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Form of workAre you passionate about research, innovation, and user engagement in Interior Design and Architecture? Bring your expertise and experiences to HGA!
Ideally, a candidate for this role is someone passionate about applying Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design in the process of creating new spaces and behaviors. In this role, you can expect to work closely with DIG researchers and innovators, architects, designers, and planners to integrate a Human-Centered Design lens into project work and firm-wide research. This role will collaborate, partner, and serve as a national resource for all market sectors within the firm including healthcare, public | corporate, arts, community, higher education, and science & technology.
As an award winning architectural, engineering, and planning firm we are seeking a Design Innovation Specialist to join our research and innovation team: Design Insight Group (DIG.) DIG is an interdisciplinary team that brings together experts in evidence-based design, practice-based research, lean process improvement, design anthropology, design thinking, data analytics, and data visualization. DIG's mission is to generate and integrate original insights into HGA's practice and the larger design industry to leave a lasting, positive impact on people, organizations, and communities.
In this role you will:- Design and facilitate design thinking and co-creation workshops for projects
- Exhibit visual, verbal, and written storytelling to effectively communicate ideas and inspire the target audience
- Plan and conduct user research and user engagement through surveys, persona creation, and journey mapping
- Generate fresh insights for innovation based on user research and user engagement inspired by social and behavioral sciences
Mindset:
- Build on ideas of others
- Seek simplicity and build clarity
- Intuitiveness
- Ability to build rapport quickly
- Comfort with ambiguity
- Bias towards action and doing
- Bachelor's degree in a design-related field required
- 5+ years of architecture, interior design and/or design experience
- Knowledge and experience in the architecture, engineering, or construction (AEC) industries
- Proficiency in visual, verbal, and written communication
- Adobe Creative Suite
- 3D modeling software preferred
We are committed to meeting our clients' sustainability goals as well as challenging our industry. We aim to develop the expertise and research to push beyond net zero energy to net positive energy; from a neutral effect on health, safety, and resources to a positive one. As the need and desire for sustainability environments grow, so does the focus on high-performance buildings with sound data that we can share back with clients and our design teams.
HGA is both team-oriented and employee-friendly with social activities integrated into our office culture. We offer challenge, recognition, and personal visibility with an opportunity to be part of some great projects. Curiosity is the root of our creativity and our mission is to produce enduring impact through original insight. Great design requires great minds and diverse perspectives, and we strive to engrain equity and inclusion into our culture.
Please provide a cover letter outlining your experience and qualifications, a resume or CV, research and design portfolio, and a publication that showcases ethnographic method.
Employment Type: OTHER
