SENIOR INTERACTION DESIGNER

DCG ONE is one of the largest privately held marketing service providers in the country. Based in Seattle, with locations in NYC and Maryland, we help companies deliver their brand worldwide through creative, print, and fulfillment services.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior Interaction Designer plays a key role in shaping how users interact with digital experiences across websites, landing pages, conversational UI, AI-powered features, and generative content. This role focuses on interaction patterns, motion, and responsive behaviors that create intuitive, high-performing user experiences across devices and content variations.

Operating with both a systems and campaign mindset, designing scalable interaction frameworks that support dynamic, CMS-driven, and AI-assisted content. In this role, you’ll work closely with UX, visual design, strategy, and development to deliver experiences that are usable, accessible, performant, and aligned to brand and business goals.

If you're passionate about creating thoughtful, engaging interactions and excited by the evolving intersection of design, technology, and AI, we invite you to apply!

BENEFITS

  • Paid Time Off
  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Life/AD&D Insurance
  • 401(k) with matching
  • Accident Insurance
  • FSA, HSA
  • 9 Paid Holidays
  • Monthly Cookie Days!

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Interaction & Interface Design: Design the behavior, responsiveness, and motion of digital interfaces across websites, platforms, and emerging experiences to drive engagement and conversion. Apply best practices for landing pages and performance optimization while maintaining clarity, usability, and consistency across devices and content states.
  • Design Systems: Contribute to the development and evolution of design systems, focusing on interaction logic, motion principles, constraints, and guardrails that scale.
  • Prototyping: Create prototypes to validate interaction concepts, anticipate edge cases, and resolve usability challenges early in the design process.
  • Collaboration: Collaborate with UX designers, art directors, strategists, and developers to ensure cohesive, buildable, and resilient digital experiences.
  • Accessibility & Performance: Optimize interaction and interface design for accessibility and performance across devices, screen sizes, and input methods.
  • Client Presentation: Present interaction and interface solutions to clients and internal teams and incorporate feedback thoughtfully.
  • Mentorship: Serve as a mentor and interaction discipline leader, strengthening team capabilities through guidance, critique, and knowledge sharing.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Five (5)+ years of experience in interaction design, or related digital design roles.
  • Deep understanding of UX best practices, with the ability to apply them to create user-centered interaction patterns
  • Demonstrated experience designing complex interfaces and interaction systems beyond page‑level design.
  • Strong background in prototyping and communicating interaction behavior.
  • Experience working within or contributing to design systems.
  • Proven ability to design for variable, dynamic, or CMS-driven content.
  • Advanced proficiency with Figma and related prototyping/design tools.
  • Experience with motion and interaction tools (e.g., After Effects, Principle, ProtoPie, or similar) is preferred.
  • Experience designing interfaces that incorporate AI-generated content, conversational UI, or adaptive/personalized features.
  • Experience using AI-powered design and prototyping tools (e.g., AI features within Figma, code-generation tools, or prompt-based design workflows).
  • Bachelor’s degree in design, HCI, UX, or a related field preferred, or equivalent professional experience with a strong portfolio.

ESSENTIAL ABILITIES

  • Interaction Design & Behavioral Thinking
  • Understanding of conversion-focused design and user behavior
  • Systems & Component-Based Design
  • Ability to balance speed, quality, and scalability in a fast-paced environment
  • Prototyping & Iterative Testing
  • Motion Design for Usability
  • Accessibility‑First Design
  • Cross‑Functional Collaboration
  • Anticipation of Edge Cases & Failure States
  • Client Presentation & Storytelling (including presenting work to stakeholders and executives)
  • Self‑Direction & Accountability
  • Continuous Learning & Adaptability

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Prolonged sitting and extensive data entry and typing
  • Minimal lifting of office equipment and supplies
  • May be required to frequently lift up to 10 lbs
  • Hand dexterity and strength
  • Flexibility in work hours may be required

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position is predominantly held in a clerical environment and may also work or access the production floor in an industrial warehouse setting.

  • This job operates in a clerical, office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.