Sr. Design Strategist

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The company

A product design studio with anagile approach to digital product development.

Working with some of Europe’s best brands to deliver growth by designing & shipping digital experiences in weeks, not months.

A unique business design means teams are divided into small, independent groups.

Helping businesses from early-stage research through to product delivery and growth.

The Role‍

• You’ll help companies define their product strategy and technical strategy through Design Sprints and Prototyping Sprints.
• Identify and translate opportunities for new and existing clients into actionable strategies and profitable efforts.
• Brief multi-disciplinary teams on the client’s business and the goals of the opportunity.
• Represent the client’s interests, ultimately owning the strategic outcome.
• Safeguard the best UX principles and communicate them to the customer, ensuring they make decisions that are right for them, and the overall UX.
• You will have a consultancy role in the field of Design, technology and digital strategy for existing clients and will be adding expertise and knowledge in agency pitches or tenders.
• Exploring and communicating design concepts through sketches, user flows and wireframes, which serve as a foundation for you to build high-level prototypes. These are pretty much pixel-perfect designs, I.E. user interfaces for web applications.
• Validating design concepts by eliciting user feedback, measuring usability and considering both the state of the market and technical constraints.
• Iterating your design based on said user feedback. Understand how and when to prioritize user needs.
• Reporting, presenting and sharing your key learnings to the team, to business stakeholders and the world via our blog and events.
• Being up to date with the latest trends in design and digital businesses, allowing you to inspire and challenge clients.

Your skills‍

• You’ve got at least 5 years of relevant experience as a UX(&/UI) designer or design strategist.
• Mastery of UX/UI design and design management. Our aim is to improve the quality standard of the experiences we create; help us define what great work looks like, and subsequently show us the way.
• We’re fond of things like lean thinking, design sprints, and iterative design. If you’re already familiar with some of these terms, awesome! If not, you’re at least curious to try and adopt them.
• Feedback is what drives progress, that’s why you should be able to supply radical yet constructive feedback to your fellow designers.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate complex concepts to both technical and business audiences.
• ‍Experience in a strategic or client services role in a professional services, agency or consulting environment.
• Experienced digital evangelist and innovator with a passion for keeping up with digital consumer trends and technologies.
• You’re a top-notch strategist, with exceptional credentials in strategy definition & digital transformation.
• As a digital strategist, you master outstanding analytical & problem-solving skills - combining ‘big picture thinking’ with a ‘keen eye for the details’.
• Sticking to the plan is crucial. Our process is our backbone, and we want to continuously refine and improve upon it; losing track of progress and process is detrimental to the outcome of any project.
• You are available for flexible hybrid work, so should be in commuting distance of Ghent, Belgium.