Design Manager
Design Manager, IBM Corporation, Austin, TX: Work on product creation process from the brainstorming stage to launch/implementation stage. Mentor junior Designers on design factors and assist them to work through tough problems and to escalate design decisions that need backing. Guide branding decisions to form a unique product experience, and drive UX and UI consistency and quality across the storage and database offerings in the IaaS Storage and PaaS Data Services portfolios. Manage the design teams working on flagship storage offerings such as Cloud Object Storage, Block/File Storage and Replication, Event Streams and Cloud Databases. Lead the design teams working on storage portfolio of offerings and take responsibility for their success. Collaborate side-by-side with Engineers, Architects and Offering Leaders on strategy and direction. Advocate for generative research in strategy development and partner with user researchers. Perform design discovery activities to help define products and features. Work to improve the operational way of engagement with cross functional teams throughout the entire product delivery process of idea to execution. Utilize: Design Thinking, Carbon Design System, Design Language, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Invision, User experience (UX)/information architecture design, and High-fidelity visual design. Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Graphic Design, Communication Design or related and two (2) years of experience as a Visual Designer, Design Lead or related. Two (2) years of experience must include utilizing Design Thinking, Carbon Design System, Design Language, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Invision, User experience (UX)/information architecture design, and High-fidelity visual design. Please send resumes to recruitad@us.ibm.com. Applicants must reference M105 in the subject line.