Associate Experience Design Director

IA Collaborative

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About The Position

IA Collaborative is seeking an Associate Director of Experience Design who will serve as a strategic leader in our Experience Design discipline. Experience designers at IA Collaborative are masters of their craft in user experience design, guided by an unwavering commitment to human-centered practices and strategic thinking. At the forefront of user-centered design that creates business value, we live and work at the leading edge of Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies; at the intersection of design and business; of creativity and strategy. Join our team to support current clients in user experience and digital transformation strategy, service design, digital product design, and enterprise application design.

Requirements

• Eight or more years of UI/UX design experience, preferably within a design firm or digital agency
• Experience with user research that can be translated into strategy, concepts and design decisions
• Experience with business strategy for digital projects at multiple scale
• Experience with a range of methodologies for digital project engagements
• Experience leading teams through complex engagements with enterprise clients
• Experience hosting and structuring successful client ideation and prioritization work sessions
• Experience leading business development efforts for both existing clients and new prospects
• Experience driving organizational initiatives, including team management, talent recruitment, and overall office culture
• Experience leveraging AI tools within the design process
• Experience designing for AI tools and interfaces
• Passion for contributing to thought leadership, public speaking and community outreach
• Ability to work from our Chicago HQ and onsite with clients/in the field, per our IA Collaborative Work Model policy

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams across all phases of digital projects from strategy to design to production and launch and also dig into executing work with the team
• Define approaches and processes, partnering with other team leads, to deliver successful projects that are creative, compelling, and impactful for our client’s business
• Understand current trends in digital design and business and bring strategic thinking to insights and solutions
• Take a lead role in new business pitches, proposal development, and project initiation
• Deliver distinctive client service and authentic client experiences to build long-term relationships that grow the business
• Develop new initiatives to create opportunities to advance an open and inclusive environment that empowers team members and develops the culture of IA Collaborative
• Contribute to the future vision of the discipline, including skill development to ensure we continue to have the capabilities required to meet our clients’ needs
• Act as a steward of IA Collaborative’s overall business by exploring future possibilities for the organization including new offerings and capabilities, talent acquisition, thought leadership, and other business growth-oriented activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees