WD_Head of Design Q326

• As Head of Design India you ll be leading WongDoody s five studios in India responsible for a growing team of 450 designers
• WongDoody is Infosys Creative and Technology Agency globally bringing together various agency acquisitions and Infosys own experience design teams under one global brand
• We are a team of fun fearless egoless values driven and collaborative problem solvers distributed around the world with one goal in mind unlocking what s next for people and brands
• We create digital products services platforms digital marketing and immersive experiences for the world s largest organisations
• Backed by Infosys scale and access to clients we create and deliver experiences end to end for our clients in a truly global integrated agile delivery model
• In India we are already one of the country s largest design studios and our ambition is to become the best digital experience and marketing agency in India building and scaling our studios competencies across Digital Marketing Experience Design and Immersive Experiences including virtual production
• Our vision of a truly global studio model is different from the large agency networks and most of our competitors We believe great talent and design can come from anywhere and hence we position our India studios on par with those in the rest of the world in craft and quality outcomes staffing project teams globally across studios to bring the best minds together to solve a problem through creativity and technology
• We want your help to drive this vision forward working with your peers globally towards goal of 65 of all work within WongDoody being delivered from India studios
• The ideal candidate for this role is a true design practitioner who grew and matured in experience and remit but did not lose touch with hands on design and can guide the planning of design thinking workshops inform how best to approach a user research or service design challenge structure a CX Center of Excellence for a client or setup a design system regardless of the region where a client is headquartered

Key Responsibilities:

• Your responsibilities as Head of Design India
• Lead the scale of the design operation from India
• In terms of the growing team size across 5 studios in India in terms of the number and complexity and scale of engagements for clients and in the amount of deep collaboration with the other 17 studios globally insuring best in class outcomes for design
• Drive design quality craft and practice continuously enhancing overall competency of the team
• Drive the team to create award winning work and setup the India studios as true peers in quality of outcomes to all other WongDoody studios globally
• Evolve our service offering and value propositions to our clients developing new models for how we design closer with clients and technology teams in truly agile engagements across locations ensuring our propositions are aligned with key market trends
• Provide strategic design thought leadership to the whole organisation publish and speak at internal and external events to further build WongDoody s reputation internally and externally in the market particularly in India
• Strong strategic thought as well as an engaging presentation style are key
• In new business guide and direct the strategy approach and concept creation for proposals
• Define the storyline for pitches and presentations and deliver engaging and inspiring presentations to clients to drive higher value design outcomes over volume outputs
• Drive follow through to insure conversion of design scope
• Facilitate design focused sessions and engaging workshops with C suite and C suite minus 1 client from the world s largest organisations across all industries
• A solid understanding and quick learning of industry specifics and business models is vital
• Cultivate relationships with new and existing clients both onsite we have very frequent visits from client delegations and remotely
• Uncover new opportunities to apply strategic thinking and creative craft to solve challenges for them leveraging scale and quality of India studios for best outcomes
• Assess performance and provide career mentorship and performance decisions for senior members of the design team
• Help attract the best new hires to the studios building WongDoody brand in India and insuring hiring standards and processes are maintained for highest quality of outcomes

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