B/D® Design Lead, UX

WHY DEPT®?

We are pioneers at heart. What this means, is that we are always leaning forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating.

Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 20+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients' problems, no matter where you are in the world. 

WHO WE ARE:

BASIC/DEPT® is a growing global digital agency of 150+ world-class designers, makers, and thinkers - working across 25+ states, 5 time zones, and 3 countries. Driven by bold ideas, top-tier design, cutting-edge technology, and diverse perspectives, B/D® is a place where we rise to the challenge - showing up every day for each other and our client partners to create the best work of our lives.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

The Product Design Lead is an integral part of the B/D® team. You collaborate with a creative team to ensure that large-scale digital products are developed and exceed the client's needs – leveraging data to empower systematic design decisions, and UX best practices. This includes proactively challenging the B/D® team to not just solve our client's problems but to provide solutions that are bigger and better than anyone thought they could be. You are user-focused, detail-oriented, excellent at collaborating and multitasking, and eager to guide a team to make things come to life. You love the craft, the collaboration, and the grit it takes to make something great.

Leadership is exciting to you, but you’re also willing to follow others because you understand that great ideas can come from anywhere. You sweat the details and expect others to do the same. You’ve made it where you are by embracing every challenge and seeing every challenge as an opportunity. You want to be here because you want to create things people love.

In your role, you will report to the Creative Director, who will drive the strategy and direction for the creative and design team. You will support the strategic goals of the company by focusing on the success of these activities and assisting with meeting the short and long-term objectives of the organization.

• Collaborate with the Creative leads to lead a team of 10+ creatives, with a team of 30+ talented people.
• Design and set high standards for the company's efforts.
• Lead and contribute to project kick-off workshops.
• Generate strategic insights and moodboards that facilitate creative thinking and innovation.
• Collaborate with the team to drive several large-scale digital projects to completion including websites, branding, content, UX thinking and more.
• Inspire the client as well as the team to define and align on a collective vision.
• Develop and implement successful design strategies, outlining how the design team will create deliverables and implement them for the project.
• Establish direction, craft guidelines, build presentation materials, and even assist with production and delivery when required. 
• Provide leadership to the team to include putting the client and the team before yourself.
• Responsible for bringing a point-of-view with fresh perspectives to the team. 
• Work with minimal processes in place, solving problems by being optimistic and using proactive thought processes and skills.
• Contribute to the design discipline by inspiring, developing insights and elevating the work we do through conversation, and mentoring.
• Collaborate to ensure that the company’s services and products always exceed the clients’ expectations and work to foresee any issues and develop solutions.
• Assist with ensuring that projects come in within deadlines and specified budget. 
• Identify the decision makers within the client's organization and use excellent interpersonal skills to grow and maintain these relationships.
• Work across all departments of BASIC, the client, and other stakeholders to achieve the desired results and meet the objectives of the company.
• Support and grow in the role by actively seeking out and proposing ideas to better improve company operations.
• Take on other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Knowledge, communicative, and analytical skills equivalent to those normally obtained through receipt of a Bachelor’s Degree in a d