Lead UX / UI Designer role at GEICO – responsible for designing high‑quality customer‑centered solutions, driving strategic outcomes, and mentoring design teams across product, engineering, and product management.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to uncover customer and business needs.
- Translate complex ideas into understandable concepts and solutions that evolve the product experience.
- Manage through shifting priorities, provide clear direction on product prioritization, and support early product definition.
- Advocate for the customer through human‑centered design methods, including discovery, research, and user testing.
- Facilitate and participate in workshops with internal and external stakeholders to align with business needs.
- Drive end‑to‑end product design process by framing problems, developing insights, and designing new methodologies / practices.
- Create process and user flows, wireframes, journey maps, and user interface specifications.
- Deliver design assets for acceptance, development, and delivery to market in partnership with engineering.
- Teach, mentor, and guide designers.
Qualifications
8+ years of experience with User Experience design.Experience designing for cross‑channel (e.g., responsive web and native mobile interfaces).Demonstrate ability to work across design processes (e.g., user research, UX design, UI design and specifications).Ability to design and implement service design solutions and experience strategy initiatives.Experience leading project teams of multiple designers within agile development environments.Ability to collaborate with Product Management, Engineering and Operations teams.Effective communication and storytelling skills.Ability to work autonomously with minimal direction.Proficiency with design tools (e.g., Figma) to deliver concepts and enable successful collaboration across teams.Familiarity with working in an established design system within agile development teams.Benefits
Comprehensive Total Rewards program tailored to you and your family’s well‑being.Financial benefits : market‑competitive compensation, 401(k) savings plan with 6% match, performance and recognition incentives, tuition assistance.Additional benefits : mental health care, fertility and adoption assistance.Workplace flexibility : GEICO Flex program allows working from anywhere in the U.S. for up to four weeks per year.Location
Hybrid role : 2‑3 days onsite at one of : Chevy Chase, MD; New York City, NY; Chicago, IL; Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA; Dallas, TX.
Salary Range
$120,950.00 – $212,175.00 per year.
Equal Employment Opportunity
GEICO provides a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants, regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and / or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates.
EEO Statement
GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. We do not condone or tolerate intimidation or harassment, and expect all associates and applicants to maintain an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect.
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