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Product Designer - Music Creation Apps

Apple, Culver City, California, United States, 90232

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Weekly Hours:

40

Role Number:

200627208-0670

Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The tools and technologies available to an artist can greatly influence the art they compose. Nowhere is this more true than in music, where new tech enables entirely new sounds and genres.

Apple’s industry-leading music creation apps are at the forefront of the game. From bedrooms to school rooms to legendary recording studios and music venues, we’re helping creators realize the future of music.

Are you bursting with ideas for new features and apps in the music creation space? Can you distill and present sophisticated concepts verbally, visually, and in writing? Are you able to understand musicians’ needs and turn them into clean, comprehensive designs and workflows? Do you love to collaborate and debate with a team of talented and opinionated colleagues?

If your answer is, “OF COURSE! I can’t believe a job like this actually exists!“, then we are looking for you.

Apple’s Music Creation Apps’ team is searching for our next member to join the international team of designers, engineers, and music producers that craft Apple’s Logic Pro, GarageBand, and Voice Memos. We need your vision to help design the apps that will shape the way music is made.

Description

From brainstorming through implementation, as a Product Designer, you will work with members of the Music Creation Apps team, including other designers, software engineers, sound designers, product managers, and other teams across Apple. You will need to quickly grasp and distill highly sophisticated matters into clean, understandable solutions with a good knowledge of how musicians think about and create their art. You will need to be an effective diplomat and storyteller with strong communication and organizational skills.

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of work experience with a focus on product design and UI across a variety of platforms like iOS, Mac, web, or others.

Must have solid understanding and practical work experience in UX design for creative applications

Degree in music technology, music production, interaction design, UX design, visual design, or equivalent related degree.

Experience in shipping digital products from start to finish, including the documentation and development process.

Ability to clearly communicate concepts and designs through prototypes, sketches, high-fidelity comps, and presentations. Highly skilled and fast in any tools you need to visualize your ideas and deliver the work.

Enthusiasm and history working in an iterative design process, motivated by group critique. Excellent visual, written, and verbal communication and ability to present work to large groups and executives.

A portfolio showcasing UX design work.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong knowledge of music production and creation software such as: Logic Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio, ProTools, GarageBand, BandLab, or equivalent.

Solid understanding of, and engagement in, music creation, either as a musician, producer, recording engineer, or similar.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .