Design Strategy Director

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Responsibilities

• ▹Actively participate in ideation sessions with the project team to concept new experiences, services, and features that ladder up to a differentiated market offering
• ▹Encourage deep partnership across cross-functional teams, creating a space where ideas flow freely
• ▹Collaborate with partners to understand their business model, objectives, and user behaviors, and synthesize insights into visions and long-term roadmaps
• ▹Solve complex product design problems using a hypothesis-driven approach
• ▹Provide a business-driven perspective to frame and present designs

Requirements

• ▹Ability to evaluate and weigh a range of disparate inputs, including market activity, user needs, and partner capabilities
• ▹Ability to develop structured, logical frameworks to prioritize and recommend the most relevant, differentiated experience opportunities
• ▹Ability to define strategic and tactical steps to capture opportunities (product roadmap, experience and feature selection, future optimization)
• ▹Experience in product design, from research to UX/UI design to visual design
• ▹Deep empathy for user needs, with the ability to develop a deep understanding of a partner's business and translate insights into a plan of action
• ▹Strong relationship- and trust-building skills with core decision-makers, internally and externally

Soft skills

About the company

Runyon is a product design and venture studio that helps companies grow. Its team of customer-centered designers, researchers, and strategists crafts new products, experiences, and ventures, combining customer needs and behaviors with leading-edge business strategy. Their work is sprint- and prototype-driven. The team has decades of experience working with global partners including Disney, The New York Times, American Express, and Target.