The Hired Guns are seeking a resourceful Associate Creative Director, UX to steer user experience strategy for an esteemed digital agency redefining the landscape for emerging and established global brands.
The Nitty Gritty
The backstory on the organization and why they need to hire you!
As Associate Creative Director, UX, you will define and reinvent the digital space for a leading digital agency that is moving ambitious brands (think top four tech and design companies) into new territories. In this competitive market, your role will be pivotal in contributing to the development of digital product concepts and executions. You’ll drive collaborative, cross-team creative efforts for every aspect of a project’s user experience. You’ll be tasked with managing large projects with small teams. who can swoop in and develop information architecture for a variety of digital products. You will be responsible for guaranteeing that all work produced is usable, intelligent, intuitive, and forward-thinking. You will be tasked with effectively communicating research findings, conceptual ideas, and detailed design rationales (both verbally and visually) to clients. You will be expected to participate fully in user testing and to build wireframes and functional prototypes. If you like to get your hands dirty while keeping an eye on overall business goals, then this is the job for you. Not to mention, this company values its highly collaborative environment and wants someone who is excited to work as part of a team to create beautiful work. Note, this role is fully remote, but you must be able to work EST.
Why You?
How you’ll know if you’re a fit…
Hands down, you’re a visionary with an amazing design sensibility. You consider yourself a creative leader (with 4-12 years of experience), but without the ego. You love to design and execute on big concepts. Perhaps you previously worked at a tech company or in an agency environment. You have the ability to carry a project from ideation phase, to prototype and animation deck, to execution. You have experience using web analytics data to inform design decisions (note, you must have an intermediate understanding of major web analytics packages and SEO strategies). You don’t mind working from the ground up, and you have a knack for bringing teams together under one cohesive vision. You possess recognized expertise in one of the following: advertising, collateral, identity, and/or interactive design. Excellent presentation skills and communication abilities at all levels – for both internal and client organizations – are a must. Please have an online portfolio that demonstrates your skills, style, and background.
The Inside Skinny
Why you should quit your job right now and join this organization!
This is an opportunity of a lifetime to define and reinvent the digital space for a creative agency working with the world’s top brands. You’ll be joining a great company culture that strives to keep a prima-donna free work zone (phew). If you’re looking to up your UX Creative Director career and join a down-to-earth and exceptionally talented team, then you should apply to this role ASAP.
The Hired Guns does not and will not discriminate in considering and referring candidates for employment, or in its treatment or advancement of its employees, and will not tolerate harassment, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (including gender identity and expression), sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
