Responsibilities
Directly manage 7 – 12 production team members within the UX & Content Design disciplines in the delivery of client work and in alignment with established production metrics.
Conduct regular one on ones (once a week) with direct reports with an emphasis on continuously improving project approaches and outcomes, skill building, as well as an individual’s overall performance.
Collaborate with the UX Director and broader Experience Design leadership to mentor and advance talent assigned to the team.
Provide regular verbal and written feedback to direct reports, celebrating successes and clearly defining any misalignments with expectations. Escalate thematic or recurring performance issues to immediate manager and UX leadership for resolution.
Review / approve PTO requests for all direct reports and ensure project delivery schedules / resourcing are adjusted accordingly.
Contribute to the compilation and delivery of performance reviews for all direct reports.
Contribute to Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) for direct reports as necessary.
Proactively work with resourcing operations to ensure alignment of individuals to projects and collaborate with Project Managers across the team in support of strategic resource planning
Review timesheets weekly for all direct reports, identifying and reporting on areas of concern such as billability, excessive weekly burn, and / or inaccurate / poor time entries.
Monitor billable performance for all production personnel and collaborate with direct manager to align individuals with established targets, leveling up individual availability to immediate manager and the Resourcing Coordinator for resolution.
Requirements
Understanding of 10up’s core services and ability to leverage these disciplines to deliver successful outcomes.
Familiarity with user experience (UX) and content strategy activities, concepts, and deliverables and how they are used across web projects
Excellent application of 10up processes, standards, and tools at the team level.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both internally and externally.
4+ years experience on web projects for enterprise clients including experience design, ideally in an agency environment.
Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing user experience teams.