Senior Research Designer (Contract Pool)
About The Position
This role is for our contract pool. We qualify freelance designers and find the right projects for their skills. At Grand Studio, our teams collaborate to explore digital products and services in a consulting environment. At our studio, not only do our designers, both full-time and contract, contribute to the success of client projects, everyone is invited to help build our culture and design practice with us. That means we look for people who care about their craft, care about their teammates, and most importantly, care about humanity. Our Senior Designers are passionate about finding the right design methodologies to craft unique approaches to challenging client projects. They help project teams with everything from uncovering actionable insights around customers to designing the most compelling digital products and services grounded in user value. They are versatile to help determine project strategy, mentor teammates, and create client deliverables. We invite you to be a part of the journey of evolving a consultancy fit for designers, built by designers.
Requirements
- Professional design experience (consulting/agency experience is extra handy)
- A rich understanding of the end-to-end design process and evidence of using appropriate UXR methods to inform design
- Experience in communicating with technology teams and other stakeholder groups
- Comfort driving the research planning, execution, and synthesis
- Enthusiasm to learn in and out of your primary domain
- The drive and autonomy to work well independently in a remote environment
- Ease for communication and collaboration during team working sessions
- Work samples showing expertise in designing for complex digital products or services grounded in what's possible, what's helpful and what the business can support.
Responsibilities
- Uncovering actionable insights around customers
- Designing compelling digital products and services grounded in user value
- Determining project strategy
- Mentoring teammates
- Creating client deliverables
- Planning, execution, and synthesis of research
Benefits
- Staffed 100% to a project for the duration of the contract
- Ability to flex within focus areas and build new skills
- Exploration of all avenues of human-centered design
- Potential to move to a full-time role within the first three months
- Remote friendly events, team and office lunches, and celebrations
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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