Job description
We’re Plex, and we’re on a mission to create the best personal media experience in the world. We help people stream their favorite movies, shows, music, and personal media all in one place—and we’ve built a passionate community along the way.
As we grow and evolve, we’re looking for a Manager, UX Design to join our fully remote design team and help us shape the future of Plex. This is a key leadership role reporting to the VP of Product Design. You’ll balance strategic thinking with hands-on design work, helping elevate our UX/UI craft across web, mobile, and TV platforms.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and mentor a small, talented team of designers—helping them level up their skills in visual design, interaction design, strategic thinking, and collaboration.
- Drive the evolution of Plex’s design system and UI standards, ensuring high-quality, accessible, and brand-consistent experiences across platforms.
- Influence product design efforts from early discovery to final delivery, establishing a clear design vision that aligns with product and business goals.
- Design and ship experiences that feel polished, consistent, and thoughtful—sweating the details while keeping the bigger picture in focus.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product management, and marketing to ensure a cohesive user journey across all surfaces—TV, mobile, and web.
- Consult with internal and external teams on mobile design standards, ensuring all Plex experiences maintain quality and consistency regardless of where they originate.
- Stay up-to-date on mobile trends, platform guidelines, and emerging interaction patterns—bringing that knowledge back to the team and applying it to our evolving design approach.
- Champion user-first thinking, designing contextual, community-driven experiences with personalized insights, recommendations, and guidance.
- Help foster a healthy async-first team culture while also leading dedicated design rituals like critiques, reviews, and planning.
- Partner with our UX Research team to connect research insights to design work and product direction.
What you bring to the table
- 7+ years of experience in UX/UI design with 2+ years managing or mentoring other designers.
- A strong portfolio of shipped work across mobile and web platforms—TV experience is a big plus.
- Experience working in and contributing to design systems, with a strong grasp of interaction and visual design principles.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to articulate and execute on a design vision, connecting user needs with business goals.
- A sharp eye for detail—you believe every pixel matters and know how small touches create a great product experience.
- Comfortable working in a remote environment, communicating clearly and proactively across time zones.
- Technically savvy and comfortable collaborating with engineers to bring your designs to life.
- Passionate about accessible, inclusive design practices and always advocating for the end user.
- Familiarity with design tooling, prototyping, and working with research and data to inform decisions.
- Bonus: Experience designing personalized, content-driven, or community-centered user experiences.
Why Plex?
- You’ll join a thoughtful, collaborative team that loves what we do.
- You’ll help shape the experience for millions of users across multiple platforms
Who we are
Plex is a global streaming media platform that gives millions of customers around the world the freedom to enjoy all the content they love in one simple, beautiful app. Our vision is to empower real human connections by bringing people and entertainment together. So, we’re on a mission to create a global community for streaming content that people can depend on to easily discover, experience, and share all of the entertainment that matters to them.
What sets us apart
- We are the largest independent streaming platform built by a global team of employees who are fanatically passionate about delivering the highest quality, most unified, and user-friendliest entertainment experience possible.
- We have always been a distributed organization, with people making great things happen in over 20 different countries and 11 time zones.
- We host epic in-person off-sites to bring team members together a few times a year.
- We are passionate about our mission and we work hard, while still providing flexibility around a schedule that works for you.
- We love what we’re building and our user community is an integral part of our development process. We actively engage with customers to understand what is working, what they want more of, and how we can be better.
- We are committed to improving the communities where we live and work with charitable contributions, partnerships, and service.
Remote Work
- Plex hires new team members in countries around the world.
- As such, Plex does not sponsor employment visas.
- All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our hiring team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.
- Also, please note, though we largely work asynchronously, as it relates to meetings, those generally occur between UTC 1600 to UTC 1900
The Plex Values
- Be kind, humble, and helpful.
- Approach problems with curiosity, creativity, and flexibility.
- Put yourself on the customer’s couch.
- Be a good steward. Like a boss!
- Build relationships to ensure healthy debate.
- Foster a global and diverse team spirit.
- Show gratitude and give back.
- Seek balance for yourself and Plex.
Compensation
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US and Global geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $125,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $160,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, seniority, local currency and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Benefits
- Monthly Balance Wellness Stipend
- Productivity Stipend
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Hardware stipend
- Flextime, work from anywhere
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Stock options
- 401k (US employees)
- Plex for the Planet community service opportunities
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Plex
At Plex, our vision is to empower real human connection by bringing people and entertainment together. This vision is at the heart of our diversity, equity and inclusion work.
As a fully remote, global company, we take pride in our ability and dedication to building a workforce that represents our global audience. Our virtual work environment is intentionally designed to draw from all backgrounds, creating a sense of belonging and ownership for every employee.
As we create a global community of streaming media, we know we need a team that represents the diversity of our users and a company culture that welcomes people to be their authentic selves, and we’re all in!
Our DEI efforts are focused on the following:
- Building a diverse and global company
- Creating an inclusive culture
Our DEI Foundations:
- Participation, Education and Awareness, Data and Understanding
Does this sound interesting? We’re looking for a Manager, UX Design who is ready to join us to have a material impact in Plex’s growth and success!
Plex is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws. Should you require an accommodation during our interviewing and hiring process, please let your recruiter know.
