Proficiency in Kotlin, with a desire to continue learning the ins and outs of the language as it evolves. 
• Minimum of 6+ months working with Kotlin.
• Proficiency in Java, especially around interoperability with Kotlin. 
• Strong understanding of Android multi-threading (RxJava, Kotlin Coroutines).
• Strong understanding of Android networking and working with web services.
• Strong debugging skills, including experience using Unit Tests.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills.

**Note “sports fanship” was not listed as a requirement. We love all of our engineers, sports fans or not. Those who thrive on technical problem solving will feel just as at home as those that thrive on game 7 showdowns.**

Preferred skills...

• Proficiency with git.
• Proficiency in Android Studio with strong knowledge using Gradle.
• Experience writing efficient layouts.
• Experience with dependency injection.
• Strong understanding of MVVM, MVP and other architecture frameworks.
• Experience working in a large code base with multiple targets.
• Experience building test frameworks.
• Experience using Android architecture components.
• Strong understanding of ExoPlayer and Inline Video playback, with experience working on a media rich app.

Benefits and perks include…

Bleacher Report offers a fast-paced, energetic and agile environment that genuinely values and promotes each person’s unique talents. We combine the agility of a startup environment with the stability and benefits only a company backed by Turner Broadcasting can bring.

• Competitive salary
• Variable bonuses based on individual and company performance
• $5,000 annual conference budget
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(K) plan with matching
• Life Insurance and AD&D, LTD
• Transit stipends
• Subsidized gym memberships
• The latest technology and equipment you need
• Fully-stocked snack and coffee bar with a variety of food and beverages
• Awesome team events year-round, in and out of the office.

Bleacher Report is a division of WarnerMedia. WarnerMedia and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled. WarnerMedia and its subsidiaries are E-Verify users.

Bleacher Report is the social voice of sports – creating and collaborating on the culture of sports for the next generation of fans. Its vision for making sports bigger than games has led to unmatched engagement. Bleacher Report also provides an industry-leading fan experience on mobile devices through the highly addictive Bleacher Report app. Follow the action at bleacherreport.com and through Instagram @BleacherReport. 

As a division of WarnerMedia, B/R has gained all the advantages of a large media company while maintaining its vibrant startup culture. Our Engineering team is composed of cross-functional teams of Android, IOS, Backend, and Frontend Engineers, working closely with Operations and QA specialists. We work together to create, maintain, and operate features across the entire stack. Our Engineering organization is mostly remote, with headquarters in San Francisco. We use a combination of text and video chat to communicate within our teams and across the organization.

What you’ll be building...

• Build and maintain back-end services for the Bleacher Report platform, primarily using Elixir

• Work closely with product managers to understand requirements and come up with solutions

• Coordinate with other backend engineers to introduce new services into the architecture

• Approve code for deployment, ensure monitoring is in place, and participate in on-call rotation

• Propose continuous improvements to the agile software delivery process

• Advertise your work, within your team and with other backend engineers

• Work closely with a world-class engineering team

Required skills...

• 5+ years of experience building Internet-facing backend web applications

• Must have 1+ years of experience using Elixir

• Proficiency with Git or willingness to learn (able to squash or rebase changes in a branch)

• Ability to work on features both independently and in a small team

• Strong ability to communicate clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

Bonus Points:

• Familiarity with agile software development practices

• Experience working remotely (if applicable)

• Contributions to open-source software or relevant technology communities

• Previous experience working on a high-traffic website or platform (e.g. SQL-tuning, optimizations)

• BS or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field

Benefits and perks include…

Bleacher Report offers a fast-paced, energetic and agile environment that genuinely values and promotes each person’s unique talents. We combine the agility of a startup environment with the stability and benefits only a company backed by Turner Broadcasting can bring.

• Competitive salary
• Variable bonuses based on individual and company performance
• $5,000 annual conference budget
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(K) plan with matching
• Life Insurance and AD&D, LTD
• Transit stipends
• Subsidized gym memberships
• The latest technology and equipment you need
• Fully-stocked snack and coffee bar with a variety of food and beverages
• Awesome team events year-round, in and out of the office.

Bleacher Report is a division of WarnerMedia. WarnerMedia and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled. WarnerMedia and its subsidiaries are E-Verify users.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Own the day to day product development process for your product, from strategy and concept to shipping.
• Develop product strategy and roadmap based on internal stakeholders and business/sales requirements, consumer trends, and technology landscape.
• Guide the design process with UX/Interaction and Visual designers
• Evaluate and manage product/technical partnerships with external partners along with sales and BD
• Define the technical requirement and scoping process with engineering
• Validate product/feature and market fit using strong analytical and metrics-driven approach
• Empower Marketing and PR to message and grow the product’s userbase.
• Mentor more Junior PMs
• Ship. Iterate. Ship.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4-7+ years of product management or similar experience
• Demonstrated history or project portfolio displaying shipped products/features
• Strong project management and organization skills
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of web/app software principles
• Strong consumer insight and communications skills
• Loves sports

Prefered:

• Experience instrumenting analytics in web and mobile apps
• Experience in the publishing industry

Bleacher Report is the social voice of sports – creating and collaborating on the culture of sports for the next generation of fans. Its vision for making sports bigger than games has led to unmatched engagement. Bleacher Report also provides an industry-leading fan experience on mobile devices through the highly addictive Bleacher Report app. Follow the action at bleacherreport.com and through Instagram @BleacherReport.

As a division of Turner, B/R has gained all the advantages of a large media company while maintaining its vibrant startup culture. We work in a fast paced, 24-7 field in a laid back environment. You'll also be in a role that allows you to work with multiple groups and networks. We are growing our mobile team and looking for an iOS Engineer to work either in our SF office or remotely within the US.

What you’ll do...

• Deliver well-designed, maintainable solutions.

• Produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration.

• Work on iOS projects, solving project wide issues and delivering work on the project timeline.

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, designers and QA analysts.

Experience you need...

• Minimum 5+ years of software development experience, primarily on iOS.

• Proven experience in shipping high-quality applications to the iOS App Store, please provide links to apps.

• Proficiency in Swift.

• Deep understanding of mobile development lifecycle, specific technologies and submission guidelines and processes.

Experience we appreciate...

• Contributions to the open source community.

• BS or advanced degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Benefits and perks include…

Bleacher Report offers a fast-paced, energetic and agile environment that genuinely values and promotes each person’s unique talents. We combine the agility of a startup environment with the stability and benefits only a company backed by Turner Broadcasting can bring.

• Competitive salary

• Variable bonuses based on individual and company performance

• $5,000 annual conference budget

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• 401(K) plan with matching

• Life Insurance and AD&D, LTD

• Transit stipends

• Subsidized gym memberships

• The latest technology and equipment you need

• Fully-stocked snack and coffee bar with a variety of food and beverages

• Awesome team events year-round, in and out of the office

Bleacher Report is a division of Turner. Turner and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled. Turner and its subsidiaries are E-Verify users.