Senior Conversational Designer - IVR

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. 

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. 

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

GEICO is looking for a passionate and talented Sr. Conversational Designer. This role will work on a variety of conversational platforms, designing experiences that serve customer needs across the enterprise and connect to different communication channels. The individual will work closely with product managers, engineers and other experienced designers from initial concept and strategy through the execution. Your background in conversational design will help guide the team in creating designs that are focused on natural interactions for customers.

This position is a hybrid role that requires to be on-site 2-3 days a week at one of the following locations:  Palo Alto, CA; Manhattan, NYC; Seattle, WA.

Job Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to inform intuitive and engaging customer experiences
• Design conversational flows, wireframes, and mockups for new and existing interactions across a variety of channels (chatbots, IVR, voice)
• Advocate for the customer through human-centered research methodologies
• Create new guidelines, best practices and build a stronger foundation of conversational design principles
• Complete analysis of existing conversation paths to discover improvement opportunities in both conversation and expansion of AI or Machine Learning
• Champion prioritization of design centered product enhancements grounded in research and analysis
• Collaborate closely with Tech partners to leverage new machine learning, AI platforms, and NLP to build engaging cross channel conversational experiences.
• Scope requests, develop and communicate a level of effort, plan work in a team environment, adjust quickly to changes or new information, and escalate when necessary.


Basic Qualifications:
5+ years of experience in conversational design

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field 
Application of Natural Language Processing and Conversation Design principles used in successful creation of customer facing voice/chat experiences
Expertise and background in analysis of conversational flows and surveys

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience designing for cross channel experiences
• Understanding of machine learning and AI interfaces
• Effective communication and storytelling skills
• Proficiency with design tools and conversation platforms, such as Figma, DialogFlow, Amazon Lex
• Experience in prompt engineering and working with LLM and RAG systems
• Familiarity with working in an established design system
• Understanding of content strategy and design principles
• UX research and testing background, interviewing end users

 

 

Annual Salary

$109,675.00 - $172,200.00

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.

 

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind.  You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

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