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At AKQA, we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, we design adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination, delivering impressive returns for our clients. The Associate User Experience Director at AKQA helps the Creative Director lead and mentor a team of UX designers and shapes their skills and careers. They will possess a strategic and visionary approach to UX design leadership, underpinned by a solid understanding of product visual design, and demonstrate essential experience in building and managing design systems within Figma. It’s their responsibility to drive user-centered-design processes in partnership with the strategy, creative and technology teams. They also own and oversee their allocated UX work across the region. As an invaluable partner to the client, they help to fulfill their business goals by creating the best possible customer experience.
Job Responsibility:
Helps the Creative Director lead and mentor a team of UX designers and shapes their skills and careers
Possesses a strategic and visionary approach to UX design leadership, underpinned by a solid understanding of product visual design
Drives user-centered-design processes in partnership with the strategy, creative and technology teams
Owns and oversees their allocated UX work across the region
Helps to fulfill client business goals by creating the best possible customer experience
Requirements:
Partnering with clients
Provides the user experience consultancy and business strategy insights to clients as a fully accepted partner
Directs the effort to implement solutions across at least 2 projects and oversees planning, concept development, and design
Works in a hands-on capacity internally and with the client in helping to develop strategy and vision, conceptual models, personas, scenarios, wireframes, and UI documentation
Demonstrates essential experience in building and managing design systems within Figma
Develops and helps to evolve the user experience capabilities and approach, including user experience tools, processes, best practices, and key deliverables
Helps to lead the practice of user experience at AKQA, including building the User Experience team
Attracts and recruits exceptional talent
Represents AKQA externally through various conferences, and speaking and writing engagements
Manages other User Experience Designers in their professional development, fostering innovation within the User Experience team
A compelling portfolio of distinctive work that spans product/service design and storytelling
A minimum of 6 years’ experience in user experience, information architecture, or interaction design
Proficiency of the user experience discipline and all relevant methodologies such as persona creation, consumer journey mapping, service blueprints, heuristic evaluation, ecosystems, competitive audits, stakeholder/user interviews, card sorting, usability testing etc.
Strong understanding of product visual design principles and their application
Expert-level Figma skills and advanced proficiency with the most current UX design and prototyping tools, coupled with the ability to effectively guide team members in their use
Experience with current AI tools and their strategic application in enhancing design processes and customer experiences across digital channels