Lead Experience Designer

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 81,225 - 124,432; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401K

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Publicis Groupe ANZ is seeking a creative designer to join its Experience Design team. In this role, you'll craft digital experiences that delight users and collaborate with a diverse team of innovators. You'll help merge user needs with technical constraints while maintaining high-quality design standards.

With at least 5 years of experience in designing digital products, you will possess a strong portfolio and skills in Figma and visual design principles. Benefits include robust coverage and a flexible time off policy.

Qualifications

• A portfolio showcasing beautiful, usable experiences.
• Experience building and scaling design systems.
• Mastery of visual design principles including color and typography.
• Curious about AI tools for design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to craft digital experiences.
• Set direction for design work and maintain quality.
• Align user needs with technical constraints and business goals.

Skills

Experience in visual design principles

Strong UX fundamentals

Curiosity about AI tools

Attention to detail

Ability to sketch ideas

Design judgment

Education

5+ years of experience designing digital experiences

Tools

Figma

HTML/CSS basics

Job description

Overview

Our Experience Design team crafts digital experiences people love to use. We are collaborators and innovators who thrive in multidisciplinary teams. We can start from a blank page and help realize the vision for a great experience, and aren’t afraid to get our hands dirty making that vision a reality.

Our experience runs the gamut from site to mobile, eCom to campaign, marketing to editorial to product (AI powered and non), with one foot in beautiful visual expressions and the other in rock‑solid user experience. At heart we are designers who love creating new, meaningful experiences and are well versed in the practice of modern digital experience creation.

You will play a central role within a fun and supportive Experience Design team spanning UX, content, visual design and code. You will collaborate closely with strategy, technology, and leadership to align user needs and system decisions with technical constraints and business goals. You will help set direction and shared expectations for design work in a fast‑changing landscape — maintaining high craft, cohesion, and quality across all outputs.

Qualifications

• A portfolio full of beautiful, usable experiences designed across devices and contexts — with clear evidence of systems thinking at scale
• Experience building and scaling design systems, with demonstrable production experience with Figma variables, tokens, and component libraries.
• Hybrid design chops: strong UX fundamentals paired with refined visual design craft. The ability to explore rapidly and build polished solutions, often in the same conversation.
• Mastery of visual design principles: color, typography, illustration, motion, and the details that make the difference between good and great
• Curiosity about AI tools and trends. Exploration with generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.) for ideation, research, or exploration
• Serious attention to detail — we move fast, and precision matters
• Ability to think holistically about an experience to ensure user and business needs are met
• Comfort sketching and riffing ideas with a team
• Good design judgment when things are unclear, and the ability to explain your thinking to the team
• Desire to continuously learn and grow
• At least 5 years designing digital experiences, with real time spent on platform, enterprise, or systems‑level work

Strongly Preferred

• Advanced prototyping capabilities that go well beyond the basics
• Experience designing AI‑powered products, with the instinct to treat AI as a platform capability rather than a one‑off feature
• Understanding of human‑in‑the‑loop design principles and how to make them a core, lasting part of a system
• A design sensibility that integrates ethics, accessibility, and transparency
• Strong written and presentation skills that showcase passion and informed opinions
• Experience in discovery‑based activities, user research, and agile processes
• Experience partnering with other capabilities to strategize, design and build the work
• Curiosity for (or deep immersion in) the technology of modern experiences
• Independent organization and time management skills to work across multiple projects at once

Nice to Have

• Basic understanding of front‑end concepts (HTML, CSS)
• Agency, product, or platform experience — ideally a mix
• Background in HCI, Human Factors, or interaction design

Benefits

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: $81,225.00 - $124,432.00 Annually.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.