Strategy Lead, UX

Summary

Join Instrument as a remote lead strategist to translate human motivation into digital products and services, leveraging your expertise in UX, brand foundations, and design thinking.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in user experience, information architecture, digital narrative development and brand foundations, including projects for large and small brands
• Comfort working on a singular account and or iterative project for 1+ years in addition to intermittent shorter term engagements
• Ability to contribute to the work, from concept to completion, with an understanding of the design, technical and business effects associated with user-centered strategic recommendations
• Experience designing and defining documentation for digital experiences and products, such as functional requirements, experience maps, wireframes, personas, user flows, and other UX artifacts
• A demonstrated ability to think strategically across a range of projects and industries. In addition to UX, experience could include digital brand, digital content and information architecture, digital user experience and interaction design, mobile applications, digital marketing, social media and campaigns, and digital transformation
• Experience leading and supporting workshops with mid-senior level clients applying Design Thinking frameworks
• Experience with user testing tools, to conduct research and determine informed insights to guide the refinement of digital products and experiences
• Success partnering with and presenting to clients, managing their requests and implementing feedback
• Experience working closely with creative and technical partners
• Experience mentoring less senior strategists in the craft

Responsibilities

• Report to the Strategy Director
• Partner with the Strategy Director on your team to contribute to the broader strategic direction across the team, including creating case studies and sharing internal knowledge, mentoring less senior strategists and creating deeper relationships with clients
• Lead the strategy process on 1-2 client projects within an integrated client team
• Work with the team, but also operate autonomously and provide value throughout the entire project cycle
• Partner with the account leadership team to build and deepen trusted relationships with clients
• Advocate for putting humans at the center of the digital experiences that we design for clients
• Navigate the balance of user needs, client goals and the requirements of the team throughout a project
• Present approaches and recommendations in a compelling way to our teams and clients
• Design and facilitate client workshops, stakeholder and consumer interviews

Benefits

• Pay Range: $84-$103 per hour
• US 3 pay is our base pay. Examples of cities in US 3 are Portland, Houston and Miami
• US 2 pay is 7.5% higher than US 3 to meet the market rates. Examples of cities in US 2 are Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle
• US 1 pay is 15% higher than US 3 to meet market rates. Examples of cities in US 1 are ​​Brooklyn and San Francisco