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UX Director

Wunderman Thompson

Department: Creative

Expertise: CX

Location: Berlin, Germany

Who we are:

At Wunderman Thompson we exist to inspire growth for ambitious brands. Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, our experts provide end-to-end capabilities at a global scale to deliver inspiration across the entire brand and customer experience.

We are 20,000 strong in 90 markets around the world; our people bring together creative storytelling, diverse perspectives, inclusive thinking, and highly specialized vertical capabilities to drive growth for our clients. We offer deep expertise across the entire customer journey, including communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology.

We are looking for a User Experience Director (all genders) who will help us create unique digital experiences that make a difference. 

Join our team of strategists, researchers, concepters, designers, motion artists, copywriters, data scientists and technology specialists from around the world and let your talents shine.  

You will listen and observe with true empathy, derive clear insights, and goal driven strategies, apply design and research methods to create truly useful and enjoyable experiences that convert with ease. 

Who you are: 

  • You’re an expert in your trade, value the talents around you and always strive to learn and expand your horizon. 
  • Your open and collaborative mindset helps you to build, inspire and motivate dream teams on any project. 
  • You are excited by opportunities to explore new ideas rather than rely on existing paradigms. 
  • You view data & technology as a tools that can drive creativity. 
  • You find simple solutions to complex problems that are a joy to use. 
  • You love putting your ideas to the test and tweaking them for conversion.  
  • You are an advocate for the user and understand how to create value for the business at the same time. 
  • You are highly skilled in communicating in cross-functional, international environments and know how to get buy-in for your ideas. 
  • You have led successful pitches and client workshops. 
  • You love to coach and train your colleagues and partners and help them to further grow. 
  • You enjoy working in multicultural, international teams with various talents and interests. 

 

What you'll need: 

  • A minimum of 5 years of experience as a UX Designer, preferably in a leading role. 
  • Digital creative agency experience preferred. 
  • Conceptual thinking, creative execution, and supervision in visual and interaction design. 
  • An outstanding portfolio of UX projects across various industries and applications. Ideally from commerce to content hubs, from lead-gen landing pages to digital services, from e-learning to transactional apps. 
  • Deep understanding of designing intuitive processes, high fidelity wireframes, prototypes and interfaces across platforms and devices. 
  • Proficiency with Sketch, MIRO, Figma, Invision, Zeplin and other design tools 
  • Experience in agile working methods, respective collaboration tools and processes. 
  • Knowledge of capabilities and limitations of digital technologies such as (mobile) web-tech stacks, native apps, marketing automation, real-time personalization, multivariate testing, enterprise CMS/DXPs. 
  • English language proficiency (as our common working language is English). 

 

Nice to have: 

  • Interest and some knowledge in innovation fields like conversational interfaces, MR, gesture, A.I. driven segmentation, next-best-action, computer vision, metaverse, WebGPU is a plus. 
  • German knowledge is a plus, but not mandatory as the common working language is English. 

 

Doesn't each of the above mentioned points apply to you? We still look forward to your application!

PLEASE NOTE: To be considered for this role, you must submit an online portfolio or PDF of your work. 

 

At Wunderman Thompson, we are committed to actively building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued and heard, and is treated with dignity and respect.  As leaders and creative partners across industries, it is our responsibility to cultivate an environment reflective of our greatest asset; our people. We believe that this commitment inspires growth and delivers equitable outcomes for everyone as well as the clients and communities we serve.

Wunderman Thompson is a WPP agency.  For more information, please visit our website and follow Wunderman Thompson on our social channels via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  

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