Associate Director, Product Design

T3 builds the world’s most useful brands and the experiences that power them.
 
Product Design at T3 applies an agile mindset and design thinking methodology to solve our clients’ problems with design. We believe products should be useful, innovative, and valuable to the people who use them. As our Associate Director, Product Design, you will provide leadership and direction to the Austin-based team of product designers and design researchers across multiple clients.
 
You're an advocate of good design in execution and outcome. You take the time to listen, to understand, and to collaborate with your peers, clients, and their customers. You have the ability to present, defend, and persuade.
 
What you’ll do:
  • Lead design for client engagements: from pitch to completion, including the definition of digital design systems, screen designs, usability, and delivery
  • Persuasively and effectively communicate design decisions and rationale to clients and internal teams
  • Inspire and motivate collaborative teams to deliver excellent, industry-leading digital experiences
  • Advocate for and model an agile mindset and design thinking practices to solve client business problems
  • Lead design sprints in close collaboration with client engagement and technology leads
  • Contribute to product roadmaps to move clients from MVPs to fully featured experiences, helping to prioritize customer impact with business value
  • Align design intent with technical feasibility, timelines, and budget parameters
  • Provide point-of-view and thought leadership on digital design processes, tools, and methods
  • Coach and mentor mid and junior-level product designers and experience designers (may directly manage 1 or more)
  • Support new business development efforts
 
What we want:
  • An inclusive design advocate, who designs with empathy from a deep understanding of customer needs
  • 7+ years’ experience with enterprise-level product design, in-house or with an agency
  • Philosophical alignment with the agile manifesto, design thinking, and design sprint methodology as illustrated in project work
  • Portfolio of design work showing diversity across web, app, and connected experiences and a clear, well-developed point-of-view
  • Expertise across UX, visual design, and product strategy, and knowledge of how to combine them to create optimal experiences for real people
  • High degree of comfort collaborating directly with developers, navigating technical dependencies and constraints, and negotiating solutions in real time
  • Strong presence and presentation skills
  • Demonstrated proficiency/experience in modern technology and software tools, including Sketch, InVision, and Adobe XD
 
About T3 + Perks: 
  • Independent agency (and proud of it!)
  • In business for 30 years
  • 38 days off (15 vacation and 23 bonus holidays) 
  • 10 sick days
  • Summer Fridays
  • 401k matching
  • Competitive parental leave policy
  • 100% company-paid medical insurance (with buy-up options)
  • 5-year anniversary trip (company pays for a trip of your choice on every 5-year anniversary)

T3 is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer oriented toward inclusivity. We celebrate diversity, not just in commitment but in action. We get it and hire people who do, too. 
 

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