Design Strategy Director

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Responsibilities

• ▹Active participation in ideation sessions to concept new experiences, services, and features
• ▹Encouraging deep cross-functional partnership
• ▹Collaborating with partners to understand business model, objectives, and user behaviors, synthesizing insights into visions and roadmaps
• ▹Solving complex product design problems using a hypothesis-driven approach
• ▹Providing a business-driven perspective to frame designs

Requirements

• ▹Ability to evaluate and weigh a range of disparate inputs, including market activity, user needs, and partners' capabilities
• ▹Developing structured and logical frameworks to prioritize the most relevant, differentiated experience opportunities
• ▹Experience in product design, from research to UX/UI design to visual design
• ▹Deep empathy for user needs
• ▹Ability to develop deep understanding of a partner's business and generate insights
• ▹Strong relationship- and trust-building skills with internal and external decision-makers

Soft skills

About the company

Runyon is a product design and venture studio of customer-centered designers, researchers, and strategists that crafts new products, experiences, and ventures, having worked with partners such as Disney, The New York Times, American Express, and Target.