Director, Visual Design | Global Technology Company | Competitive Package Incl. Equity

Our client, a Global Technology Company focused on Audio Entertainment, Information and Educational Programming, is looking for a Director of Visual Design to lead a squad of 3-6 team members to transform customer insight into delightful and innovative experiences that drive business results.

The position is Full-Time. Location: Newark, NJ

Responsibilities

Lead multiple UX teams and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Plan bodies of work including digging into the scope, activities, deliverables and iterations required.
Conduct regular project review stand-ups to provide creative and strategic leadership, and holding teams to the highest standards.
Define and uphold UX strategy and design standards.
Assemble and build teams with the right skills and personalities to deliver successful projects and build out capacity.

Required:

7+ years' experience as a user experience designer, interactions designer, information architect or similar.
3+ years' experience managing managers and teams of 6+ designers across multiple tracks of work.
Proven track record of designing high-quality digital products and craft an overall vision to guide the team.
Ability to craft design strategy, customer models (personas / journey maps / user research synthesis) and technical understanding of the constraints of multiple platforms.
Experience hiring and developing talent, developing processes and tools.
Knowledge of the digital audio market and trends.

Environment:

Product Design, Design, Creative, Agile, Technology, Products, Innovation, Wireframes, Customer Models, Management