SENIOR LEAD DESIGNER
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for managing multiple innovation and design projects, managing customer relations, and scouting new business
- Describe the vision of innovation project with teams in to help guide them in conducting background research for the topic to be innovated around
- Evaluate the background research of topic and guide team to ensure their understanding of the current state
- Organizes, participates and leads out in observation activities in the assigned area and reports to the team providing insight into current practices
- Organizes, participates and leads out in the analysis and synthesis activities in the assigned topic designing visual frameworks to be used in the assigned area
- Organizes, participates and leads teams in brainstorming new approaches in creating prototypes
- Organizes, participates and leads teams in prototype development
- Organizes and leads out in the testing of prototypes to be used by the team in Field-testing of new ideas to determine the benefit. Participates in field-testing activities to determine the benefit of the new idea
- Assigns prototyping tasks to team members and participates in the creation of iterative prototypes as feedback is obtained
- Conduct background research of topic to assist team with understanding the current state
- Participates in observation activities in the assigned area and reports to team providing insight into current practices
- Participates and in the in analysis and synthesis activities in the assigned topic designing visual frameworks to be used in innovation in the assigned area
- Participates in brainstorming new approaches to use in creating prototypes and in the prototype development
- Participates in the testing of prototypes to be used by the team in field testing of new ideas to determine the benefit. Participates in field-testing activities to determine the benefit of the new ideas
- Responsible for the creation of iterative prototypes as feedback is obtained
- Creates presentations and reviews presentations of others documenting the findings of the innovation efforts
- Makes presentations independently or with other members of the team in reporting the results of the innovation work
- Prepares, updates and maintains communication materials, and schedules as developed
- Prepares updates and maintains content in the Workplace Solutions web site and slide show presentations and assists with the creation of standards or templates for Workplace Solutions presentations
Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum seven (7) years in design, innovation, or related field
- Minimum three (3) years of managing projects
Education
- Bachelor’s degree required
License, Certification, Registration
- N/A
Additional Requirements:
- Human Centered Design
- Metrics
- Project Management
- Team Management
- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems
- Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards
- Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories
- Viewed as functional expert in field
- Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts
- Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- MFA in Design (Service, Communication, Industrial, UX, or related design degree)
- Knowledge of health care industry
- Experience as an active team member on design research and service design projects
- Experience working within the health care field
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and design tools across a variety of media (print, motion, web); specifically, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and AfterEffects