Circle Internet Services Inc.
Director of Design
Circle Internet Services Inc., San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Description
As the Director of Design at CircleCI, you will lead our design team and shape our overall creative vision and design strategy to deliver developers a first-class, consumer-grade, user experience. You will work closely with product management, engineering, marketing, and other key stakeholders to create an exceptional experience that aligns with our business goals. This role requires a leader with a deep understanding of design principles, a passion for user-centric design, and the ability to inspire and mentor a team of talented designers.
What You’ll Do
Direct the product design and visual design functions to align the talent, tools, and processes with the business goals and product strategy.
Bring a first-class, consumer-grade, user experience to developers.
Use your knowledge of best practices to lead a design team across the full product life cycle, from user research to requirements refinement to prototyping and ultimately to production product
Work with Engineering, Product Management, and Marketing to translate business strategies into actionable products and design deliverables.
Become deeply immersed in the developer ecosystem and understand developer problems.
Understand and measure the metrics that drive business success and the impact of the design team's work.
Practice a highly efficient, iterative design process to support the vision.
Get hands-on by rapidly developing user flows, wireframes, mockups, etc. as needed.
Attract, inspire, mentor, and grow top design talent while building a culture that elevates performance.
Improve the operational model to increase team effectiveness.
Create a culture of craft, quality, and execution by inspiring and leading product designers across experience levels.
Who You Are
10+ years of experience in designing user experiences and interaction design for rich, interactive consumer or enterprise applications, with a minimum of 5 years managing and leading design and research teams.
Thrives in a fast-paced product environment
Experience in building and designing tools that are productivity enhancements for teams, preferably for the developer ecosystem.
A proactive problem solver with a strong bias towards action and curiosity to go beyond the job description.
A proven track record in bringing a user focus to high-impact, high-visibility projects.
A respected people manager with high EQ, and excellent storytelling and communication skills.
A strong portfolio showcasing problem-solving skills at a large scale and high design caliber.
Ability to lead the design of complex systems of interactions across web, mobile, and API touchpoints.
Ability to quickly grasp and distill highly complex user design issues into clean, understandable solutions
Ability to lead, coach, inspire, and motivate a team to create and deliver truly remarkable work
Ability to attract and recruit exceptional talent
Demonstrated understanding of user-centered design skills, disciplines, and principles as well as an eye for subtle detail
Experience facilitating workshops and brainstorming sessions
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As the Director of Design at CircleCI, you will lead our design team and shape our overall creative vision and design strategy to deliver developers a first-class, consumer-grade, user experience. You will work closely with product management, engineering, marketing, and other key stakeholders to create an exceptional experience that aligns with our business goals. This role requires a leader with a deep understanding of design principles, a passion for user-centric design, and the ability to inspire and mentor a team of talented designers.
What You’ll Do
Direct the product design and visual design functions to align the talent, tools, and processes with the business goals and product strategy.
Bring a first-class, consumer-grade, user experience to developers.
Use your knowledge of best practices to lead a design team across the full product life cycle, from user research to requirements refinement to prototyping and ultimately to production product
Work with Engineering, Product Management, and Marketing to translate business strategies into actionable products and design deliverables.
Become deeply immersed in the developer ecosystem and understand developer problems.
Understand and measure the metrics that drive business success and the impact of the design team's work.
Practice a highly efficient, iterative design process to support the vision.
Get hands-on by rapidly developing user flows, wireframes, mockups, etc. as needed.
Attract, inspire, mentor, and grow top design talent while building a culture that elevates performance.
Improve the operational model to increase team effectiveness.
Create a culture of craft, quality, and execution by inspiring and leading product designers across experience levels.
Who You Are
10+ years of experience in designing user experiences and interaction design for rich, interactive consumer or enterprise applications, with a minimum of 5 years managing and leading design and research teams.
Thrives in a fast-paced product environment
Experience in building and designing tools that are productivity enhancements for teams, preferably for the developer ecosystem.
A proactive problem solver with a strong bias towards action and curiosity to go beyond the job description.
A proven track record in bringing a user focus to high-impact, high-visibility projects.
A respected people manager with high EQ, and excellent storytelling and communication skills.
A strong portfolio showcasing problem-solving skills at a large scale and high design caliber.
Ability to lead the design of complex systems of interactions across web, mobile, and API touchpoints.
Ability to quickly grasp and distill highly complex user design issues into clean, understandable solutions
Ability to lead, coach, inspire, and motivate a team to create and deliver truly remarkable work
Ability to attract and recruit exceptional talent
Demonstrated understanding of user-centered design skills, disciplines, and principles as well as an eye for subtle detail
Experience facilitating workshops and brainstorming sessions
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