Design Strategy Director

We are looking for a Design Strategy Director to join our team. A candidate in this role will drive the design strategy for the full lifecycle of the product from vision, research and conception to launch and optimization, while supporting the team in execution.

The Design Strategy Director should have the ability to evaluate and weigh a range of disparate inputs, including external market activity, user needs and partners’ capabilities.

They will develop structured and logical frameworks from which to prioritize and recommend the most relevant and differentiated experience opportunities.

After having selected the optimal direction for the venture, they will define the strategic and tactical steps to capture those opportunities: via product roadmap (sequence and prioritization of activities), experience and feature selection (higher vs. lower impact, evaluating differentiation, etc.)

, and qualifying future optimizations and opportunity. Design Strategy Directors at Runyon are highly strategic, detail-oriented, and experienced in product design, from research to UX/UI design to visual design.

They share our deep empathy for user needs and have the ability to develop a deep understanding of a partner’s business, generate insights, and translate those into a plan of action. They develop strong relationships and build trust with core decision-makers, both internally and externally.

About Runyon Runyon is a product design and venture studio that helps companies grow. We are a team of customer-centered designers, researchers, and strategists that crafts new products, experiences and ventures. Our approach combines customer needs and behaviors with leading edge business strategy.

Our work is sprint- and prototype-driven and we think about how we can craft strategies and products into the market in ways that are meaningful and measured from the start. Our team has decades of experience working with some of the largest global partners including Disney, The New York Times, Am