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Product Design Lead
London
Job No. r00262411
Full-time
Job Description
Product Design Lead
Purpose
Craft industry-leading digital experiences that captivate and empower users, driving tangible business success and lasting impact
Orientation
Define concepts, strategies, and digital interface design artifacts at a project level; have an appreciation for research, service design, technology and have the ability to elegantly adapt designs across devices; work across the entire end-to-end experience.
Expectations
Be adventurous. Bring a vision. Make an impact. Rely on empathy. Nurture collaboration. Stay transparent. Be bold and generous in all you do.
Years of Experience
A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience including 4+ years of digital product design leadership. A wealth of experience in leading multi-discipline teams and participating in all aspects of design (planning, UX design, UI design, design system creation)
Requirements
Personal
- Lead, lean in, be creative, and have a passion for design.
- Manage design relationships with team members, partners and clients.
- Believe strategic thinking should be supported by tangible solutions that help clients to connect to their users through memorable experiences.
- Be a self-motivated leader, passionate about helping others in developing their skillsets and delivering exceptional work.
Craft
- Be a leader in UX/UI Design at both a project and studio level. Extend the craft and share practice across the studio and beyond.
- Deliver the design of new experiences and improve existing products through creative thinking, a deep understanding of the user and an exceptional eye for detail.
- Collaborate with other designers, developers and researchers on mixed methods work to bring integrated value to our clients.
- Explain, discuss and justify design decisions effectively; give design feedback.
Project
- Lead solving design problems end-to-end, from identifying user needs, generating concepts to defining and creating a product and crafting how people will interact with it.
- Take ownership of the end-to-end design of the experience, working in collaboration with design leadership and junior team members.
- Lead product design activities at the project level.
- Create beautiful, impactful and empathetic executions.
- Communicate design concept for digital products through various artefacts such sketches, wireframes, user flows, screen designs and interactive prototypes.
- Comfortable with hybrid working. Every project is different, but we love our team to be in the studio and in our client’s office to work collaboratively.
Client
- We work with a wide variety of clients, across different industries and sectors, however we’re currently looking for designers to work specifically on several health and government projects.
- A number of our clients require background checks. You will need to complete a Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) to confirm your identity, criminal record, right to work and residency.
- Frame design solutions and explain rationale through compelling storytelling.
- Establish and manage client relationships.
- Create quality client deliverables.
- Support new business development efforts by providing expert information in pitch efforts and client meetings.
Qualifications
Community
- Nurture a new generation of talented design practitioners.
- Help to evolve the craft practice, bringing state-of-the-art methods and approaches from external and internal expertise.
- Manage and maintain team morale.
- Assess performance and provide career guidance for those in the design community.
- Support in recruitment, conducting interviews and providing feedback.
- Attend and help plan studio and community events, workshops, and conferences as an Accenture Song ambassador.
- Publish design points-of-view on behalf of Accenture Song.
Skillset
- Extensive experience in Product Design and Product Creation.
- Hybrid design experience, demonstrating that you can merge visual and interaction design skills to create unique design solutions.
- Advanced experience in translating business and customer requirements into a compelling holistic experience across different touchpoints.
- Design system creation and management.
- Expert understanding of accessibility guidelines and experience in designing to industry recognised standards.
- Advanced proficiency in design tools including Figma and Adobe CC.
- Have a great appreciation for brand, typography, colour and layout.
- High dexterity in speed and quality with the tools of your trade.
- Extensive experience in running online and offline workshops and interviews with clients and partners to validate design decisions.
- Knowledge of and curiosity about technology, translating its impact on design solutions.
- Knowledge of and experience with driving and applying user-centered design processes.
- Accustomed to working collaboratively with customers and cross-functional team members.
- Proven history of delivering Product Design outcomes on time.
- Familiarity with delivery management tools such as Trello, JIRA or Asana and delivery methodologies such as Agile, DevOPs etc.
- Proven collaborative, management and teamwork skills
