Innovation Design Advisor

Profile

Description

The Innovation Design Advisor plans and executes strategies to meet organization's long-range goals including acquisitions/divestitures and strategic business alliances. The Innovation Design Advisor works on problems of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial.

Responsibilities

The Innovation Design Advisor carefully investigates human experience and behavior, analyzes business opportunities in both new and existing markets, and inspires stakeholders with creative solutions. Common tasks include developing proposals - including feasibility studies - for new business opportunities, identifying and comparing alternative opportunities for entering new markets and adopting new technologies, and advising team strategy based on human-centered discovery and insight. This individual exercises independent judgment and decision making on complex issues regarding job duties and related tasks, and works under minimal supervision.

Ideal candidate will have experience with some of the following:


8 years relevant industry experience designing applications, experiences, websites, products and services that balance user needs, business objectives and technological constraints
Holistic and human centered approach to product and service design, from research and insight generation to concept to deliverable
Innovation Leadership: inspiring, selling, pitching, reframing
Strategic Foresight and Innovation Strategy: signal finding, trend scanning, scenario development, innovation portfolio development
Design Research: ethnography, user and market research
Service Design: customer experience and back-office business process design
Product Development: lean product development methods, from value propositions to minimum viable product
Visual Design: consideration for graphic design, illustration, information graphics
Writing and Storytelling: written, spoken, audio-visual
Process Design and Facilitation: programs, projects, workshops and dialogue
Organizational and Culture Change: developmental evaluation, organizational design
Team Development & Coaching: formal and 'just-in-time' learning
Business Design: business case development; viability and feasibility; analysis and design
Systemic Design: systems thinking, analysis, mapping/visualization and design of interventions
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Strong influencing, negotiation and communication skills (written, verbal, presentation) with the ability to be a thought partner/ coach to clients and internal team
Experience leading designers and other members of a cross-functional team
Able to function, adapt and succeed in a constantly changing, fast paced environment
Positive attitude and motivation to deliver and ensure highest quality deliverables
Able to respond positively and calmly to shifting priorities, demands and timelines
Strong interaction and visual design skills, including use of a diverse set of software such as Adobe CS, Sketch, OmniGraffle, as well as good experience with MS Office
Excellent knowledge of rapid prototyping tools such as Sketch, Axure, Invision or Flinto
Familiarity with Agile software development processes and methodologies
Knowledge of web-based technologies and their impact on the feasibility of design solutions
Keen to seek out opportunities to promote the design practice internally and externally, being an excellent presenter
Strong command of English language (both verbal and written)


Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Company info

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