Director, Design will manage a design team of UI/UX/Visual, and lead Design holistically across Sovrn.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the design team and provide thoughtful and strategic feedback across Product, Marketing, and all end-user interactions
• Oversee all aspects of UI/UX/Visual design from conception to final execution
• Understand complex product requirements to ensure easy and intuitive user flows allowing for a consistent, efficient and lightweight user experience.
• Facilitate (or translate) Product visions by researching, conceiving, wire-framing, sketching, prototyping, and mocking-up user experiences for Sovrn’s digital products.
• Identify design challenges and devise creative and efficient solutions that increase usability and overall user experience of existing and new applications.
• Establish workflow & best practices for research and usability testing
• Work collaboratively with engineers, marketers and product managers to build scalable solutions to improve the user experience
• Ensure brand and experience consistency across Sovrn

Qualifications and Skills

• Leadership experience: leading teams, encouraging growth, defining process, learning
• Expert in Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator and any other industry standard design tools
• Fluency in understanding of web languages including HTML, CSS, SASS, JS and thorough understanding of responsive design
• Experience in mobile design and an understanding of iOS and Android guidelines
• Understanding of the Agile software development process

• Demonstrated experience with end-to-end product design
• Think strategically about the product and apply tactical solutions
• Must be able to confidently make decisions
• Flexibility in approach. Willingness to learn and adapt
• Strong and creative problem-solving skills
• Skill in writing concisely to clearly articulate your design decisions
• Excellent interpersonal skills dealing with customers, suppliers, and internal departments
• Experience and understanding of how to solicit and use feedback
• Excellent visual design skills that demonstrate that end user in mind is at top of mind
• Experience in data visualization and enterprise web application development is a plus

Position Reports to: Sr. Director Product Management