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Lee Enterprises Inc, Davenport, IA, Full-time, ManagementThe Chief Design Officer (CDO) at Lee Enterprises is responsible for establishing and leading an enterprise-wide Design Center of Excellence, focusing on digital product design and customer experience. This strategic role is essential for driving innovation, ensuring brand consistency, and embedding design thinking into all aspects of the company's operations. Reporting directly to the CIO, the CDO will lead product ideation, voice of the customer initiatives, customer validation processes, and be an integral part of the product development lifecycle.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This role involves direct leadership and oversight of the design team, including providing mentorship, conducting performance evaluations, and fostering a culture of creativity and continuous improvement. The CDO will also manage external partnerships with design agencies and freelancers to enhance in-house capabilities. Additionally, the CDO will be responsible for growing the design team, overseeing recruitment, and nurturing a compelling team culture.
Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities of the position will include:
Lead Product Ideation:
Drive the creative process from concept through to product launch, ensuring that innovative ideas are developed into feasible and impactful products.Voice of the Customer:
Champion customer-centric design by integrating insights from customer feedback and research into the design process, ensuring that products resonate with users.Customer Validation:
Oversee user research, testing, and validation activities to confirm that design solutions meet customer needs and expectations.Integral Part of Product Development Lifecycle:
Act as a key stakeholder in the product development lifecycle, ensuring that design is embedded throughout all stages, from initial concept to final delivery.Transform User Experience:
Support the development of innovative new business ideas and ensure high-quality design standards across all front-end interaction points, including web and mobile experiences.Design Strategy & Collaboration:
Develop and implement a cohesive design strategy aligned with business goals to drive brand consistency and user engagement, while collaborating with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing teams.Manage Design Process:
Oversee the design process from concept to execution, ensuring brand consistency and quality.Transform the Organization:
Represent design at C-level leadership and board meetings and lead educational initiatives to establish a common design language and practices across the organization.Design Standardization:
Drive design standardization across the organization with regular design reviews and advancement training for the team.Grow and Empower the Design Team:
Lead efforts to recruit, hire, and retain top design talent, while fostering a thriving community of designers through networking, professional development, and creating a supportive team culture.Required Skills/Abilities:
Extensive experience in digital product design, with a strong portfolio demonstrating user-centered design solutions.Proven leadership skills, with experience managing and inspiring design teams.Expertise in driving product ideation, integrating customer feedback into design processes, and leading customer validation efforts.Proficiency in creating comprehensive design systems across multiple products, consumer journeys, and teams.Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts to various stakeholders and represent the brand in public forums.Experience managing diverse, multidisciplinary teams across geographies, and driving a collaborative, non-hierarchical work culture.Education and Experience:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.15+ years of design experience in design-led organizations or agencies, with at least 10 years in leadership roles.Proven track record in leading design teams and contributing to major product or portfolio releases.Certificates/Licenses:
Relevant certifications in design or UX are preferred but not required.Why Join Us?
Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 73 markets in 26 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.
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