Optimity Advisors

Lead Digital Product Designer

Optimity Advisors

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Serving in lead capacity on large, complex projects, create user experiences and visual design strategies and solutions for projects based on business objectives and user research
  • Serve as subject matter expert in the defined UX and brand standards and the execution of visual, interaction, and motion design
  • Facilitate internal team communication, bridging the gap between visual design, functional development, and content
  • Communicate the value of UX, UI, and design thinking to clients
  • Lead client engagements from a UX perspective
  • Lead participatory design activities, e.g., client workshops, card sorting, to understand vision, business model, and user needs and behaviors
  • Serve as the voice of the user while meeting the needs of the client
  • Combine UX thinking with design execution to produce usable and intuitive user interfaces
  • Illustrate user experience using storyboards, information architecture, process flows, user journeys/personas, and sitemaps
  • Use design to communicate complex concepts, whether through conversations, frameworks, or ideas
  • Derive actionable insights by leading user research activities and translating insights into prototypes
  • Provide coaching and guidance to other product designers on the team to elevate our approach to user experience research and design and promote the craft of UX across the organization
  • Collaborate with architects, developers, and project teams to ensure design elements are incorporated into development sprints
  • Proactively perform competitive research based on product roadmaps
  • Plan and facilitate interactive workshops to build consensus around business requirements and design ideas
  • Lead the design team in best practices, design trends, and leading technologies
  • Support the development and adoption of design processes, tools, and culture
  • Develop, refine, and adhere to design systems and style guides
  • Understand and incorporate Design Thinking, Agile Methodologies, Lean Principles and Collective Intelligence into project strategy

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, Visual or Interaction Design, or related discipline with a solid foundation in the principles of design
  • 8+ years of experience in a Product Design, Digital Design, or UX/UI Design related role
  • Display a strong portfolio which demonstrates work across a range of clients
  • Authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis
Benefits
  • Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
user experience designvisual designinteraction designmotion designuser researchprototypinginformation architecturedesign systemsstoryboardingdesign thinking
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationcoachingfacilitationproblem-solvingclient engagementinsight derivationteamworkcreativity