Product Design Director
Our client is looking to fill the role of Product Design DirectorIn this role, youll manage a small team of researchers, content designers, and product designers that work across a media group to create compelling user-centered, digital experiences that deliver on the brand promise to help all people live wellThe right candidate for this role will be an organized, collaborative, and seasoned manager with a wealth of experience as a Product DesignerYou will be expected to lead your team by example, supporting their career growth, and leaning in to be hands-on when neededYou wont go at it aloneyoull be a part of a broader design leadership team and work in close partnership with your cross-disciplinary peers on the engineering, product management, and business teams.
Salary:
$125k-200k based on experience level
Responsibilities:
Inspire our design team to do the best work of their careernavigating ambiguity, providing inspiration, and directly shaping their careersTirelessly advocate for customer-centricity so that our business, product, and design decisions are rooted in user needsCollaborate closely with product management and engineering to craft strategy, refine processes, and ensure that work across the various product pods is cohesive and impactfulOversee the design systemleading the effort to imbue our practice with greater efficiency and achieve our goal of accessibility compliance across all channels and products.
Provide coaching and feedback to your team via regular 1:
1s, mid year reviews, and annual reviews.
Actively looking for and honing in on the strengths of direct reports, and finding ways to up-skill them.
Regularly digging into motivations and ambitions of the team, and building goals and processes around them.
Actively signals behavior they want to see.
Keeps a cool head around others even in stressful situationsIs involved in the planning and organizing of team activitiesCapable of managing a small team effectivelyFollows through on promises around work, rewards, and time.
Efficient and reliableProactively manage expectations especially in difficult situationsAble to help carve the narrative of the brand or product vision, and the teams role within itCan present that vision with conviction to stakeholdersHelps cross-functional peers with strategy to implement over timeHeavily involved in creating efficiency in full teams workflows or processesBuilding a set of resources for teams to enable systems to scaleAble to make sense of deeply complex problems and cut through to appropriate solutionsActively organizes for teams around them to participate in user research, advocating for the user at all stagesRequired
Qualifications:
2
years of experience managing design teams to deliver experiences of varying complexity and scope4
years of hands-on content, UX, or product design experienceExcellent interpersonal and presentation skillsA strong portfolio of case studies that illustrate your individual capability and the outcomes your team's driveExpertise using agile, Design Thinking approaches and virtual collaboration tools such as Miro to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and problem solvingHigh proficiency with design and prototyping software and tools, especially FigmaExperience hiring and developing teams of content, service, UX, or product designersExperience working in technology in Media or Health techIf you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.
The Solomon Page DistinctionSolomon Page offers a comprehensive benefit program for hourly employeesWe pride ourselves on offering medical, dental, 401(k), direct deposit and commuter benefits to our employees, including freelancers - which sets us apart in the industries we serve.
About Solomon PageFounded in 1990, Solomon Page is a specialty niche provider of staffing and executive search solutions across a wide array of functions and industriesThe success of Solomon Page reflects an organic growth strategy supported by a highly entrepreneurial cultureActing as a strategic partner to our clients and candidates, we focus on providing customized solutions and building long-term relationships based on trust, respect, and the consistent delivery of excellent resultsFor more information and additional opportunities, visit:
solomonpage.
com and connect with us on Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Opportunity Awaits.
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Salary:
$125k-200k based on experience level
Responsibilities:
Inspire our design team to do the best work of their careernavigating ambiguity, providing inspiration, and directly shaping their careersTirelessly advocate for customer-centricity so that our business, product, and design decisions are rooted in user needsCollaborate closely with product management and engineering to craft strategy, refine processes, and ensure that work across the various product pods is cohesive and impactfulOversee the design systemleading the effort to imbue our practice with greater efficiency and achieve our goal of accessibility compliance across all channels and products.
Provide coaching and feedback to your team via regular 1:
1s, mid year reviews, and annual reviews.
Actively looking for and honing in on the strengths of direct reports, and finding ways to up-skill them.
Regularly digging into motivations and ambitions of the team, and building goals and processes around them.
Actively signals behavior they want to see.
Keeps a cool head around others even in stressful situationsIs involved in the planning and organizing of team activitiesCapable of managing a small team effectivelyFollows through on promises around work, rewards, and time.
Efficient and reliableProactively manage expectations especially in difficult situationsAble to help carve the narrative of the brand or product vision, and the teams role within itCan present that vision with conviction to stakeholdersHelps cross-functional peers with strategy to implement over timeHeavily involved in creating efficiency in full teams workflows or processesBuilding a set of resources for teams to enable systems to scaleAble to make sense of deeply complex problems and cut through to appropriate solutionsActively organizes for teams around them to participate in user research, advocating for the user at all stagesRequired
Qualifications:
2
years of experience managing design teams to deliver experiences of varying complexity and scope4
years of hands-on content, UX, or product design experienceExcellent interpersonal and presentation skillsA strong portfolio of case studies that illustrate your individual capability and the outcomes your team's driveExpertise using agile, Design Thinking approaches and virtual collaboration tools such as Miro to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and problem solvingHigh proficiency with design and prototyping software and tools, especially FigmaExperience hiring and developing teams of content, service, UX, or product designersExperience working in technology in Media or Health techIf you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.
The Solomon Page DistinctionSolomon Page offers a comprehensive benefit program for hourly employeesWe pride ourselves on offering medical, dental, 401(k), direct deposit and commuter benefits to our employees, including freelancers - which sets us apart in the industries we serve.
About Solomon PageFounded in 1990, Solomon Page is a specialty niche provider of staffing and executive search solutions across a wide array of functions and industriesThe success of Solomon Page reflects an organic growth strategy supported by a highly entrepreneurial cultureActing as a strategic partner to our clients and candidates, we focus on providing customized solutions and building long-term relationships based on trust, respect, and the consistent delivery of excellent resultsFor more information and additional opportunities, visit:
solomonpage.
com and connect with us on Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Opportunity Awaits.
Recommended Skills Agile Methodology Collaborative Softwares Presentations Problem Solving Product Design Product Management Apply to this job.
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