Associate Design Director

at  Horizontal Digital

At Horizontal Digital, we hold ourselves to one key belief: You’re only as good as your worst customer experience. This manta is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites, apps, portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy, data, design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone.
Our digital product solutions are driven by our CX Strategy, Design and Engineering teams — and powered by technical platforms like Sitecore, Salesforce, Acquia and other enterprise technology solutions. Get a deeper look at our expertise today by visiting the Work section of our website.
Our Creative, UX, and Design (CXD) team is strategically growing to meet our company growth, industry expectations, and to fulfill our team’s vision as being a superior partner who provides our global clients with great design taste, clear vision and flawless execution.
We use these values to fuel superior results:

• Take charge and own the creative and design vision, inspiring internal partners and external clients to believe in your ideas and executions.
• Lead the work with a strong viewpoint that supports our client’s business objectives AND provides users with an exceptional and elevated digital experience.
• Provide strategic guidance to our clients on topics related to design; experience and UI design, design tools, processes, and design systems.
• Execute flawlessly, designing beautiful crafted and thoughtful digital experiences.
• Lead the process, connecting the dots between client objectives and strategy, strategy and creative, and finally creative and development.
• Build collaborative relationships with internal partners and work cross-functionally with UX designers, writers, engagement leads, project managers, strategists, developers, and leadership.
• Build trusted relationships with clients through your ability to understand their needs, collaborate effectively, provide thoughtful recommendations, and execute flawlessly.
• Strategically sell award-winning work and ideas to clients, as well as internal stakeholders.
• Pivot effortlessly, as needed, based on evolving requirements, timelines, and feedback.
• Stay current on design methodologies and tools