Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead visual storytelling across brand, digital product, motion, and environmental experiences. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to translate research and strategy into high-fidelity deliverables, prototypes, and brand systems. Advocate for craft excellence, contribute to client-facing presentations, and iterate across exploratory and polished work to communicate user stories and strategic intent.

Lead and execute studio growth by identifying prospects, generating leads, shaping pursuits, and closing contracts. Build and deepen client relationships, partner with design and studio leaders, and strengthen studio-wide BD capabilities through coaching, systems, and playbooks. Represent IDEO externally and drive strategic growth priorities for the Chicago studio.

Lead visual direction across brand, product, interaction, motion, and environmental design. Guide multidisciplinary teams from research through prototyping and client storytelling, create visual systems and prototypes, mentor designers, and ensure high-quality visual communication across diverse projects and mediums.

Lead multidisciplinary teams to turn ambiguous business challenges into viable products, services, and ventures. Conduct market, competitive, and financial analysis; synthesize insights into strategic narratives; design business models and go-to-market strategies; run experiments and pilots; facilitate client workshops; and drive concepts from insight to execution while upskilling business design capabilities across the organization.

Lead visual storytelling on multidisciplinary teams for an Entertainment & Technology client. Translate research and strategy into brand, information, motion, interface, environmental, and prototype deliverables. Drive visual direction from concept through production, collaborate across disciplines, and create compelling, production-ready visual narratives that clarify complex data and systems.