Associate Director, Creative UX & UI Design

Digitas - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Chicago, IL

5,001-10,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media, and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing, and Total Commerce. Celebrated by Ad Age as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign's Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and recognized by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world's leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries. Our Experience Design team crafts digital experiences people love to use. We are collaborators and innovators who thrive in multidisciplinary teams. We can start from a blank page and help realize the vision for a great experience, and aren't afraid to get our hands dirty making that vision a reality. Our experience runs the gamut from site to mobile, eCom to campaign, marketing to editorial to product, with one foot in beautiful visual expressions and the other in rock-solid user experience. At heart, we are designers who love creating new, meaningful experiences and are well versed in the practice of modern digital experience creation. We're looking for a leader who will help set the vision for their teams and their projects. You'll be as comfortable sweating the details of a design interaction as you are presenting your teams' work. You'll be a mentor and a manager, developing talent to be their best. And you're passionate about growing your own talent, as well.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision for the Experience Design team and their projects.
• Mentor and manage team members, developing their talent and skills.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create impactful digital experiences.
• Oversee the design process from concept to execution, ensuring quality and timeliness.
• Lead project teams of designers and content strategists to produce deliverables.
• Engage in discovery-based activities and user research to inform design decisions.
• Create and maintain design systems that enhance user experience.
• Develop site maps, wireframes, user flows, and journey maps to visualize user experiences.

Requirements

• A portfolio showcasing beautiful, usable experiences designed for various devices and contexts.
• Strong UX fundamentals paired with refined UI and visual design skills.
• Proficiency in visual design fundamentals: color, typography, illustration, motion, etc.
• Basic prototyping capabilities and experience with design tools like Figma, InVision, Sketch, and Adobe CC.
• Exceptional ability to create and evolve design systems.
• Experience in user research and agile processes.
• Ability to think holistically about user experiences to meet user and business needs.
• Competency in creating site maps, wireframes, user flows, and journey maps.
• Strong written and presentation skills to communicate design rationale and passion.
• Experience managing and mentoring direct reports and junior talent.