Principal UX Designer/Architect

Job Description:

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted.  No relocation is offered

If you are passionate about transforming ideas into user-centered products and thrive in a collaborative environment, we invite you to apply for the Principal of Product Design and Innovation role.  

Reporting to the AVP of Product Design and Innovation, for Business Products, you will lead and inspire a team of 5-10 professionals in product design, UX, and research. This new discipline and organization report to the CPO, offering a unique opportunity to shape the future of product design. 

As a Principal User Experience Designer, you will: 

• Use your combo of design skills and leadership qualities to design (and redesign) a diverse set of experiences and products for AT&T.  

• Serve as the creative point-of-contact and project lead for UX design projects, collaborating with teammates and internal sponsors to guide the projects’ activities, strategy, and timeline. 

• Use storytelling, UX, and prototypes to compellingly convey the vision, flow, and features of the product you are designing. 

• Collaborate with fellow UX designers, researchers, and other internal teams to generate ideas and get feedback on your designs. 

• Successfully work with developers, project managers, and other internal teams to get your designs into production. 

• Work on several projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines. 

• Help to lead, organize, and facilitate design workshops with clients and partners as needed. 

• Be a mentor for our growing team of junior and senior UX designers. 

Required Experience & Characteristics: 

• 7+ years of interaction/graphic design experience across a variety of digital media (or equivalent experience). 

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, or an equivalent degree preferred. 

• Strong portfolio of design and UX work. A track record of leading substantial design projects. 

• Comfortable in an executive-facing role. 

• Experience in concept ideation, design strategy, and digital prototyping. Must be very comfortable with graphic design and interactive tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, Principle, Framer, etc. (And have the drive to always learn and experiment with new tools.) 

• Knowledge or expertise in one or more of the following is a plus: visual design, machine learning, mobile applications, web applications, messaging interfaces, illustration, video/film production. 

• Entrepreneurial Spirit + Collaborative Drive: You’re excited to help us build the culture of our new team, comfortable being proactive and taking the lead on projects and eager to work with your teammates to make your designs better. 

• Systems Thinker with a Product Mindset: You’re great at wrangling complex problems and finding clarity and simplicity. You think strategically about any design challenge and seek to create holistic, compelling products that serve the end user. 

• Empathetic + Fun: You’re well-versed in user-centered methodologies and design thinking. You design for consumer needs first and foremost. Oh, and you’re great fun to work with. 

• Leadership + Communication: You have excellent leadership, communication, project management,