Senior Design Lead

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with junior employees on transformative interactive experiences through front-end user interfaces, narrative storytelling, systems thinking, prototyping, creating production-ready assets, and general design projects that identify and solve problems across industries.
• Support junior designers by teaching advanced design skills and project-leading capabilities, and deepen the development of their craft.
• Navigate challenges, explore different outcomes, cultivate collaboration to spark innovation, drive impactful results, understand project financial health, and work with collaborators to ensure financial success.
• Facilitate client participation in the design thinking process by leading workshops, co-creating concepts, translating client input into actionable design prototypes and specifications; serve as the central point of contact for the client.
• Apply principles of play, game mechanics, and interactive storytelling to inform design concepts, ensuring experiences are engaging, intuitive, and emotionally resonant.
• Contribute to toy invention brainstorms and rapidly produce digital prototypes that explore mechanics, narratives, and user interactions for testing and refinement.
• Mentor emerging talent, share knowledge, champion DEIB and psychological safety, and elevate collective work through curiosity, creativity, and craft rigor.
• Be a trusted consultant to clients by building relationships, progressing project work appropriately, and clearly communicating with client partners.
• Define immersive, compelling experiences; design, prototype, and execute delightful human experiences which act as the interface between an organization’s customers and their products, services, and brand.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Media Design, Interaction Design, or related field.
• 3+ years of professional experience as an Interaction Designer or in roles involving interaction and graphic design for digital platforms.
• 3+ years of professional experience in Experience Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or Human Factors, utilizing design prototyping to test and refine interactive user experiences.
• 3+ years of professional experience using Figma, Origami, Protopie, and Framer to create virtual and interactive prototyping, and working across digital platforms including web, app, TV, voice, and motion; guiding and supporting other designers in using these tools.
• 3+ years of professional experience utilizing Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, After Effects) for visual design and asset creation.
• 3+ years of professional experience creating interactive prototypes with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python.
• 3+ years of professional experience using AR platforms and tools including ARKit and Spark AR.
• 3+ years of professional experience working with Unity and Unreal Engine for immersive or 3D experiences.
• 2+ years of professional experience performing project management, including interacting with interdisciplinary teams.
• 1+ year of professional experience in visual design, applying core design principles (type, color, grid, hierarchy) to develop cohesive, user-centered interface designs across web and mobile platforms.
• 1+ year of professional experience applying emerging technologies including artificial intelligence platforms, augmented/virtual reality, or comparable new interaction methods to produce functional prototypes or deployed design solutions.
• 1+ year of professional experience designing and prototyping digital toys or interactive play experiences for consumer testing or market launch.

Nice-to-Haves

• Up to 40% international and domestic travel for client meetings or conferences.

Compensation

• Salary: $153,691 – $160,000 per year.