UX Design Director

The Evans Hunt Group•Calgary, AB

5d•CA$130,000 - CA$140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Evans Hunt, we aim to create powerful, positive experiences that combine strategy, creativity, and technology. As a UX Design Director, you are our player-coach: you deliver exceptional work while representing all UX & Product disciplines at the account level. You build relationships with clients and across internal departments, drive cross-functional process and efficiency, and identify growth opportunities, all while elevating the craft and developing the people around you.

Requirements

10+ years of UX and product design experience
Deep understanding of the iterative user experience design process
Proficiency with typical software like Figma, Miro, JIRA, and Notion
Understanding and experience with agile work processes
Experience as a program lead, working across departments to improve cross-functional teamwork, raise the quality of deliverables, and identify growth opportunities within an account.
Experience as a people leader, managing and growing a team, focused on performance, mentorship, and career pathing.
Ability to communicate design decisions and user insights clearly and persuasively to cross-functional teams, leadership, and clients.
Ability to adapt communication style to suit technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to provide estimates and take responsibility for the design team delivering within the project scope and budget.
Flexibility to know when to hold ground and when to adapt approach or recommendations.
Ability to win the hearts and minds of clients by helping them ask the right questions, probing when necessary, and developing tailored strategies.

Nice To Haves

Using AI for ideation and prototyping

Responsibilities

Represent the UX & Product practice at the account and project level, building relationships with clients and across internal departments.
Own the UX & Product point of view on project planning, account strategy, and growth, working directly with clients and project leads.
Manage a team of one to three UX designers and researchers, conducting regular one-on-ones, offering feedback, mentorship, and career pathing.
Improve cross-functional processes, teamwork, and the quality of our deliverables.
Provide estimates and ensure the design team delivers within them.
Define process, mentor others, and push the practice forward with new ideas, techniques, and technologies.