Design Manager

📋 Description

• Lead NPR’s strategic design efforts, driving initiatives that elevate overall design impact.

• Shape the design vision and oversee the development of design systems.

• Integrate design thinking into operations, iterating team workflows for creativity.

• Define and implement design strategies that align with business goals.

• Utilize analytics and user feedback to measure design impact and iterate strategies.

• Mentor a team of Product Designers and Design Technologists.

• Partner with product, engineering, marketing, research, and executive teams to align initiatives.

• Communicate design strategy value to partners and stakeholders.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven track record of leading design strategies and shipping digital products and services that meet both user and business needs.

• 2+ years leading or managing a team or project, including skills in talent development, coaching, mentoring, objective setting and team motivation.

• Experience designing across multiple platforms (desktop, mobile, connected devices) and contexts, including both user-facing and internal tools.

• Strong proficiency in design thinking and agile project methodologies, with the ability to integrate these approaches into daily workflows.

• Versatility in prototyping techniques, from low to high fidelity, adapting methods based on project needs and timelines.

• Deep curiosity for user behavior and emerging technologies, with a focus on how they influence design and user interaction.

• Solid understanding of technology frameworks that power digital products, such as APIs, web and mobile platforms, content management systems, and Google Analytics for data-driven insights and decision-making.

• Experience using analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to track user behavior, assess product performance, and inform design iterations.

• A passion for storytelling and presenting design strategies clearly and persuasively to both internal teams and external stakeholders.

🏖️ Benefits

• Access to health and wellness

• Paid time off

• Financial well-being

• Medical plans

• Dental plans

• Vision plans

• Life/accidental death and dismemberment

• Long-term disability

• Short-term disability

• Voluntary retirement savings