Location: Remote
Discipline: UX / Product Design
Experience: 10+ years
Compensation: TBD
As aDesign Director, Design Systemswill lead Visual Design teams and best practices within the WONGDOODYExperience Designteam. You will create and innovate digital visual design experiences forFortune 1000 brands across Financial Services, Tech, Telco, and Life Sciences.
You will lead the definition and implementation of a digital visual design strategy for an experience. You are comfortable managing, inspiring, guiding, and leading large project teams or a portfolio of project teams. You bring a rich, deep experience of having created experiences in certain industries and complex projects to bear. You will support new business in the creation of proposals and pitches to win new work and consult existing clients to strengthen our relationships and ensure we deliver high design quality and client value.
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You willcollaboratewith the client and teams often comprised of Designers, Developers, BA, Product Owners, Product Managers, Creative and Brand Stakeholders, and Delivery Managers to deliver thoughtfully crafted visual design.
The role requires a focused and thorough individual with successful prior experiencedesigning robust and innovative visual design and design systems. You are comfortable delivering fast-paced,scalable designthat often requiresdeployment across multiple digital platforms, using tools likeXD, Figma, or Zeplin.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Collaboratively designworld-class products, services, and experiences
Serve as theSME for the clienton project-related activities and beyond.Proactively identifies risks and issues and proposes mitigation solutions; participates in client visits, guides and channels client’s design vision; provides regular reports, articulates value, and manages expectations in order to increase client satisfaction.
Pitch work to clientsand partners andfacilitate workshops
Support New Business ineffort estimation
Distillbusiness requirements, market research and user needs into actionable insights. Derive, articulate and test hypotheses
Work with your team and the client on a journey ofproduct creation based on insights
Drivebrilliant interface and Brand Experience design
Partner with client brand, creative, and engineering stakeholderstosynthesize requirements into a visual design strategy
Direct development and roll-out of visual design strategyacross multiple product tracks, digital interfaces, form factors, and experiences (including globalization)
Direct team and collaborate with engineering teamsto create and evolvedesign systems
Directdesign audits
Advocate for, and ensure visual design is compliant withAccessibility requirementsfor the user interface
Drive development of new componentsor incremental enhancement to existing design systems
Inspire and motivate an energetic and collaborative team
WHAT YOU'RE LIKE
Highly organized, with abundantcare for the detailsandrespect for the craft
Passionate about the user and providingmeaningful experiences
Clever and curious, always noodling your next extra-circular project or jaunt
Eager to work within cross-functional teams
Strongrelationship-building skills, especially across disciplines and timezones
WHAT YOU'VE GOT
10+years of experience working at leading digital agencies as an experience design practitioner, with foundational depth invisual design. extra bonus points for: working at a startup or having the opportunity helpshape an approach or end product
Dynamic portfolio of complex, digital experiences for global brands multichannel deliverables includingmobile,tabletandweb
ex:digital products,connected experiences, orservices
Ability to think at a high level aboutproduct strategy and vision(not just 'how it should look' but 'what and how we should build')
Bias for action and tolerance to navigate a sometimes ambiguous environment
Excellent communication and client-facing presentation skills Exceptional abilities toexplain visual design rationale, to align and persuade stakeholders, and to drive conversation
Solid understanding of other disciplines (such as business, technology, delivery, marketing, and content) needed to create a brilliant product
Appreciation for other disciplines (such as business, technology, delivery, marketing, and content) needed to create a brilliant product
Experience pitching for, winning and maintaining large programs of product delivery
Experience rolling out large products from proposition through to delivery – not just across the design spectrum
Significant hands-on experience creating a wide range of digital visual experiences across channels, industries and audiences
Experience with design system and asset management tools such asInVision, Frontify, UXPin, Framer, etc.
Ability to define the approach, plan and estimate the effort for new, complex pieces of visual design work
TO APPLY: For full consideration please upload both a resume and cover letter.
THE PERKS
We’ll pay you to come work at WONGDOODY, because we’re generous like that. But on top of your paycheck, you’ll receive a whole lotta benefits to help keep you healthy, secure and balanced. You’ll get great health insurance (paid in full), 401k with company contribution, extended winter holiday, flexible summer hours, and volunteer time off just to name a few!
