Lead Experience Designer

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We’re BCG Digital Ventures. Welcome.

We are an ever-growing global team of the world’s most remarkable entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, venture architects, product experts and investors. Our ventures create a strategic advantage for the most important global companies. Our mission is to invent, launch, scale and invest in game-changing businesses with the world’s most influential corporations.

 

Adventure awaits you…

 

Build innovative businesses from the ground up

We are shaping the next generation of startups, and we’re looking for the brightest minds in the business to help us. Our world-class, multidisciplinary team will challenge you to push the boundaries of the industry. If you have the passion, tenacity, and curiosity to build innovative businesses from the ground up, we invite you to join our mission.

Experience Design at BCGDV

Our experience designers are tasked with developing product and service solutions that consider all the complexities of delivering business and customer value. With immense attention to detail and forward-thinking leadership, they bring together the best of strategy, design, and technology development. This skillful choreography of venture ideas, brands, people, and emotions allows our XD team to impact millions of lives for the better.

We’re BCG Digital Ventures

We invent, build and invest in startups with the world’s most influential companies. We are an ever-growing global team of entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, product managers and marketer that redefine limits, seek differences, embrace risks and build partnerships. We look for creativity, craftsmanship and the ability to solve difficult problems. Our passion is building products and services for new companies that improve people’s lives. We believe that every individual can have a significant impact in creating innovative products. Together, we are helping corporations own the next horizon of innovation. 

 

The Role: Lead Experience Designer

Lead Experience Designers drive UX strategy and interaction design to create products that engage and inspire. They have a strong understanding of design thinking, human-centered design, human computer interaction and are fluent in the latest technology trends. They are design leaders, innovative problem solvers, self-starters and strong collaborators who excel in a fast paced environment.

The Responsibilities

  • Lead the Design team’s process and decision making including planning, prioritizing, and scheduling.
  • Lead and participate in concept sessions leveraging ethnographic research and design thinking.
  • Introduce trends and exemplars across a variety of emerging technologies like AI, IoT, VR and AR.
  • Balance customer frictions and needs with our client’s business goals, market viability and technical feasibility.
  • Translate customer insights into concepts, personas, user journeys, storyboards, system maps, user flows, wireframes, visual design comps and prototypes with Sketch, Adobe CS, InVision, and other tools.
  • Incorporate user research and usability testing to iterate on product solutions.
  • Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams including Management Consultants, Product Managers, Engineers, Marketers, and Corporate Executives.
  • Communicate the product’s vision and articulate design decisions and trade-offs to Partners and Clients, both verbally and visually.
  • Partner with engineering to ensure designs are properly implemented.
  • Work with marketing to develop brand guidelines, online advertising, and websites.
  • Contribute to the design cohort through knowledge sharing, presentations, organizing events, recruiting, and coaching other Designers.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional experience as an Experience Designer.
  • 4+ years of people management experience.
  • Working experience with Sketch, Adobe CS, and InVision.
  • Proven experience delivering concepts, personas, user journeys, storyboards, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, etc.
  • Exceptional communication skills and presentation skills.
  • Excellent people management skills to collaborate with colleagues and cross-functional teams.
  • A self-starter with an ability to excel in a dynamic, ever-changing environment.
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
  • A ready, online portfolio.

Why BCG Digital Ventures?

At BCG Digital Ventures, people are passionate about the future of products and new businesses. We seek to enrich people’s lives through our work. BCG DV also offers casual work environment, full medical/dental insurance, paid time off, flexible work hours and travel. Join us for the adventure of a lifetime.

 

BCG Digital Ventures is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.

To learn more, visit us at BCGDV.com.

 

Interested applicants may apply through the careers section of the website at https://www.bcgdv.com/. Interviews will take place after resumes have been screened for minimum requirements. Please note that this position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above and that the job scope and responsibilities are subject to change.

 

BCG Digital Ventures is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.

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