Product Design Lead - Mobile & Web

Do you want to help leading organisations launch world class human-centric products & platforms that re-imagine experiences with digital, data, AI and technology at their core? 

Then come and join our Accenture Ireland Song Design & Digital Products team. 

Our team accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. We are a bold and generous team of creatives, designers, technologists, strategists and engineers working together to make possibilities a reality. We are purpose-built to help businesses serve the modern customer and their ever-evolving needs.  

As part of our team, you will help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate, and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.  

You will learn and grow within an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse and innovative ways of thinking that enables boundary-less opportunities that can drive your career in new & exciting ways. This is a fast-paced and client-centric focused environment. We have a constant focus on our people development and a collaborative and mutually encouraging culture. 

As part of our team, you will be working with cutting-edge design systems and digital platforms, and you will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.     

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you! 
 
Years of Experience  

A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience including 4+ years of digital interaction design experience and participating in all aspects of interaction design (planning, research, UX design, UI design).  

  
Requirements  

Personal  

• Lead, lean in, be creative, and have a passion for design.  

• Manage design relationships with team members, partners and clients.  

• Believe strategic thinking should be supported by tangible solutions that help clients to connect to their users through memorable experiences.  

• Be a self-motivated leader, passionate about helping others in developing their skillsets and delivering exceptional work.  

Craft  

• Be a leader in Product Design. Extend the craft and share practice across the team and beyond.  

• Deliver the design of new experiences and improve existing products through creative thinking, a deep understanding of the user and an exceptional eye for detail.  

• Create detailed definition of product interactions based on relevant business, technical and design considerations.  

• Collaborate with other designers, developers and researchers on mixed methods work to bring integrated value to our clients.  

• Explain, discuss and justify design decisions effectively; give design feedback.  
    

Project  

• Take ownership of the end-to-end design of the experience, working in collaboration with design leads and junior team members.  

• Support and help lead interaction design activities at the project level.  

• Create impactful, meaningful and empathetic executions.  

• Support in solving design problems end-to-end, from identifying user needs, generating concepts to defining and creating a product and crafting how people will interact with it.  

• Communicate product concepts for digital products through various artefacts such sketches, wireframes, user flows and interactive prototypes.  

• Comfortable with hybrid working. Every project is different, but we love our team to be in the studio and in our client’s office to work collaboratively.  

Client  

• We work with a wide variety of clients, across different industries and sectors, however we’re currently looking for designers to work specifically on several health and government projects.  

• Work in collaboration with client teams to understand the user, business and brand.  

• Present thinking through appropriate methods to gain feedback and iterate your thinking.  

• Create quality client deliverables.  

• Support new business development efforts by providing expert information in pitch efforts and client meetings.  

Community  

• Help to evolve the craft practice, bringing state-of-the-art methods and approaches from external and internal expertise.  

• Nurture a new generation of talented design practitioners  

• Support in recruitment, conducting interviews and providing feedback.  

• Attend and help plan studio and community events, workshops, and conferences as an Accenture Song ambassador.  

Skillset  

• Relevant experience in Interaction Design, Product Design and Product Creation for enterprise Mobile and Web applications. 

• Hybrid design experience, demonstrating that you can blend user insight and interaction design skills to create unique design solutions.  

• Experience in translating business and customer requirements into a compelling holistic experience across different touchpoints.  

• Strong understanding of accessibility guidelines and experience in designing to industry recognised standards.  

• High proficiency in design tools including Figma and Adobe CC.  

• High dexterity in speed and quality with the tools of your trade.  

• Experience in running online and offline workshops and interviews with clients and partners to validate design decisions.  

• Ability to create lower fidelity to fully interactive prototypes.  

• Knowledge of and curiosity about technology, translating its impact on design solutions.  

• Knowledge of and experience with driving and applying user-centered design processes.  

• Accustomed to working collaboratively with client stakeholders and cross-functional team members.  

• Proven history of delivering Product Design outcomes on time.  

• Familiarity with delivery management tools such as Trello, JIRA or Asana and delivery methodologies such as Agile, DevOPs etc.  

• Proven collaborative and teamwork skills