VP, Digital Design Lead

Omnicom Health • New York, NY

79d • $128,500 - $130,000

About The Position

At Patients & Purpose we are looking to add a VP Digital Design Lead to our Experience Design (XD) Team to contribute to the planning, design, and execution of exceptional digital experiences for patients and caregivers. You’ll be self-motivated, possess a positive attitude, and relish in the craft of user experience design and influence the experience of a brand through the expectations of the brand’s users. The Experience Design (XD) team is a collective of designers who intend to provide thoughtful and creative digital work balancing the goals of our users with the goals of our clients, so our solutions add value, are intuitive and drive success.

Requirements

• 7+ years UX/UI design experience with a visual design or product design
• Presents a strong design portfolio showcasing a variety of digital projects - including mobile-first websites and native phone or tablet applications
• Proficient in the latest digital design tools including Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, InVision, and Zeplin
• A strong passion for interface visual design, UX best practices, design systems, and prototyping
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with internal and external development teams
• Detail focused, goal oriented, and well organized
• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, etc
• Experience in staffing, managing and mentoring lower-level UX designers
• Experience in brief, budget, scope and timeline creation in conjunction with project management group
• Experience in reviewing existing systems and processes to identify UX issues and develop UX recommendations
• Experience in user-centered design methods and techniques and strong experience strategy skills
• Experience and working knowledge of accessibility and WCAG standards
• Ability to distill complex ideas into simple concepts, defend your work and be the expert in the room
• Possesses an organic growth mindset
• Experience managing lower-level designers and providing direction and guidance
• Ability to lead and drive the XD group forward through new thinking, process additions, ways of collaboration, and creative problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with UX design leads, copywriters, and art directors
• Drive a strategic and conceptual vision across various projects within the patient journey
• Influences project level planning and overall design of the user experience for multiple projects
• Develop an experience strategy and collaborate with brand teams to execute creation of the user experience design
• Build stronger agency/brand team perception as an expert to foster stronger relationships with higher-level department leaders
• Create visual design concepts and be able to communicate needs and manage the visual design process from ideation to development and launch
• Generate high-fidelity, pixel perfect visual designs and production assets
• Prepare assets and development build kits including interaction specs
• Work with developers to provide guidance and validate implementation
• Participate in new business pitches as necessary
• Actively seek and share digital inspiration (creative, UX, technology, general digital trends)
• Continuously learns and evaluates existing project work
• Focusing on UX area(s) of specialty and finding new opportunities within brand teams
• Forward thinking about what’s next for XD groups capabilities and adding to them

Benefits

• Salary Range-$128,500-$130,000

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees