Senior Associate Director, Digital Experience Design

Alzheimer's Association Careers • Chicago, IL

4d • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Associate Director of Digital Experience Design translates user and business needs into compelling design and experience solutions for alz.org and related sites. This position helps shape the constituent experience in rural communities across digital channels, iterating based on analytics and user research. This position specifically creates and evolves products and tools for health systems, medical affairs, clinicians and grants that support the rural health strategy. Sitting on the Digital Strategy team, the Senior AD of Digital Experience Design closely collaborates with user research, content strategy and development to create and iterate engaging solutions that connect with various audiences of the Association. Working with the business owners and teams across the Association to clarify requirements, this position understands best practices and brand standards to create low fidelity wireframes, high fidelity UI mockups and final designs. Partnering with internal and external developers to ensure the designs are feasible, this position incorporates feedback as needed and ensures design integrity throughout QA and production. This position also selects imagery, develops creative for alz.org and related tools, informs product creation and iteration, and fills other digital design gaps as needed. This is a grant funded position.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in graphic design, human-computer interaction or related field
• 7-10 years progressive experience defining, developing and evolving digital experiences
• Demonstrated experience designing websites and apps from conception to completion.
• Understanding of building and maintaining design systems for interactive environments.
• Strong expertise in user experience, visual design, accessibility and usability concepts.
• Awareness of evolving technologies, human-centered product design, usability trends and best practices.
• Hands-on knowledge of wireframe and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch or Axure.
• A motivated and strategic thinker who can navigate ambiguity and problem solve.
• Expertise in visually clarifying complex information and concepts for laypeople.
• A leader who's comfortable owning decisions, presenting ideas and finding alignment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to collaborate with people at all levels of the organization.
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS, as well as demonstrated experience working with front end developers.
• Sedentary work (90%)
• Travel (10%)

Responsibilities

• Develop concepts that interpret project goals, user needs and business requirements. Envision sites through wireframes and prototypes. (30%)
• Create design system for org , ALZPro and other digital products, clarifying execution with Digital Strategy team, adhering to brand standards and accessibility guidelines. (20%)
• Design user experience and user interface for digital products, following best practices for visual presentation as well as layout of information and navigation elements. (20%)
• Conceptualize and design interactive features as well as graphics and promotions for alz.org and related tools. (10%)
• Oversee the implementation of the final design of websites by the technical team. (10%)
• Consult on Association apps, microsites and other digital displays created outside of the Digital Strategy team. (10%)
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Employees working 24 hours/week or more are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, flex accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance, long term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous Paid Time Off, 12 annual holidays and Paid Family Leave, as well as an annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing.
• They are also eligible for our gold standard 401(k) retirement plan.
• Full time employees (37.5 hours/week), will enjoy all of the above plus an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees