Associate Creative Director

Job Description

We are seeking a hands-on Associate Creative Director (ACD) with a strong foundation in User Experience (UX)design, team leadership, and client strategy. This role will be fully embedded onsite with one of our major banking clients, serving as a senior leader within the experience design team. The ACD will play a critical role in translating business requirements into actionable UX strategies while mentoring designers and fostering collaboration between multidisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client Partnership
• Serve as the primary design liaison to client stakeholders onsite.
• Lead discovery and planning conversations to align design strategy with business goals.
• Represent Photon s design leadership in cross-functional meetings and presentations.
• UX Strategy & Design Leadership
• Define and champion UX strategies that enhance product usability and drive customer engagement.
• Guide creation of user flows, wireframes, interaction models, and high-fidelity designs.
• Ensure alignment with brand standards, accessibility best practices, and enterprise design systems.
• Team Leadership & Oversight
• Oversee and support a team of UX/UI designers working across multiple workstreams.
• Review and refine team deliverables to ensure quality and consistency.
• Manage timelines, task prioritization, and resource planning in an agile environment.
• Design Tools & Collaboration
• Expert-level fluency in Figma, including components, prototyping, and design systems.
• Use tools such as FigJam, Miro, Jira, Confluence, and Maze for collaboration, documentation, and testing.
• Work closely with product owners, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth handoff and implementation.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in UX/UI design with a proven track record of leading design teams or complex initiatives.
• 2+ years in a leadership role such as ACD, UX Lead, or Principal Designer.
• Deep expertise in Figma and related UX tools.
• Strong understanding of enterprise digital platforms, particularly in banking or fintech.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working within regulated industries (banking, healthcare, etc.).
• Familiarity with user testing tools like Maze and best practices in accessibility and compliance.
• Previous consulting or agency experience a plus.

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Job Description

We are seeking a hands-on Associate Creative Director (ACD) with a strong foundation in User Experience (UX)design, team leadership, and client strategy. This role will be fully embedded onsite with one of our major banking clients, serving as a senior leader within the experience design team. The ACD will play a critical role in translating business requirements into actionable UX strategies while mentoring designers and fostering collaboration between multidisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client Partnership
• Serve as the primary design liaison to client stakeholders onsite.
• Lead discovery and planning conversations to align design strategy with business goals.
• Represent Photon s design leadership in cross-functional meetings and presentations.
• UX Strategy & Design Leadership
• Define and champion UX strategies that enhance product usability and drive customer engagement.
• Guide creation of user flows, wireframes, interaction models, and high-fidelity designs.
• Ensure alignment with brand standards, accessibility best practices, and enterprise design systems.
• Team Leadership & Oversight
• Oversee and support a team of UX/UI designers working across multiple workstreams.
• Review and refine team deliverables to ensure quality and consistency.
• Manage timelines, task prioritization, and resource planning in an agile environment.
• Design Tools & Collaboration
• Expert-level fluency in Figma, including components, prototyping, and design systems.
• Use tools such as FigJam, Miro, Jira, Confluence, and Maze for collaboration, documentation, and testing.
• Work closely with product owners, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth handoff and implementation.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in UX/UI design with a proven track record of leading design teams or complex initiatives.
• 2+ years in a leadership role such as ACD, UX Lead, or Principal Designer.
• Deep expertise in Figma and related UX tools.
• Strong understanding of enterprise digital platforms, particularly in banking or fintech.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working within regulated industries (banking, healthcare, etc.).
• Familiarity with user testing tools like Maze and best practices in accessibility and compliance.
• Previous consulting or agency experience a plus.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.