Jobleads-US is hiring: Principal, Design Strategist in San Francisco

Lab Summary:

Samsung Design Innovation Center is one of the leading overseas design studios in Samsung, located in San Francisco, CA. Our mission is to understand people and lifestyles to deliver meaningful experiences through beautiful yet functional design, enabled by innovative cutting-edge technologies.

SDIC is working on various advanced product experiences that can envision and shape the future of Samsung Business, collaborating with various internal teams through an experience-driven approach. Our work appears on smartphones, tablets, computers, televisions, wearables, and other devices we can’t describe yet. See some of our work at Samsung Design Innovation Center.

We are looking for talented designers, strategists, and creative technologists to join our group and bring new energy to our process. You should be ready to help at all stages of product design, from identifying unmet and latent needs, discovering new design opportunities, designing new product concepts, to applying technology creatively to solve real user problems and create radically new experiences that re-imagine the way we interact with products.

Position Summary:

The Design Strategist is responsible for orchestrating product innovation efforts through the creation of well-structured, strategic, and inspiring narratives. They drive the crafting of ideas and design concepts that turn complex and confusing into simple, understandable, and desirable.

The Design Strategist achieves this through an understanding of people via qualitative and quantitative research, understanding market opportunities through market research and competitive assessment, and comprehension of feasibility via technology scanning activities. They are skilled at synthesizing this data into core insights and creating compelling and persuasive narratives to enable storytelling. Furthermore, the Design Strategist will work with Engineers, Designers, and Creatives to translate insights and concepts into tangible prototypes and product designs.

We are interested in passionate and self-motivated individuals who are comfortable in a highly fluid environment. You will bring drive, smarts, and curiosity; we will provide the environment for you to thrive and grow.

• Strong User Research, Strategy, and Design experience
• Comfort and experience with research, including but not limited to user and ethnographic research, market research, interviewing, survey design, and data analysis
• Storytelling skills and the ability to create compelling narratives using visual tools
• Experience working in a creative environment with designers, and an interest in human-centered design (aka design thinking)
• A passion for consumer technology and innovation
• Experience in identifying emerging opportunities and delivering via new products or services
• Resource and project management skills

Position Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, document, visualize, and develop ideas for experiences and products and take them from germinal to shippable
• Work on experiences, products, and features in close collaboration with other stakeholders
• Create experiences that successfully accomplish appropriately set goals
• Lead projects and engage with a variety of stakeholders to get input and assess options
• Articulate design vision through prototyping, scenario modeling, strategic roadmaps, etc.
• Create well-structured, strategic, and inspiring narratives for entire deliverables and work with the rest of the team to support the narrative
• Craft ideas and design concepts that turn complex and confusing into simple and understandable
• Travel internationally and domestically and work overtime when needed

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree required and Master’s Degree preferred in Design, HCI, Product Management, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 14+ years of design strategy with Project Management/Leadership, User Experience as a foundation
• Document and visualize results of research, strategy, and new ideas, high-fidelity user scenarios
• Able to present and defend ideas to the internal team and help critique and push the rest of the team to better work
• Experience and a proven ability to think commercially, strategically, and creatively
• Clear, concise, and transparent communication style
• Action-oriented, diligent, and flexible
• A clear understanding of user-centered design processes and proven methodologies for identifying and solving problems
• Time management skills, attention to detail, and ability to think and act strategically and proactively
• Be clear, concise, have a transparent communication style, willing to take action, and open to starting a project, idea, or concept from scratch

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