Mentor the design team focusing on mission / quest scripting, providing regular feedback on their work
Work with the Design and Technical Art team to define, document and communicate Design requirements focused on providing metrics to the world construction team
Create detailed product tech packs that include base size, graded specifications, tolerances, construction details, detail sketches, fit evaluation comments, and partner with cross functional teams with completion of BOM’s
Provide technical assistance to merchants and vendors to ensure products meet required specifications and to ensure better margins, quality, and timely delivery
Develop block measurements and acquire block patterns by product type and fabric to drive fit consistency
Mentor Technical Designers I or II to teach construction techniques, appropriate ways to communicate with vendors, fitting skills, patternmaking, methods for improving productivity, and other relevant areas
Act as the primary design representative on cross-disciplinary teams with colleagues from product development, technology and the newsroom to define product features and capabilities
Create storyboards, comps, and/or other artifacts or code necessary to guide development of beautiful, useful and consistent experiences
Responsible for innovation and end-to-end launch of products.
Collaborates with global commercial services partners and customers to co-develop a roadmap and drive products and features from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment.
Works with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, and user enablement.
Partners with stakeholders and customers across the organization to inform the product vision, strategy, features, and prioritization.
Works with user-focused departments to define the self-service user experience, support, and monitoring for customers.
Translates product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.
Prioritizes and maintains the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders.
Leads the product functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology.
Defines and executes go-to-market plan, working to ensure that product management, marketing, and sales have what they need to be successful.
Develops and maintains appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch to evaluate future investment.
Design Strategy and Innovation combines study in design thinking, design management and strategy, systems and complexity thinking, innovation processes, futures forecasting, leadership and advanced sustainability practice