Associate Business Designer (Remote Possible- CET)
Board of Innovation, Belgium

We’re a global innovation firm, imagining tomorrow’s products, services amp; businesses and creating them today. An independent collective of strategists, designers, growth hackers and entrepreneurs . We join forces with the world’s most ambitious businesses to make what life needs next.

We have built a successful business - with +30% CAGR (year-on-year-growth) by building strong relationships and delivering exciting work. Our ethos is simple:

• Make it personal: help others. Be yourself. Leave your ego at the door.
• Make it better: think, and think again. Raise the bar. Listen, learn, share, repeat.
• Make it happen: be entrepreneurial. No buzzwords, no theater. Ideas are nice, but impact is everything.

We have offices in New York, Singapore, Antwerp and Amsterdam with teams across 27 locations - we’ve committed to remote first, allowing our teams to locate in the places that work for them while still providing face-to-face bonding by always aiming to have multiple people in the same city.

Requirements

You are a key contributor and you own specific research and build on the great work we do and continuously look for other opportunities to help our clients.

You take the lead on various research needs on different projects

• Desk research: Gaining a quick understanding of a given topic through the unpacking of available research and news.
• Qualitative research: Leading 1-1 consumer interviews and documenting quotes, stories, and discussions.
• Quantitative research: Work together with our experiment designers to run digital experiments that will help us validate key desirability and viability assumptions.
• Insight development: Bringing all of this together to identify patterns of insights and opportunities that will inform the overall strategy.

You play a key role in project delivery

• Workshop preparation and design: Support structuring the activities for an engagement to guide the clients in getting to a final result.
• Final delivery: Translating all of the analysis into a final deliverable that is succinct as well as engaging.
• Session Engagement: Responsible for participating in client sessions where possible with the goal of being able to take on more ownership of discussions over time.

You provide strategic support

• Sparring partner: Asking the right questions and sharing strategic opinions with the Sr. Consultant to strengthen the overall analysis.

What you’ll need to succeed

• 1-3 years experience

Must have:

• Academic background in Business/ Design/ Innovation/ Engineering/ Digital / ... or equivalent work experience
• Experience in a variety of design research methodologies and tools such as: expert interviews, ethnographic interviews, extreme user research, participatory sessions, prototype feedback, live prototyping, trend research,
• Business analytical skills and are able to challenge a business case of a new venture on-the-spot; your sweet spot is the intersection of human needs and business impact
• You are able to formulate your own opinion, backed up with arguments and confidence; you are strong in storytelling and you are comfortable facilitating sessions for small and large groups of clients
• You are confident and flexible as a member of interdisciplinary teams where harmonious collaboration and a hands-on attitude are essential
• You have what it takes to thrive in our team: an authentic, humble personality, a no-nonsense approach, a relentless drive to learn, an open mindset, an entrepreneurial attitude, a true team spirit (no ego!) and you share our ‘make it matter’ mentality

Nice to have:

• Understanding of different innovation methodologies such as: human-centered design, design thinking, lean start-up, growth hacking, etc.

Where you'll be:

• For junior roles, we expect regular face-to-face collaboration with our other EMEA business designers, who are based in Antwerp, Belgium and Barcelona, Spain.
• We expect you to live in or move to one of both cities, allowing you to closely work with people that can coach and inspire you on the job
• Once you grow into a more senior role at Board of Innovation, you can work from anywhere

Benefits

At Board of Innovation we are passionate about making what life needs next. Board of Innovation is not just a company but a way of working. It is a place that solves real challenges and creates a meaningful impact. It

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