Design Research Lead

1 week ago

Canada Outwitly Inc. Full time

Outwitly Inc is seeking a hands-on, driven, and insightful Senior Experience Design Lead to join our design team. You will leverage your extensive UX design, research and strategy expertise to lead our client projects, as well as to collaborate with our sales, marketing, and staffing teams as a subject matter expert.
Outwitly is a 100% remote company based in Canada. Candidates must be self-starters and comfortable in a remote, but very collaborative environment enhanced through technology. We are a small and tight knit team, but growing fast, and looking for someone who is excited to help us continue that upward momentum.

Outwitly Inc. provides exceptional staffing solutions, consulting services, as well as training and development in UX and Service Design to large private and public sector clients in Canada and the US. Outwitly’s project’s are typically end-to-end, involving explorative, generative, and evaluative research, as well as UX and UI design. The majority (but not all) of our projects involve modernizing legacy systems and understanding complex user journeys and business processes. We often work on public sector projects across Canada, as well as in healthcare, finance, tech, and insurance across North America.

You have a strong background in UX design, research and strategy (yes, a bit of a unicorn). Maybe you started your career in UX or UI design and moved into research and strategy work, but are very familiar and can still speak to, scope/plan, and review UXD work.

You have worked in consulting/agency settings and supported both public- and private-sector clients. You love leading UX and human-centred design projects and have a deep understanding of the end-to-end research and design process. You are highly organized, responsive, and communicative – able to lead client projects, mitigate risks, and keep the project on track and on budget, while fostering an excellent client experience.

You will be joining our design team, reporting to our Director of Strategic Design. You will lead our client projects, leading the collaborative effort of your fellow design project team members (UX designers, UI designers, Service Designers, UX Researchers, etc). You will own the entire design process from discovery to implementation. This is a lead role, however, some execution and hands-on design and research work may be required from time to time.
~ Lead excellent end-to-end UX and service design consulting projects. Projects span from early-stage discovery research, to idea generation, through to the detailed design of features and user stories in a digital product. You will act as the project backbone from beginning to end, planning, prioritizing, and delivering design activities autonomously.


Planning and executing mixed-methods discovery research (interviews, observations, workshops, surveys, etc.), analyzing data, uncovering insights that lead to innovative opportunities, and reporting on findings
Creating deliverables such as journey maps, service blueprints, personas, insights reports, and more
Distilling business and user requirements into product roadmaps, developing actionable design recommendations, etc.
Lead the creation of and review UX artifacts such as information architecture, navigational framework, storyboards, initial concept designs, wireframes, and prototypes
Lead UX research initiatives such as usability testing
Project management: Responsible for planning and scoping project work, ensuring the client’s satisfaction, leading the team, delegating, reviewing deliverables, acting as the main point of contact, keeping the project on budget and schedule, and coordinating resources.
Lead client meetings and presentations providing articulate recommendations and helping guide client choices.
Lead the collaboration and partnership between designers/researchers and external stakeholders to identify project objectives and goals, and propose design methodology.
Executive communication: Evangelize project findings, and/or UX and HCD-practices at all levels of our client organizations, including executives and C-suite individuals in order to identify new business opportunities for Outwitly
Support our senior proposal coordinator and design director with writing and responding to RFPs and drafting SOWs.
Contribute to Outwitly’s blog and social media, speak at webinars and conferences, etc. Candidate is ideally excited to act as a subject matter expert in design, grow their network and Outwitly’s brand awareness by collaborating with our marketing team.

7+ years of professional experience in the field of UX (as a designer, researcher, and strategist), experience working through the end-to-end design and development process.
~3+ years of experience in Lead UX roles, leading projects and teams (note: the Lead will report into the Director who handles managerial responsibilities)
~ BS or BA degree or equivalent experience: human-centered interaction, UX design, industrial design, or related field of study.
~ Superior communication and presentation skills, able to share inspiring stories, research insights, design decisions, and engage in business discussions with executives and management.
~ Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives, handle opposing stakeholder perspectives, and champion the design process and value within an organization.
~ Proficiency in current technologies used to design rich experiences (Figma, Miro, etc.)
~ Master's degree or postgraduate diploma (design, psychology, innovation, interaction design, HCI, business strategy, or research)
Experience writing proposals or responding to RFPs
Experience working in the public sector or enterprise level private sector organizations
French language proficiency is considered a plus

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Outwitly is a woman-owned corporation committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion. The foundation of Outwitly is our commitment to improving human experiences, and no human being is excluded from this mission. We believe inclusion and diversity drive innovation; Outwitly offers a comprehensive package of benefits to all employees, including competitive salary, paid time off, professional development funds, a remote work stipend, health and dental benefits, a wellness spending account. On top of this, you will benefit from our 100% remote work environment, our disconnect from work policy, and career development opportunities to grow with the organization.

Please note that you must already be legally entitled to work and live in Canada.

Senior Experience Design Lead Application
Portfolio (website, PDF, or work samples are acceptable)

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