Experience Design Contractor

Method is a global design and engineering consultancy founded in 1999, part of GlobalLogic, a digital product engineering company under the Hitachi Group. They craft practical, powerful digital experiences for industries like Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Automotive, Aviation, and Professional Services.

About This Opportunity

This is a proactive posting to help Method build a network of talented contractors for anticipated project needs later this year. While no active project exists for this role today, future contract and project-based opportunities will be considered based on your skills, experience, and expertise.

By applying, you’ll be reviewed by Method’s Talent team, and your information will be kept on file. If a future project aligns with your background, they will reach out directly. Timing, scope, duration, and hours may vary depending on the engagement. Hourly rates typically range between $84-$127/hour, depending on project scope, expertise, and experience level.

About Our Team

As a member of the Experience Design team, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and support the project lead on experience strategy and design projects. You will:

• Define digital product and service solutions with various disciplines in a highly collaborative environment.
• Contribute to planning, conducting, and interpreting primary and secondary research to inform user interaction and visual direction of a product. Research methods include user and business stakeholder interviews, usability evaluations, concept validation, and usability testing.
• Contribute to planning collaborative workshops and work sessions with internal and external teams, and lead sections as appropriate.
• Create experience artifacts such as archetypes, customer journeys, service blueprints, ecosystems, design artifacts, and prototypes.
• Take ownership of your area of expertise to elevate the project vision and carry it forward.
• Impact Method through missions that better serve projects, people, and the world at large.

Qualifications:

• Experience in design research, digital strategy, digital product design, and/or service design. Your portfolio should reflect a solid foundation in understanding complex business problems and a mix of pioneering and pragmatic problem-solving approaches.
• Undergraduate or Master’s Degree in Design (product, visual/interaction, architecture, industrial), Human Factors, Engineering (mechanical), or equivalent professional experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate your work and its intent to your team and clients.
• A unique point of view and the ability to question approaches, processes, and strategy to better serve your team.