Experience Director (UX) - Future Freelance

1 month, 2 weeks ago
Freelance
Lead
Product Management
Fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a world-famous digital experience agency established in 1999, specializing in designing digital ecosystems, platforms, and products. With offices in New York, San Francisco, and London, Fantasy collaborates with pioneering companies like Net...

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
Founded 1999

Description

  • Set experiential direction and provide strategic guidance from ambiguous brief through final delivery.
  • Define and champion principles for human-centered products and ensure teams execute against them.
  • Oversee complex, large-scale engagements as a hands-on leader with strong attention to detail.
  • Distill user research, business strategy, technical constraints, and stakeholder feedback into clear design direction.
  • Develop product visions, feature sets, and roadmaps and communicate them through strategic narratives.
  • Build scalable design systems that support consistent, accessible experiences for global audiences.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, research, and strategy teams to align on experiential approaches.
  • Mentor, manage, and grow UX designers.
  • Improve design processes and define how AI tools are used in the team’s workflow.
  • Lead client presentations, workshops, and working sessions and build trusted client relationships.
  • Own the end-to-end process from early client conversations through delivery and ongoing partnership.
  • Identify emerging shifts in tools, technology, and practice and translate them into changes in how the team works.

Requirements

  • Must be based in the United States or Canada.
  • Fully remote role.
  • Portfolio demonstrating digital product, service, or systems design work across a range of industries and contexts.
  • 10+ years of experience in the design industry.
  • Experience leading teams to create human-centered digital experiences at scale.
  • Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire designers.
  • Strong thought leadership and strategic thinking with a well-articulated point of view.
  • Ability to self-direct and independently drive UX vision from strategy through shipped experience.
  • Hands-on familiarity with AI-powered design tools and curiosity about the craft.
  • Strong design aesthetic sensibilities and meticulous attention to detail.
  • Exceptional communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
  • Commitment to inclusive, accessible, and equitable design practices.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diverse, inclusive teams.

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