UX Director
Tombras
Posted 1 year ago
Are you a UX Director looking to bring your ideas and career to life at Tombras?
The Digital Creative Department brings any idea to life in any channel. Our in-house, world-class UI architects, content creators, UX interaction designers, and digital art directors build content-first digital properties that have been recognized in global award competitions such as FWA, Webby, Shorty, Clio, One Show, Communication Arts, and Cannes.
Your Location: Knoxville or Atlanta
If you are open to relocating, we'll even offer to bring you to our beautiful hometown of Knoxville!
Your Typical Day:
- Manage multiple project timelines and deliverables both at a leadership level and within the design team
- Sketch, storyboard and wireframe user flows to optimize key interactions for responsive desktop, mobile, tablet devices
- Lead consumer insight research and usability activities to inform strategic and creative direction—including user research, user testing, persona development and customer journey mapping—to make strategic recommendations on the best solution
- Contribute/Lead client presentations, delivering strategic UX recommendations with confidence and conviction
- Design best-in-class digital experiences focused on user-centered principles
- Evaluate and identify UX improvements within existing products/platforms and provide design solutions
- Create wireframes and prototypes, lead user testing exercises and annotate UX design recommendations
- Provide clickable prototypes for user testing
- Provide guidance, coaching and mentorship to the team
- Contribute/Lead UX and Design thought-leadership
- Communicate and collaborate with the digital project team throughout all stages
- Work within a defined process and keep all work organized according to agency standards
Your Talents:
- The energy, passion, and imagination to drive us forward
- 7+ years of UX design experience
- 3+ years of experience leading UX/UI teams across multiple projects
- Proven experience guiding team members and clients through UX strategies
- Experience working on social or consumer facing products across multiple platforms
- You're an excellent communicator and can clearly articulate your design decisions and ideas for UX design strategy
- You have a consistent track record of launching simple, effective, and eye-catching products in a highly collaborative work environment
- Sketch, storyboard and wireframe user flows to optimize key interactions for responsive desktop, mobile, tablet devices
- Strong proficiency in Information Architecture programs such as OmniGraffle, Axure, Excel, Invision, etc. to create wireframes and clickable prototypes
- Excellent presentation skills, specifically related to presenting to clients during pitches and client meetings
- Portfolio demonstrating critical thinking, UI Design and understanding of UX best practices
- Experience working in ad agency and highly knowledgeable about new and emerging digital technologies and trends
Why you’ll want to work at Tombras:
You’ll be joining one of the top independent agencies in North America. Connecting Data & Creativity for Business Results® is working for our clients and creating a flywheel affect fueling both client and agency growth. You’ll be a part of a highly creative agency that has been recognized by AdAge, Adweek, Communication Arts, Fast Company, Forbes and Fortune. Tombras was named a 2022 AdAge A-List Standout Agency and Adweek's 2022 U.S. Agency of the Year Shortlist.
Tombras Benefits:
Family - It comes first, on every list. Tombras has been family-run since day 1, we strive to facilitate a family-oriented environment rooted in supporting one another.
Dog-friendly office(Knoxville)
Unlimited PTO
Generous parental leave for primary and non-primary caregivers.
Medical (PPO or High Deductible option) for employee + dependents
401(k) Participation + 3% employer match
Employer-paid Dental & Vision
A company culture of promotions from within and an atmosphere allowing for varied and rapid career development.
New, Modern building in Downtown Knoxville
Tombras is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. Job may require traveling overnight, driving long distances as required and sitting for extended periods of time with occasional walking and standing and occasionally lifting or carrying articles weighing less than 10 pounds.
Remote employees must be based in the United States.