We are on the lookout for a UX Strategist

Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Deadline: July 26th, 2021Start Date: As soon as possible

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? We are looking for a UX Strategist with international work experience to join a team of designers, researchers and changemakers from around the world. Ideally you are someone that is comfortable with managing innovation projects, conducting user research, prototyping and testing digital solutions, and guiding the client and team on your vision of success.

The current nine person team at the iDE Innovation Lab have all been working together for a number of years, so this is a rare opportunity to join a well established team working on a broad range of digitally focused projects with a social innovation focus around the world.

WHO WILL YOU BE WORKING FOR?You will be working with the iDE Innovation Lab, we are embedded within iDE’s country office in Cambodia with a mission to champion an integrated approach to innovation that drives lasting impact for iDE’s multi-sectoral programs.

The iDE Innovation Lab also functions as a strategy and innovation consultancy working in focus areas of water, sanita-tion & hygiene, climate change (clean energy, conservation), agriculture, and maternal health & nutrition. Over the years we have worked with a portfolio of international development organizations such as Care International, Hellen Keller, USAID, UNICEF, World Bank Group, Plant and Food Research, Save the Children, and SNV.

We are in the business of driving lasting, impactful innovation through a market systems approach and human centered design methodologies, so we are looking for a world class expert in innovation to join our multidisciplinary and multicul-tural team to solve development challenges.

iDE is a global organization spanning offices in 14 countries, employing over 1,000 people directly, and indirectly enabling income, and opportunities for our rural audience of focus through market-based approaches across different sectors. Find out more about iDE here!

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:• Managing multiple end to end social innovation projects, which includes:

• Leading the UX strategy, user research, wireframing, and testing efforts for the iDE Innovation Lab• Project & client management, collaborating with peers throughout the process• Building a project plan, meeting deadlines, and delegating tasks

The iDE CAMBODIAInnovation Lab

• Not simply designing digital solutions, but developing the overall digital product strategy• Guiding the client through the designing process and ensuring their buy-in to your digital product strategy• Conducting testing and research activities in diverse contexts• Synthesizing findings and presenting them in digestible and visual ways for the client• Engaging with stakeholders, leading and facilitating alignment meetings and strategy workshops• Making confident and timely decisions in order to move the project forward

• Inspiring and mentoring your peers by sharing your digital design knowledge and skills• Establishing and nurturing client relationships• Supporting proposal writing and business development efforts

YOUR EXPERIENCE LEVEL:• Someone who knows what they’re doing, with at least 4 years of experience working for a design firm/innovation lab

with a focus on UX strategy and digital product design• Experience working in different countries, across diverse cultural environments, or remote areas

THE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:• Experience in applying various innovation methodologies to projects (human centered design, behaviour change

methodologies, behavioural economics) to digital products• Experience in conducting desk research, expert interviews, and testing wireframes or digital product strategies with

users and clients• Experience in synthesizing large amounts of qualitative data into a digestible and visual story• Experience in converting research findings into actionable strategies that are easy to operationalise in a digital prod-

uct• Ability to make confident and timely decisions in order to move the project forward• UX strategy and product design skills• Experience in developing creative directions, and communicating this effectively with a client and team• Experience in writing proposal and business development • Experience in presenting in front of large audiences• Skilled in using a range of UX prototyping softwares• High proficiency in English reading, writing and speaking

IDEALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO FIND SOMEONE THAT:• Is passionate, dynamic, and curious • Is open and happy to share new methods and ideas with the team• Is an autonomous problem-solver with a mind full of ideas ready to be tested• Brings a positive attitude to the team and doesn’t take themselves too seriously• Is driven by a social mission • Has cultural sensitivity and respect towards unfamiliar contexts• Has a flexible mindset, is agile and adaptive, and at the same time takes into account their capacity, deadlines and

limitations• Has excellent time management skills• Can embrace uncertainty and manage stress• Is able to challenge the status quo in order to create creative solutions

WE COVER:Our intention is to pay our staff a competitive salary benchmarked with market pay scales, and commensurate with expe-rience. In addition, we will cover both health and accident insurance.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPLY?Write to us at cam-recruitment@ideglobal.org (cc’d: innovationlab@ideglobal.org) attaching the following:1. CV 2. Portfolio with your previous projects3. Through a video, a poster, a sketch/other creative medium, tell us about yourself, your practice, your motivations to

work at the iDE’s Innovation Lab, and why you are the best candidate. Just be creative and tell us a good story!

Please submit your application by July 26th, 2021.