Location: Chicago, IL, United States

As an Experience Design Executive Director in Consumer & Community Banking you will spearhead a team of talented professionals to conceptualize, structure, and detail our offerings within the broader user journey landscape. Leveraging your expertise in experience design principles, devise and enact innovative policies and processes that elevate the user experience and resonate with our organizational strategy. Your role involves setting quality benchmarks, managing asset delivery, and shaping the direction of product initiatives by your team. A staunch advocate for inclusive design and accessibility, exemplify and encourage collaboration and lead your team in creating unparalleled experiences for our diverse user base. Your expertise in interaction design positions you as an advisor to senior management on complex experience design matters, promoting a culture of collaboration and inclusivity across multidisciplinary teams. 

Job responsibilities 

• Lead horizontal collaboration across product and design teams to strengthen integration and deliver a consistent end-to-end user experience for both contact center specialists and customers.
• Oversee artifact creation like wireframes, user flows and prototypes (as needed) to communicate and learn about your designs.
• Be an active member of a larger design team, participate in design critiques and peer reviews.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineering leaders, data experts, and business stakeholders to deliver a user-centered design experience.
• Work and communicate effectively with team members located in multiple global locations.
• Work closely with the rest of the quad (product, engineering, data) to understand design context and collaborate within team for solutions.
• Deliver solutions (research findings, design concepts, content) and participate in critique process to improve design acceptance.
• Develop critical thinking through iteration and design review
• Illustrate a strong understanding and application of design systems (IA, pattern library, visual design libraries, motion library) and its component implications.
• Contribute to high performing teams through the development of self and others, emphasizing continuous learning and growth.
   

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• 10+ years design experience and innovation leadership
• Experience with design thinking methodologies. 
• Expert in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and other design tools. 
• Strong presentation skills that showcase work along with rationale. 
• Demonstrated ability to create working product that shows design intent.
• Develop the  ability to clearly communicate product needs and intent.
• Demonstrates ability to handle multiple priorities / deadlines without compromising quality.
• Develop the ability to incorporate user needs, business needs, and technical constraints/opportunities into the product development process.

• Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design practices.

   

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Experience modernizing complex internal applications with rich interactions; AI/ML integration preferred
• Experience working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.