Koko is looking for our first senior design hire to own the experience across our digital touchpoints. As a hands-on, strategic leader, the Head of Design and UX will report into the Chief Product Officer and be in charge of a broad scope of design related activities, including
- Translate user needs into best in class mobile designs
- Collaborate closely with product and tech counterpoints to create and iterate on mobile features
- Partner with product leadership to drive feature strategy
- Partner with our Head of Marketing to define, develop and execute Koko’s visual identity
- Lead user research activities to rapidly test and refine mobile designs
- Be a strong advocate for user-centered design principles and best practices
- Create constant iterative improvements based on real-world feedback and data
- Grow and scale the design team
Skills needed to excel in this role include:
- 7 - 10+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, product designer or similar role designing mobile applications
- Experience working in an early stage, start-up environment
- Bachelor's Degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction or a related field
- Strong design background with experience in information architecture, UI design and creating interactive prototypes
- Experience building and/or contributing to design systems
- Strategic product and systems thinking, with strong interaction and visual design skills; ideally candidate will have experience in digital behavioral health solutions
- Excellent leadership, communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
- Ability to think long-term and short-term to meet the constraints of continuous release process while iterating toward a future vision
- Passion for the strategic role of design within an organization
- Customer-obsessed
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