Staff Visual Designer

Purpose of the Job :

• Defines and communicates comprehensive UX visions that guide product strategy and development.
• Identifies connections between related products, and works with cross-functional peers to address any dependencies or overlap. 
• Lead design thinking sessions to align business goals with user-centric design solutions.
• Advocates for design excellence and best practices across teams and departments.
• Actively mentors and develops the skills of other designers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth within the design team.
• Evaluates the impact of design decisions on key metrics such as user satisfaction, engagement, and business performance.
• Initiates and leads initiatives to enhance team dynamics, morale, and overall team health.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities :

Craft :

• Establishes and implements clear design principles that guide and enhance the overall design process, ensuring consistency and excellence across all projects.
• Stays at the forefront of industry trends, integrating the latest innovations and best practices into the design strategy to keep the organization competitive and forward-thinking.
• Leads and facilitates cross-functional activities that accelerate the design process through collaborative ideation, rapid prototyping, and effective problem-solving.
• Leads highly complex user research initiatives, including generative research, with support from UX Researchers.
• Demonstrates advanced technical design skills while excelling in soft skills such as leadership, communication, and collaboration to drive successful project outcomes.
• Promotes adoption and evolution of the 6DS design system at the product level to maintain consistency and scalability.

Solution Design :

• Develops a comprehensive understanding of users to drive informed design decisions within the cross-functional team.
• Expertly breaks down large product-level experience initiatives into discrete activities that the team can deliver over time with organizational visibility.
  
• Efficiently identifies technically viable design solutions that align with company objectives.  
  
• Acts as a catalyst for excellence, particularly in design reviews and critique sessions.  
  
• Ensures clear understanding and prioritization of user needs and challenges.  
  
• Drives implementation of impactful and well-executed solutions.  
  
• Translates business opportunities and technological advancements into tangible customer value propositions.  
  
• Aligns design initiatives closely with overarching business goals and strategic priorities.  
  
• Leads cross-functional teams in collaborative efforts to integrate design solutions across various departments and disciplines, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

User Experience Vision :

• Delivers a unified and cohesive UX vision for key initiatives and complex components of the user experience.
• Choreographs and guides the UX vision to align seamlessly with the overall product strategy.  
• Leads cross-functional teams to ensure the UX vision is consistently implemented across all touchpoints.
• Designs UX strategies that are scalable and adaptable to future growth and changes in the market.
• Effectively communicates the UX vision to stakeholders at all levels to ensure understanding and alignment.

Educational and Experience Requirements :

A portfolio that shows:

• Significant experience working as a Product Designer across the breadth of a complex product.  
• Proven ability to identify when user research is required and why, partner with UXR to execute, and then tell a story that affects change.  
• Expert-level understanding of usability, UI design, and how to implement, document, and use an enterprise design system.
• Evidence of how you use data and storytelling to influence product decisions.

Competencies and Behaviors :

• Thinks and acts at a product level.
• Helps their cross-functional team drive iterative improvements by breaking work down into clear deliverables that build successive value.
• Leads other designers and cross-functional peers through collaborative influence.  
• Validates product ideas and feature-level usability through user research #LI-remote