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GEICO

Principal Designer II

GEICO, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, 20815


GEICO is looking for an accomplished, customer obsessed, and results oriented Principal Designer II. The ideal candidate will be comfortable collaborating with senior executives across multiple lines of business, engineering, and product management to shape the vision of our product’s experiences and ensure our design work meets the highest standards.

Apply promptly! A high volume of applicants is expected for the role as detailed below, do not wait to send your CV.As a Principal Designer II, you will be responsible for influencing and contributing to teams of designers across multiple projects. You will work with our customers, business leaders, engineers, and product leadership to determine design requirements, product roadmaps and OKRs. You will constantly improve our product experiences and our design process and methodologies. You will be an exemplary leader in a multi-disciplinary design and research organization that values people, human-centered design, and a growth mindset.As the design lead for GEICO’s digital messaging strategy, your role will revolve around shaping and executing a cohesive and impactful communications plan through collaboration with Brand Marketing that aligns with the company’s overarching goals while placing and keeping the customer’s needs top of mind to guide decisions. You will play a key role in assessing, (re)defining and maintaining our brand voice and identity across the end-to-end digital customer experience, and across channels and touchpoints. This is an IC-role that will require close and constant partnership across and with brand marketing, business, product, engineering, as well as other design leaders and teams. In addition to strategy creation and leadership, the ideal candidate should also be eager to roll up their sleeves and create, test, and deliver content.This position is a hybrid role that requires to be on-site 3 days a week at one of the following locations:Chevy Chase, MD; Chicago, IL; Fredericksburg/Richmond, VAJob Responsibilities:Brings a deep expertise in UX and UI design to our design teams to influence and craft the direction of our product’s experiences.Collaborates with product, engineering, and business executives to uncover customer and business needs.Contributes to design systems and standards to ensure consistent user experiences across all digital touchpoints.Translates complex ideas into understandable concepts and solutions that evolve and enhance the product experience.Advocates for the customer through human-centered design methods, including discovery, research sessions, and user testing.Facilitates and participates in workshops with internal and external stakeholders to align with business needs.Drives end-to-end product design by framing problems, developing insights, and designing new methodologies/practices to serve customer needs.Contributes to projects by developing user flows, wireframes, journey maps, and user interface design specifications.Mentors designers providing guidance and feedback to individuals grow their skills and careers.Basic Qualifications:12+ years of experience with User Experience designPreferred Qualifications:Demonstrate ability to work across design processes e.g. user research, user experience design, UI design and specifications.An exceptional portfolio showcasing groundbreaking design work across multiple platforms and technologies.Ability to influence work across multiple teams and lines of businessEffective executive level communication and storytelling skillsProficiency with design tools (i.e., Figma) to deliver concepts and enable successful collaboration across teamsFamiliarity leading and working in an established design system within agile development teamAt this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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