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Constructive is a social impact strategy and design firm headquartered in New York City. They are seeking a Design Director with extensive experience in UX and interaction design for content-rich websites. This role requires strong visual design skills and people management expertise. If you're passionate about working with purpose-driven brands and resonate with Constructive's values of empathy, accountability, teamwork, and respect, this might be the right opportunity for you.
The Design Director role at Constructive focuses heavily on branding and website design rather than product design. Reporting to the Founder/Creative Director, the director will lead the UX/visual design team to ensure their work is strategically sound, creatively inspired, and highly effective. The role involves managing and mentoring designers, leading design strategy workshops, presenting work to clients, collaborating with strategy, content, and engineering teams, and ensuring project health and resourcing.
The responsibilities of the Design Director include producing exceptional design work, shaping UX design practices, leading the design team, and guiding design strategy workshops. They must also lead client presentations, collaborate across various teams, contribute to project resourcing, build the design team by acquiring talent, and share thought leadership in design practices.
Constructive seeks candidates with at least seven years of UX and UI design experience in agency settings and three years of managing interactive design teams. Required skills include strong alignment with Constructive's core values, exceptional UX and human-centered design capabilities, visual design fundamentals, collaborative leadership, presentation skills, and fluency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. Additionally, UX research and usability testing proficiency is a plus.
Constructive offers a competitive salary range of $120k-$130k, plus profit sharing based on experience and skills. Benefits include a 401K with company match, medical, dental, and vision insurance, discretionary performance bonuses, three weeks paid vacation, additional paid holidays, half-day summer Fridays, unlimited wellness/sick days, and new client bonuses. Professional development and a supportive, values-aligned team culture are also significant perks.
Constructive values diversity as a strength and aims to include a variety of perspectives to better serve their clients and improve as a firm. They are committed to considering qualified candidates who share their values and desire to join their team, with a particular appreciation for those who add diversity to their workforce.
If you are interested, submit your application through the link provided. The hiring process will begin reviewing candidates on September 23 and continue until they've filled the position. The interview process consists of an experience interview, a focused interview with a case study/presentation, and reference interviews. This is a wonderful opportunity for those who meet the qualifications and want to contribute to Constructive's mission.
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