Interaction Design Director - Barcelona

Nu Creatives client (X) is consistently recognized as the top consumer product design firm in the world. For the last 30 years, they have perfected a multi-disciplinary design approach to creating experiences for people in their everyday lives. Their product development, interaction design, and brand communication practices are delivered by over 100 team members, working out of their New York, San Francisco, and Barcelona offices. Interaction Design Director We are looking for a qualified candidate to provide inspiration and leadership for the interaction design practice in X's growing Barcelona studio. This is a senior leadership role with responsibilities that include creative direction, client communication, business development, and public outreach. Additionally we seek a leader that will help recruit and mentor team members, contribute to the leadership of the office, and enhance the experience, point of view and strategic development of X globally. The Interaction Design Director works with the Practice Leader to meet goals and objectives set for the practice. Company-wide, a Director is responsible for representing and nurturing the interaction team, and serves as a conduit for communication between staff and management. On projects, a Director guides and directs multi-disciplinary teams through client engagements, delivering the highest quality design solutions while respecting a project budget and achieving the overall client goals. As well as helping to create the project vision, there is a hands-on component to the role in conceiving, creating and presenting design solutions for clients. At X, they work with clients in a variety of industries and markets, serving a broad spectrum of end users, use cases and platforms. Their teams include design researchers, industrial designers, graphic designers, interaction designers and engineers working together to produce the best possible experiences. They work on a wide range of projects including in-car dashboards, HDTV UIs, robotics, mobile UIs, applications, online product/service extensions and more. X's teams routinely include people from various disciplines and X offices. At times you will be leading these integrated, multi-office teams. This role includes some travel to clients' and X's offices. Qualifications Minimum of 8 years experience designing for a range of device types such as: TV, Desktop/laptop PC, Kiosk, Smart phone, Embedded, etc Experience managing and leading teams through complex, integrated projects Experience in planning and scoping integrated projects; in this role you will contribute to project plans and proposals X provides to clients Proven skills designing emotive experiences that meet key requirements (user goals, design vision, technology and business requirements, etc) Excellent visual, written and verbal communication skills Visual design, motion graphics and dynamic interaction skills a plus Experience with physical prototyping platforms (arduino, etc) a plus Experience working with researchers, design strategists, industrial designers and brand communication designers essential. The ideal candidate will present a rich portfolio of design accomplishments with increasing sophistication, articulate leadership capabilities in relation to both design teams and clients, and convey an unparalleled passion for the power of design to change people's lives.