Dublin, Ireland Based Only
We have a new and exciting position for an experienced Head of Design with a strong UI/UX /Product Design background and proven management skills.
This role will require someone who has a high level of strategic and innovative skills obtained from working with bringing ideas to life by ideating, designing, testing, building, launching and scaling products.
The prime areas of work are ideation and validation of solution ideas along with solution prototyping and therefore focused on delivering outcomes that centre on helping clients direct their innovation investment with both confidence and credibility.
Responsibilities:
- To develop and implement strategic roadmaps for digital innovation initiatives
- To identify opportunities and set goals to define the direction for digital transformation
- To head up and lead the Design (UI /UX / Product/ Research) to ensure that all digital products and services are high end user friendly as well as visually appealing aligning with industry best practices
- To manage a growing team of up to 3 UI /UX /Product/Graphic Designers ,providing guidance and overseeing all design processes – this will include hands-on design
- To assess emerging technologies, tools and trends to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement
- To collaborate with the technical teams to evaluate and select the right technologies that will enhance the digital experience and drive business outcomes
- To oversee the end-to-end execution of digital innovation projects and to make sure that they are delivered within scope, budget and to deadlines by coordination with cross functional teams and managing resources
- To ensure effective communication is driven throughout the full project life cycles at all levels and in particular with C Levels
- To collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and business leaders to understand needs and to align digital innovation initiatives with the business goals
- To build solid relationships with clients and external partners to foster collaboration and to identify opportunities for co-innovation
- To continually stay updated on industry trends, UX best practice, and emerging technologies
- To innovative ideas to drive CI , enhancing the company’s digital offerings
- To develop a deep understanding of the client’s business goals and user needs
Experience / qualifications:
- A Design related Degree with an emphasis on UX
- Proven experience within a high performing tech startup / corporate company or tech company
- Proven Head level experience designing UX for digital products across both web and mobile applications
- Expertise in product design tools – Figma/ Sketch etc
- Expertise in creative design tools – Adobe creative suite / MS Office
- Strong team leadership with management level expertise along with a good level people management skills
- Experience with agile / scrum methodologies
- Holistic / methodical and human centred approach to product and service design from ux research and insight generation to concepts and deliverables
- A very positive and passionate attitude with strong motivational skills to deliver the highest quality of work
- Flexible approach with a can do attitude and motivational team leader
- A natural problem solver.
- Ability to autonomously time manage and prioritise
- Hybrid working – you must be based in Ireland only
If you are looking for a new challenge and have the expertise outlined above, and are passionate to drive business forward, then please apply now with CV and portfolio and cover letter outlining your specific experience to Ruth@digitaltalentservices.com
No visa sponsorship.
All applications must be eligible to live and work in Ireland only.
Successful applicants for screening will be contacted within 3 working days.
If you do not hear within this time, please take it that on this occasion your application was not successful but thank you for your time.