Lead Strategic Designer

Company: The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA
Posted on: September 12, 2016

Job Description:

Lead Strategic Designer (The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. - Manhattan

Beach, California): Leverage design-thinking and industrial design

methodologies to help re-imagine new human-centered user experiences,

digital products, and services through collaborative problem solving with a

multidisciplinary team. Duties include: facilitate ethnographic research

and the delivery of human-centered designs to develop physical and digital

products; serve as a key contributor in the areas of Conceptual Ideation,

Trend Analysis, 2-D/3-D Concept Development, Material Selection, and Tech

Pack Creation; conduct research on usage behaviors, identify areas of

friction or gaps in current digital solutions, perform product testing, and

execute focus group studies to understand user reactions to potential

innovations; apply knowledge of visual theory, industrial design, branding,

color theory, materials, finishes, sustainability analyses, and product

construction techniques to the design and development of new digital

products; apply knowledge of 2-D Analog Visual Communication, Adobe Suite

(Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design), 3-D Analog Prototyping, SolidWorks,

and Rapid Prototyping Procurement; contribute to the firm’s thought

leadership in User-Centered design approaches and strategic innovation

practices; navigate multidisciplinary input and constructive critique to

ensure that our digital products offer both a compelling visual design and

a great consumer experience; share accountability for project strategy,

development and commercialization, and work with and contribute to the

overall strategy team to understand market needs and priorities, required

positioning, key economics, product requirements and differentiated value

propositions of new products and services; and apply hypothesis-driven

problem solving and creative ideation to surface disruptive ideas with

commercial impact and define business models and commercial go-to-market

strategy. Will supervise 4 - 5 junior Strategic Designers. Requires a

Master's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or related field

(willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus five (5) years of

experience performing concept development, product design, trend mapping,

and ethnographic research with at least two (2) years of experience as a

design strategy director or manager or, alternatively, a Bachelor's degree

and seven (7) years of experience performing concept development, product

design, trend mapping, and ethnographic research with at least two (2)

years of experience as a design strategy director or manager. Specific

skills/other requirements (quantitative experience requirements not

applicable to this section) – must have proficiency in the following: 2-D

Analog Visual Communication (e.g. sketching and storyboarding); 2-D Digital

Visual Communication (e.g. infographics and basic wireframes); 3-D Analog

Model-Making (e.g. foam, clay, and mockups) & Rapid Prototyping; 3-D

software including SolidWorks and Rhino; Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop,

Illustrator, In-Design, Acrobat); and Prototyping Vendor Management &

Procurement. Travel required (20%) based on company/client need. Must have

unrestricted authorization to work in U.S. M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

45+ hours per week. Send resume to DV_LSD@bcg.com. An Equal Opportunity

Employer.

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