Lead Designer at Greenpeace

• Reporting to the Product Manager, you will oversee the user experience and product design of Planet 4, Greenpeace’s global, fully open-source, in-house developed content management technology, powering GPI and our National/Regional Organisations (NROs) to engage with millions of supporters around the world.

In this role you will:

• Lead design discussions with multiple stakeholders, articulate a long term design vision, identify design opportunities, anticipate risks and formulate recommendations/contingency plans.
• Lead, manage, mentor and develop the members of the product design team.
• Define and design user flows, user interactions, site pathways and navigation patterns to ensure user engagement, accessibility and inclusivity.
• Plan and oversee usability testing, including survey, design workshops, focus groups, etc.
• Define visual language and tone for the product.
• Oversee strategy and maintenance of a documented Design System with reusable visual language patterns and site components.
• Create wireframes to explore new product capabilities and design ideas.
• Create interface mockups and prototypes to demonstrate chosen product design ideas and facilitate their implementation.
• Iterate on design and prototypes based on team and user feedback, and test data.
• Define Design Principles to guide development of cohesive Design Strategy.

What we’re looking for:

Remember no one has every skill or experience needed for this role and you’ll have the opportunity to learn a lot from the team. We believe someone who has a few of these is well suited to exceed in this role:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in design (e.g., graphic, product, interaction, visual communications), human-computer interaction, software engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer or similar – including a portfolio demonstrating good aesthetic judgment, strong foundation in information hierarchy, etc.
• Proven track record of shipping successful international software products or websites.
• Experience working with prototyping tools such as Sketch, Axure or Adobe CS.
• Experience designing for multiple device types and contexts (desktop, mobile, emails).
• Experience conducting user research: interviews, focus group, usability testing sessions, card sorting exercises, etc.
• Experience building/re-using a design system to define a common visual language.
• Experience using Open Web technologies, tools, projects and workflows for visual design practices, including a strong knowledge of HTML/CSS and the ability to tinker with JS or other coding languages.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate and explain design decisions.
• Experience of working within an international and culturally diverse environment
• Proficient in English, both verbal and written, and preferably one other foreign language
• Ability to demonstrate support for and belief in Greenpeace core aims and values