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Executive Design Technology Director (frog NA | Technology and Product Leadership | Emerging Technology R&D (Digital Applications, GenAI and Immersive…)

Company Description

At frog we are united by our shared passion for outcomes that transform the human experience. We accomplish these outcomes by taking on complex challenges, big asks, and things that have never been done before. We look beyond point solutions and apply design to the creation of new strategies, systems, and—in some cases—entirely new businesses. We often work at the tip of the spear of new innovations and know that this takes all types of people. We believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences create a stronger frog.

Our work is transformational because our people are extraordinary. frogs are analytical and artistic, conservative and unconventional, technical and whimsical. We look for hybrid talents and build teams around divergent expertise, which allows us to solve problems and uncover opportunities in unique ways. frogs are some of the most talented people in the world, and together with our clients, we innovate with purpose using strategy, creativity, tech, data, and AI to advance people and planet.

Role Description

Design Technologists at frog play the role of part futurist and part pragmatist while being a hands‑on and organizer of technical insights, experiments, proofs, and models that bridge the gap between creative design services, technology strategy, and software engineering. As a Design Technologist, you will be assisting in driving technology platform research and experimentation, concept exploration, prototyping, and ideation within the creative process for designing user experiences. Leveraging and managing data to support technical needs from AI to impact assessments, you will be able to gather, ingest, and leverage data across many different modalities supporting our end goals. You will help to identify and analyze current and future UX technology patterns and trends, perform in-depth investigation and experimentation with emerging platforms and frameworks, and identify new opportunities and business value for UX innovation and differentiation with technology enablers. You collaborate closely with the creative organization to express design assets and artifacts in the form of user experience simulations, interactive prototypes, technical proof‑of‑concepts, and UI/presentation layer.

You are a maker and a tinkerer, technical, but also passionate about design. You are not afraid to get your hands dirty, and you like challenges. You are creative, and technology is your medium.

Qualifications

You are someone who wants to influence your own development. You're looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies, and where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point. You bring to the organization the following competencies;

• Professional experience designing and developing user interfaces, UX concepts, web sites and applications on a variety of platforms, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Ability to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of designers and strategists.
• A background in data management and manipulation to support data specific needs and concepts.
• Ability to communicate with clients directly and complete program and workstream tasks autonomously in some cases.
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills along with experience in preparing and delivering documentation, proposals, presentations, and structured working sessions to all levels in a client organization
• Bachelor's Degree in the sciences, engineering, or creative discipline or equivalent experience.

Proficiency in the following:

• Modern web front‑end application development
• Cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Source control (e.g., GitHub, GitLab) and toolchain integrations
• Third‑party API integrations
• LLM‑based service integrations
• Data visualizations
• Digital media
• Physical and digital prototyping
• Data manipulation and management
• Figma and other design tools

Solid proficiency with:

• Responsive Web Development
• Web Services
• Additional presentation‑layer libraries and frameworks
• Design software and APIs (e.g., Figma APIs)

Good working knowledge of:

• AI engineering and applications,and usageas well as GenAI best practices
• Server technologies
• CI/CD

Bonus:

• ML modeling
• Full Stack Development
• An exemplary attention to detail to accurately translate designs while maintaining a high level of code quality
• Background in Design Systems creation and deployment
• Ability to accurately estimate project scope and tasks

Located in or near our San Francisco or New York offices

Availability to travel between 10% and 20% for engagements in support of new business development, program kickoffs or working sessions involving creative and technical ideation exercises, and design integration support phases with software engineering counterparts

Ideal candidates will have a recent work portfolio of successful UI releases and can demonstrate a passion for current visual and interaction design technology trends and practices in a modern web technology context

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

• Design Services

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