Director, Design

GEICO is looking for an accomplished, customer obsessed, and results oriented Director of Design. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with a variety of business partners and delivering outcomes. The selected candidate will lead a team of designers and will be responsible for building and growing a team of designers as well as the product experiences. Collaborates with customers, engineers, and product management to determine design requirements, create mockups, user workflows, conduct user research, and provide feedback. 

 

This position is a hybrid role, and it is required to be on-site 3 days a week at one of the following locations: Chevy Chase, MD, Fredericksburg, VA, New York, NY, Chicago, IL, or San Jose, CA. 

 

Director, Design 

This role is a combination of people management and design work. As a leader of the team, you will be responsible for building and growing a team of designers as well as the product experiences. You will work with our customers, engineers, and product management to determine design requirements, create mockups, user workflows, do user research, and provide feedback to constantly improve our product experiences. 

 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Collaborates with product, engineering, and business teams to uncover customer and business needs. Translates needs into digital experiences. 

• Translates complex ideas into understandable concepts that evolve and enhance the product experience. 

• Manages through shifting priorities to provide clear direction and input on product prioritization and support early product definition.  

• Advocates for the customer through human-centered design methods, including discovery, research sessions, and user testing. 

• Facilitates and participates in workshops with internal and external stakeholders to align with business needs. 

• Drives end-to-end product design by framing problems, designing insights, and designing new methodologies/practices to serve customer needs. 

• Creates process and user flows, wireframes, journey maps, and interaction models. 

• Delivers design assets for acceptance, development, and delivery to market in partnership with engineering. 

• Teaches, mentors and guides designers. 

• Prepares and manages department business plans, staffing projections and budgets.  

 

Basic Qualifications: 

• 12+ years of experience with User Experience design 

• 7+ years leading and mentoring design teams 

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience designing for cross channel experiences 

• Strong communication and storytelling skills 

• Proficiency with design tools (i.e., Figma) to deliver concepts and enable successful collaboration across teams  

• Familiarity with working in an established design system 

 

Annual Salary

$137,000.00 - $224,000.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

 

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

 

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location.  Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

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