Design strategist (digital product studio)

Our client, a topnotch digital product studio, is looking for a Design Strategist .

As a Design Strategist, you’ll blend strategy and hands‑on design while making AI an integral part of your creative process, from research and prototyping to delivery. You’ll frame complex problems, uncover opportunities, and shape design foundations for new products and ventures. The role is designed for someone who thrives in ambiguity, loves big challenges, and aspires to grow into a Design Lead.

What you’ll do

Frame problem spaces by uncovering both human and business drivers behind client briefs

Explore desirability while balancing feasibility and viability

Design and facilitate workshops for discovery and ideation

Synthesize insights into actionable design strategies and prototypes

Define minimal viable brands (visual identity, tone of voice, brand principles) for greenfield projects

Shape design systems in collaboration with Engineering Leads

Communicate design recommendations clearly to clients and stakeholders

Lead the adoption of AI‑native design workflows across research, prototyping, and delivery

Experiment with emerging tools, paradigms, and interaction models (voice, agents, AR, multimodal)

What you’ll bring

Strong background in UX and user‑centered design

Excellent facilitation, co‑creation, and storytelling skills

Confidence in client communication and guiding key decisions

Ability to turn complexity and ambiguity into clarity—quickly

Curiosity about business design, venture building, and opportunity framing

Passion for using AI to amplify creativity and design impact

How you’ll work
Projects move fast: short, high‑intensity cycles from problem framing to validation. You’ll run workshops, test with users, prototype concepts, and deliver design foundations that inspire and inform. No fixed recipe, just adaptive, experimental methods.

High‑fidelity prototypes (Figma + AI‑assisted tools)

Minimal viable brand packages

Workshop materials and co‑creation outputs

Test plans, research scripts, and synthesis reports

Strategic presentations for clients and stakeholders

Growth path
This role is a stepping stone to Design Lead . Over time, you’ll expand into:

Leading client communication, framing, and facilitation

Supporting pre‑sales and pitches with the executive team

Coaching and developing other designers and freelancersEnsuring design quality across the studio (#QA)

Driving the studio’s long‑term AI‑native design vision

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