Reporting to the VP, Experience Design, the CD will work with several tiers of designers and initiative stakeholders to build a cohesive and scalable visual language across all product lines.This is people-oriented job, involving development of concepts and implementation of designs for Autodesk’s most challenging projects. This role will require a strategic mindset, critical thinking, proven leadership experience, collaboration, and execution with cross-functional teams on behalf of the customer. The role will also include regular reviews with senior management to ensure alignment on business objectives and resource allocation.
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Title: Creative Director, Experience Design/16WD20690
Location: San Francisco, CA
Discipline Leadership
● Demonstrate collaborative global leadership with a team of design managers and product line leaders across multiple cross-product initiatives
● Lead high-stakes design challenges, particularly on complex and mission critical projects
● Contribute directly with concepts and designs to key projects
● Build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, and lead formal design reviews across the company
● Set a high bar for visual quality, and support Autodesk’s high quality work standards
● Design and develop strategic insights for Autodesk’s global customers
● Foster the ongoing development of the visual design practice by staying abreast of design best practices, emerging interaction design patterns, and new technologies
Corporate Responsibilities
● Establish self as a well respected and trusted thought leader and culture figure
● Proactively identify and own solutions for the most ambiguous and challenging design hurdles Autodesk is facing; lead with patient yet unwavering resilience
● Exude positive leadership, with the ability to bring people together from all disciplines and inspire them to greatness
● Collaborate, advocate, and integrate with all functions that impact the entire customer experience, including but not limited to purchasing, licensing, installing, learning,support, and community engagement
● Influence, build bridges, and collaborate with design, engineering, and product
management functional areas across the company
● Demonstrate an exceptional understanding of corporate strategy, and maintain a leadership presence with key senior executives
● Be a thought leader; represent Autodesk design internally and externally through personal branding, social media, public speaking, and the like
● Build and maintain strong professional networks outside of Autodesk
● Contribute to Autodesk’s positive atmosphere, quality of work, and growth into new fields and industries
● Stay continuously informed of emerging technologies by following trends and
opportunities
Required Skills
● Minimum 10 years experience in a creative management capacity
● Ability to work independently; prioritize and solve problems proactively
● Experience leading deliberate change within an organization through transformative design; ability to influence a strong point of view in a large organization
● Proven history of collaborate with designers, developers, and project managers to generate superb visual design work
● Excellent team-building and problem-solving
skills
● Ability to articulate business strategy, user experience, product design, and branding –and to balance these with customer needs and technological constraints when generating design solutions
● Background of designing for complex global product experiences that delight customers
● Outstanding portfolio of successful projects that had a significant impact on the organization
● Genuine zeal for experience design, with a portfolio of writing and speaking on related topics that express a point of view
● Passionate understanding and empathy for customers when designing the total end-to-end experience
● Ability to understand and apply qualitative research, quantitative research, and analytics to solve customer’s problems based on their needs
● Creativity and attention to detail in standalone designs and design systems alike
● Willingness to take smart risks and learn from failure
● Superior presentation, oral, and written skills
● Experience with software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Flash
● Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Design or other relevant major
Additional Qualifications
● Experience designing multichannel experiences
● Experience with touch and gesture interfaces, prototyping, animation, transitions
● Experience working with agile processes; support continuous work cycles and sprints
● Ability to prototype design work; coding skills is a big plus
● Deep interest and understanding of emerging trends and technologies
● Awesome attitude with an insatiable appetite for winning as a company
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