Associate Design Director

Publicis Groupe•Miami, FL

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

We're looking for an Associate Design Director to lead in crafting thoughtful, intuitive digital experiences that serve both user needs and business goals—primarily in the website and digital product space. You'll collaborate with creative leads and cross-functional teams to design and refine solutions that are strategically grounded and user-centered. This can be a remote or hybrid role, requiring three days in-office each week.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in interaction design, human-computer interaction, or industrial design preferred. Certification programs, workshops and/or bootcamps also considered with 5+ years of professional experience with both agency and consulting companies
Experience in complex UX/UI patterns for marketing platforms, retail oriented transactional or ecommerce experiences
Ability to collaborative and lead focused, organized design solutions with strategy, research, analytics, visual design, content strategy, copy and technology
Ability to act as subject matter expertise in a particular industry or vertical with XD craft.
Deep background in product design with enterprise clients following scaled agile and waterfall delivery methodologies for content/campaign projects.
Experience leading and building design systems for wide range of digital interfaces using atomic design and design thinking methodologies.
Experience scoping and estimating XD activities for medium and small projects for enterprise and agency clients.
Proficiency at refining and adapting XD artifacts and deliverables to project based on constraints and guiding team accordingly.
Experience acting as lead on XD tracks on content campaign, product/platform and physical/digital projects
Experience leading and guiding other XD team members on medium sized projects.
Able to operate seamlessly within medium to large-sized teams, preferably in a cross disciplinary digital agency
Proficient at creating key XD artifacts within design thinking methodology
Working knowledge of agile and waterfall methodologies, responsive web, atomic design and design systems.
Experience creating and enhancing Information Architecture to improve user experience, navigation and findability, manage content, and more
Tools: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Keynote, Microsoft Office Suite, Sketch, Mural/Miro or similar
Please include resume with portfolio link

Nice To Haves

Experience in qualitative/quantitative Research is a bonus

Responsibilities

Lead and balance multiple tracks within mid-to-large sized projects as a Specialist Associate Design Director.
Provide estimation of relevant deliverables based on project requirements, timelines and resources
Communicate effectively with clients and collaborators about project scope, definition and purpose of XD artifacts to support project objectives.
Collaborate with Strategy, Analytics/Data Science, and client to integrate data and insights into design decisions and establish success metrics and benchmarks.
Lead the creation of experience strategy artifacts and work with team to prioritize target audience journeys, co-create journey mapping, and collaborate on persona development with the experience strategy and design teams.
Contribute to growing experience design client opportunities organically by providing strategic value and relevant recommendations within existing project accounts.
Participates in pitches as key day-to-day support role on research, concept and proposal deck work.
Collaborate with Creative Leadership, Creative Director in cross-disciplinary idea generation and client co-creation sessions
Articulate to client with sound critical thinking and rationale for design approach/recommendations in the context of both business and user needs
Balances leading and supporting multiple projects while managing allocation time effectively.
Lead multidisciplinary projects and workstreams, while managing the team and time effectively if Management focused.
Approach scope challenges with clients and educate client on value of deliverables and process within project track(s).
Take ownership in translating design constraints from internal and client feedback and can articulate next steps to team and client on recommended design decisions and dependencies.
Help team leads and client navigate through areas of requirement gaps and uncertainty in a constructive manner with thought leadership and actionable next steps.
Lead in building XD practice, team growth and ways to promote community and practice education.
Play key role in discovery phase projects to own definition, creation and delegation XD deliverables in project.

Benefits

Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
Tuition Assistance
Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
Matching Gifts programs
Flexible working arrangements
‘Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off