Posted in Design 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Director of Product Design
Work Location: Remote US / Ann Arbor / New York
The Role
ITHAKA is looking for an exceptional leader, mentor, and product designer to become our Director of Product Design for JSTOR, a digital platform used by millions of students and researchers globally. Reporting to the VP of Product & Design, you’ll coach and develop a team of product designers creating an excellent user experience and on-brand UI for the JSTOR platform.
As our Director of Product Design, you will be responsible for hiring, managing, and coaching an empowered, results-oriented team of product designers. You will inspire the team to build thoughtful, easy-to-use experiences that fit seamlessly into the JSTOR platform and exceed user expectations. You will work closely with the VP of Product and key creative and engineering leaders to develop a holistic platform design strategy, including metrics for success. Using your strong background in product design and your proven leadership and coaching skills, you will guide the product design team to develop designs that delight users and are aligned to the overall JSTOR product vision and strategy. To succeed in this role, you should be able to foster a design-oriented culture that emphasizes user delight, evidence-based decision-making, and brand unity. You should be enthusiastic about leading regular design reviews, mentoring and developing the product designers on the team, and continually raising the bar for new achievements.
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Experience and Skills
Work for ITHAKA
We are committed to our organizational values of belonging, evidence, speed, teamwork, and trust.
Our team is passionate about our mission and supporting one another. We enjoy working together to create opportunities for people to learn and grow out in the world, and we bring that same commitment to helping our teammates develop in our careers and our lives. One of our core values is belonging. We embrace differences, and believe that the things that make each of us unique are the things that help us see new insights and build better solutions.
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Interested candidates can submit their resume, a detailed cover letter, and salary requirements.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, domestic violence victim status, veteran status, disability, history of disability or perceived disability, or other status protected by law.
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