Kettle Solutions LLC
Director, Interaction Design
Kettle Solutions LLC, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Kettle is a team of passionate, fearless creatives focused on delivering great products, redefining best-practices, and providing new opportunities for our clients.
Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.We are looking for a Director, Interaction Design (IXD) to join one of our largest accounts. In this role, you’ll set the product vision, design new features, and enhance existing ones while establishing scalable UX/UI patterns across platforms. As a design director, you’ll both lead and manage a group of designers as a project lead, while contributing directly to the work as the most senior practitioner on the team.Candidates should have:
Extensive interaction or product design experience in either agency or related environments designing iOS and Android native applications, websites, and internal tools.Design leadership experience across the product design lifecycle, including experience leading both UX and UI design workstreams.A clear communication style, with proven experience collaborating with senior level clients and presenting to executive leadership.Experience delivering user-focused solutions in high-complexity categories (financial services, telco, consumer tech, etc.)Experience managing and mentoring junior to senior level IxD designersWhile not required, bonus if you have experience with:Design of AI-enabled featuresWorking with Adobe Experience ManagerWe’d like to know that you can:
Guide high-level strategic decisions around product design and experienceContribute to the entire product lifecycle from start to finish — starting with defining IA, user journey, wireframes, to designing user interactions and handoff to developmentBalance leadership of the team with hands-on design work, guiding projects towards design excellence.Lead the IxD stream of work on projects, understanding how to break larger projects down into smaller tracts to handoff to designers and bring learnings from one work stream to anotherPartner with teammates of different disciplines including strategy, production, and development.Build strong client relationships with a solid understanding of their business needs, goals, and how those intersect with the consumer’s experienceAdapt to different working styles and processes, from quick turn optimization to blue sky visioning.Manage and mentor designers of all levels, helping them chart their career path and provide opportunities to growThe target range of base compensation for this role is $180k-$220k. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.A little about us A digital-native creative agency with offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.We’re a team of makers, doers, and passionate problem-solvers with a simple mission:to make tomorrow better. We spend countless hours tinkering and asking questions untilwe unequivocally know the product is in its purest, most elegant form. Our strengths arecreating user-centric products, keeping it simple, and telling great stories. Our weaknessesare baked goods, french fries, and karaoke.Show us what you got. All fields are required unless otherwise indicated.About youFirst NameLast NameEmailPhone Number (optional)Website (optional)Resume/CV Or upload a PDFLinkedIn Profile (optional)upload a PDFMore about youAre you legally authorized to work in the United States? Yes NoWill you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to work at Kettle? Yes NoAt Kettle, we care deeply about diversity, acceptance, and belonging across our offices. With effort placed on to creating dialogue, community, and expression outside of binaries, we would love to know how you prefer to be addressed. This is completely optional, but if you're comfortable sharing this information, please let us know your pronouns. (optional)Director, Interaction DesignAccepting applications everywhere.The role Kettle is a team of passionate, fearless creatives focused on delivering great products, redefining best-practices, and providing new opportunities for our clients.We are looking for a Director, Interaction Design (IXD) to join one of our largest accounts. In this role, you’ll set the product vision, design new features, and enhance existing ones while establishing scalable UX/UI patterns across platforms. As a design director, you’ll both lead and manage a group of designers as a project lead, while contributing directly to the work as the most senior practitioner on the team.Candidates should have:
Extensive interaction or product design experience in either agency or related environments designing iOS and Android native applications, websites, and internal tools.Design leadership experience across the product design lifecycle, including experience leading both UX and UI design workstreams.A clear communication style, with proven experience collaborating with senior level clients and presenting to executive leadership.Experience delivering user-focused solutions in high-complexity categories (financial services, telco, consumer tech, etc.)Experience working in agile product design/development modelsExperience managing and mentoring junior to senior level IxD designersWhile not required, bonus if you have experience with:
Design of AI-enabled featuresWorking with Adobe Experience Manager
We’d like to know that you can:
Guide high-level strategic decisions around product design and experienceContribute to the entire product lifecycle from start to finish — starting with defining IA, user journey, wireframes, to designing user interactions and handoff to developmentBalance leadership of the team with hands-on design work, guiding projects towards design excellence.Lead the IxD stream of work on projects, understanding how to break larger projects down into smaller tracts to handoff to designers and bring learnings from one work stream to anotherPartner with teammates of different disciplines including strategy, production, and development.Build strong client relationships with a solid understanding of their business needs, goals, and how those intersect with the consumer’s experienceAdapt to different working styles and processes, from quick turn optimization to blue sky visioning.Manage and mentor designers of all levels, helping them chart their career path and provide opportunities to growThe target range of base compensation for this role is $180k-$220k. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.A little about us A digital-native creative agency with offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.We’re a team of makers, doers, and passionate problem-solvers with a simple mission:to make tomorrow better. We spend countless hours tinkering and asking questions untilwe unequivocally know the product is in its purest, most elegant form. Our strengths arecreating user-centric products, keeping it simple, and telling great stories. Our weaknessesare baked goods, french fries, and karaoke.Show us what you got. All fields are required unless otherwise indicated.About you First Name Last Name Email Phone Number (optional) Website (optional) Resume/CV Or upload a PDF LinkedIn Profile (optional) Cover Letter (optional) Or upload a PDF More about you Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? Yes No Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to work at Kettle? Yes No At Kettle, we care deeply about diversity, acceptance, and belonging across our offices. With effort placed on to creating dialogue, community, and expression outside of binaries, we would love to know how you prefer to be addressed. This is completely optional, but if you're comfortable sharing this information, please let us know your pronouns. (optional) Choose a file to upload Choose a file to upload#J-18808-Ljbffr
Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.We are looking for a Director, Interaction Design (IXD) to join one of our largest accounts. In this role, you’ll set the product vision, design new features, and enhance existing ones while establishing scalable UX/UI patterns across platforms. As a design director, you’ll both lead and manage a group of designers as a project lead, while contributing directly to the work as the most senior practitioner on the team.Candidates should have:
Extensive interaction or product design experience in either agency or related environments designing iOS and Android native applications, websites, and internal tools.Design leadership experience across the product design lifecycle, including experience leading both UX and UI design workstreams.A clear communication style, with proven experience collaborating with senior level clients and presenting to executive leadership.Experience delivering user-focused solutions in high-complexity categories (financial services, telco, consumer tech, etc.)Experience managing and mentoring junior to senior level IxD designersWhile not required, bonus if you have experience with:Design of AI-enabled featuresWorking with Adobe Experience ManagerWe’d like to know that you can:
Guide high-level strategic decisions around product design and experienceContribute to the entire product lifecycle from start to finish — starting with defining IA, user journey, wireframes, to designing user interactions and handoff to developmentBalance leadership of the team with hands-on design work, guiding projects towards design excellence.Lead the IxD stream of work on projects, understanding how to break larger projects down into smaller tracts to handoff to designers and bring learnings from one work stream to anotherPartner with teammates of different disciplines including strategy, production, and development.Build strong client relationships with a solid understanding of their business needs, goals, and how those intersect with the consumer’s experienceAdapt to different working styles and processes, from quick turn optimization to blue sky visioning.Manage and mentor designers of all levels, helping them chart their career path and provide opportunities to growThe target range of base compensation for this role is $180k-$220k. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.A little about us A digital-native creative agency with offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.We’re a team of makers, doers, and passionate problem-solvers with a simple mission:to make tomorrow better. We spend countless hours tinkering and asking questions untilwe unequivocally know the product is in its purest, most elegant form. Our strengths arecreating user-centric products, keeping it simple, and telling great stories. Our weaknessesare baked goods, french fries, and karaoke.Show us what you got. All fields are required unless otherwise indicated.About youFirst NameLast NameEmailPhone Number (optional)Website (optional)Resume/CV Or upload a PDFLinkedIn Profile (optional)upload a PDFMore about youAre you legally authorized to work in the United States? Yes NoWill you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to work at Kettle? Yes NoAt Kettle, we care deeply about diversity, acceptance, and belonging across our offices. With effort placed on to creating dialogue, community, and expression outside of binaries, we would love to know how you prefer to be addressed. This is completely optional, but if you're comfortable sharing this information, please let us know your pronouns. (optional)Director, Interaction DesignAccepting applications everywhere.The role Kettle is a team of passionate, fearless creatives focused on delivering great products, redefining best-practices, and providing new opportunities for our clients.We are looking for a Director, Interaction Design (IXD) to join one of our largest accounts. In this role, you’ll set the product vision, design new features, and enhance existing ones while establishing scalable UX/UI patterns across platforms. As a design director, you’ll both lead and manage a group of designers as a project lead, while contributing directly to the work as the most senior practitioner on the team.Candidates should have:
Extensive interaction or product design experience in either agency or related environments designing iOS and Android native applications, websites, and internal tools.Design leadership experience across the product design lifecycle, including experience leading both UX and UI design workstreams.A clear communication style, with proven experience collaborating with senior level clients and presenting to executive leadership.Experience delivering user-focused solutions in high-complexity categories (financial services, telco, consumer tech, etc.)Experience working in agile product design/development modelsExperience managing and mentoring junior to senior level IxD designersWhile not required, bonus if you have experience with:
Design of AI-enabled featuresWorking with Adobe Experience Manager
We’d like to know that you can:
Guide high-level strategic decisions around product design and experienceContribute to the entire product lifecycle from start to finish — starting with defining IA, user journey, wireframes, to designing user interactions and handoff to developmentBalance leadership of the team with hands-on design work, guiding projects towards design excellence.Lead the IxD stream of work on projects, understanding how to break larger projects down into smaller tracts to handoff to designers and bring learnings from one work stream to anotherPartner with teammates of different disciplines including strategy, production, and development.Build strong client relationships with a solid understanding of their business needs, goals, and how those intersect with the consumer’s experienceAdapt to different working styles and processes, from quick turn optimization to blue sky visioning.Manage and mentor designers of all levels, helping them chart their career path and provide opportunities to growThe target range of base compensation for this role is $180k-$220k. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.A little about us A digital-native creative agency with offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.We’re a team of makers, doers, and passionate problem-solvers with a simple mission:to make tomorrow better. We spend countless hours tinkering and asking questions untilwe unequivocally know the product is in its purest, most elegant form. Our strengths arecreating user-centric products, keeping it simple, and telling great stories. Our weaknessesare baked goods, french fries, and karaoke.Show us what you got. All fields are required unless otherwise indicated.About you First Name Last Name Email Phone Number (optional) Website (optional) Resume/CV Or upload a PDF LinkedIn Profile (optional) Cover Letter (optional) Or upload a PDF More about you Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? Yes No Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to work at Kettle? Yes No At Kettle, we care deeply about diversity, acceptance, and belonging across our offices. With effort placed on to creating dialogue, community, and expression outside of binaries, we would love to know how you prefer to be addressed. This is completely optional, but if you're comfortable sharing this information, please let us know your pronouns. (optional) Choose a file to upload Choose a file to upload#J-18808-Ljbffr