Odopod is organized into multidisciplinary teams of 5-8 designers and engineers led by both a Creative and Producer Lead. Your job is to lead your team to create great work.

Note: Our teams have different areas of expertise. This team focuses on user interface design for set top boxes, mobile devices, web applications and large-scale web sites.

• Collaborate with Senior Producer to lead and inspire your team to produce inventive, thoughtful, relevant work

• Work closely with clients; listening to them and articulating their situation, goals, and requirements

• Collaboratively establish the creative strategy for projects

• Lead multiple projects; overseeing planning, concept development, design and implementation; assigning tasks and monitoring progress

• Participate in all aspects of your team's projects, focusing on innovation and quality

• Understand and work within project parameters: client goals and requirements, internal goals, usability, technical constraints, as well as budget and schedule

• Provide conceptual and design direction to your team

• Understand and work within project parameters: client goals and requirements, internal goals, usability, technical constraints, as well as budget and schedule

• Identify new business opportunities of interest to your team; participate in pitching and winning work; involve team members to define creative approach and scope

• Mentor and support team members; understanding their strengths and weaknesses and recommending projects and training to help them develop

• Experiment with new tools and techniques to improve our work

• Cultivate an understanding of industry trends and share your insights with the studio

• Interview and hire permanent team members, freelancers and interns

• Conduct reviews for your team

You

• 5+ years of experience designing rich interactive experiences for the web and/or user interfaces for consumer products

• Experience leading small to medium-sized teams

• Dynamic presentation and communication skills

• Foster trust and collaborative dialog with clients and team members

• Experience mentoring young designers and recruiting talent

• Strong point of view on creative ideas and ability to promote conceptual thinking among teams

• An ability to be patient and focused under tight deadlines

• Proficiency with Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash

• Proficiency with After Effects is a bonus

• Have strong personal organization skills and attention to detail

Us

Odopod creates meaningful digital experiences for consumers. These experiences show up on the web, mobile phones and a range of new platforms. We're located in San Francisco, California. Our current clients include PlayStation, Seattle Children's Hospital, CLIF Bar & Co, Museum of Science & Industry, Microsoft, Nike, and other great companies.

• Learn more about us at http://www.odopod.com

• Send email to us at

• Please, no phone calls

• Include a link to your online portfolio and PDF of your resume

• You must live in the San Francisco area or be willing to move here

• Please respond with "Associate Director of Interaction Design" in subject line of your email