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Our work lives at the intersection of product thinking and brand storytelling; products that are just as considered in feeling as they are in function.\nWe are looking for a Director of Product Design to join and help lead the Product team. In this role, you'll set product vision, design new features, and enhance existing ones while establishing scalable UX/UI patterns across platforms. Our Directors are designers and doers, both leading and managing, and contributing directly to the work as the most senior practitioner on the team.\nCandidates should have:\nExtensive product design and interaction experience in either agency or related environments designing iOS and Android native applications, websites, and internal tools\nDesign leadership experience across the product design lifecycle, including experience leading both UX and UI design workstreams, from early-stage definition through to shipping\nA clear communication style, with proven experience collaborating with senior-level clients and presenting to executive leadership\nExperience delivering user-focused solutions across a range of categories (Financial Services, Telecomm, Consumer Tech, etc.)\nExperience working in agile product design/development models\nExperience managing and mentoring junior to senior level product designers\nFluency with AI tools as part of your design practice and workflows, including designing AI-enabled features, vibe coding, and rapid prototyping; you use them to move faster, think broader, and explore more, not just as a novelty\nWe’d like to know that you can:\nGuide high-level strategic decisions around product design and experience\nContribute to the entire product lifecycle from start to finish, starting with defining IA, user journey, wireframes, to designing user interactions and handoff to development\nBalance leadership of the team with hands-on design work, guiding projects towards design excellence\nLead the product design stream of work on projects, understanding how to break larger projects down into smaller tracts to hand off to designers and bring learnings from one workstream to another\nPartner with teammates of different disciplines including Strategy, Production, and Development\nBuild strong client relationships with a solid understanding of their business needs, goals, and how those intersect with the consumer's experience\nAdapt to different working styles and processes, from quick-turn optimization to blue-sky visioning\nManage and mentor designers of all levels, helping them chart their career path and provide opportunities to grow\nThe target range of compensation is $190k - $220k. 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