Design Strategy Lead Job at Insight Global in Chicago

The Design Strategy Lead will join an established team of designers as they work through the product development lifecycle assess, discover, build, scale, and maintain. The Design Strategy Lead will focus their efforts in the discover phase of the product development lifecycle, in its early ideations, to understand what it better looks like from a business outcome and to understand what u would be impacted by the solution. This role will be facilitating and leading discovery via broad spectrum designs, design sprints, and design strategy workshops. They will draw out the current and happy path states, identify design architecture to bring a solution to life, and put together final documents of their findings to present to leadership. This role does not require this individual to be an SME In the business function, rather an SME on design thinking/workshops, user research, familiar with journey mapping/system diagrams, and knowledgeable of what a strong artifact looks like. They should also have strong collaboration skills as they work with cross functional teams and executive presence as they communicate to leadership. Upon conversion, this role could come with the potential for direct reports.

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Required Skills & Experience

7+ years of UI/UX design strategy experience
Experience with Miro and Figma
Digital portfolio with a case study (ex: read out from a research program they led, journey mapping, infrastructure architect diagram)

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Company backgrounds such as IBM/IDEO

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.