Sr. Manager, UX Content Design - Content Management & Strategy
Company: Allstate
Location: Northbrook
Posted on: June 25, 2022
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Job Description:
The world isn't standing still, and neither is Allstate. We're
moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking
bold steps to better serve customers' evolving needs. That's why
now is an exciting time to join our team. You'll have opportunities
to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for
the greater good.
You'll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest
ethical standards - a place where values such as integrity,
inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower
every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work
and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one
team in service of our customers and communities.
Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to
protect people from life's uncertainties so they can realize their
hopes and dreams. For more than 90 years we've thrived by staying a
step ahead of whatever's coming next - to give customers peace of
mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to
advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We
help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial
empowerment. We've been an industry leader in pricing
sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more
recently, device and identity protection. We are the Good Hands. We
don't follow the trends. We set them. UX at Allstate
We're a large and well-respected digital design organization of
115+ passionate UX Designers, Content Designers, Researchers,
Visual Designers, and Design Program Managers led by our VP UX. And
we'll be growing by 40% in 2022. We're hiring to evolve UX across
dozens of digital products and services and Allstate brands, and to
establish a shared design platform: an expanded design system,
reusable content, user research and design thinking.
Here's what you can expect from a UX career at Allstate:
Participate in a collaborative, fun and friendly remote team
environment that values diversity, builds and trains individuals,
and supports long-term career and skills growth.
Contribute to large-scale digital systems and products that are
used by millions of customers and have a meaningful impact on our
business.
Join a proven UX organization that is benefitting from high growth,
demand, visibility and investment.
Practice true user-centered design, supported by robust research
and analytics capabilities.
At Allstate, you'll help innovate and reinvent insurance and
improve customers' lives by designing products to support them in
their moments of greatest need, and you'll have fun along the way.
Join our diverse team of creative problem solvers using our talents
for good - at work and in life. Job Summary:
As the digital voice of Allstate, the Senior Manager, UX Content
Design, Content Management & Strategy, will establish and lead a
unified content management system, content delivery and taxonomy
process that will serve all business lines supported by UX. They
will lead the assessment of the current content management process,
propose a roadmap for convergence into a unified system and lead
convergence into an identified target state.
This role will partner with other UX Content Designers, Visual
Designers, UX Designers, and Researchers in the organization to
provide relevant messaging across various channels to enhance
customer engagement. This role will also establish unified,
reusable content for use across experiences to enhance the user
journey, including naming conventions, calls-to-action, microcopy
and error messaging, that help drive bottom-line business results
for the company. The ideal candidate is a highly organized and an
enthusiastic team player capable of partnering across the business,
technology, data analytics, operations, product stakeholders,
marketing, design, and legal partners to build out solutions that
deliver against content management goals. This role will
continuously work to identify new opportunities that will optimize,
enhance and personalize the user experience.
All applicants should provide work samples, with proper
consideration of copyright restrictions. The applicant should be
able to speak to their content management philosophy and be aware
of content design trends. Applicants who cannot provide work
samples will not be considered.
Key Responsibilities:
Define and execute on a taxonomy strategy to support UX content
management.
Develop, evaluate, and oversee management of taxonomy strategies
and vision, developing roadmaps and project plans to continually
improve content unification across experiences.
Set UX content strategy for complex or multi-faceted areas and
assure adherence to that strategy through communication and design
direction.
Train UX team on taxonomy best practices to ensure consistency in
execution.
Set and measure key performance indicators for UX Content Design
work.
Act as SME and resource for content team members.
Manage a team of Content Designers, guiding them toward project
success and achieving career goals.
Actively determine and implement new processes for benefit of the
UX team, development teams and stakeholders.
Use data and research to evaluate content's impact and derive
customer insights that will help us solve our biggest customer
problems and show real business results.
Work with and gain approval from other stakeholders and legal.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job does have supervisory
duties. Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree or higher in English, Journalism, Advertising,
Communications or similar.
Ten or more years as a Content Manager, Content Designer, UX Writer
or Content Strategist.
Five or more years as a leader responsible for delivery of content
management and content delivery solutions (ex: Adobe Experience
Manager, SDL Tridion, Sitecore, etc.) that power reusable content
across multi-channel, high traffic customer experiences.
Four or more years of experience with content taxonomy capabilities
is highly desirable.
CMS subject matter expertise, including functionality, features,
administration, and common business use cases.
Expertise with taxonomy strategy development.
Expertise in content strategy development, implementation, and
development.
Ability to work autonomously to solve problems delivering high
quality results.
Exceptional attention to detail and communication skills.
Ability to lead build vs. buy discussions and vendor product
assessments based on requirements.
Executive presence - ability to influence and advise senior
marketing and technology leaders in the organization.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to
work effectively with a wide range of constituencies.
Highly articulate; make arguments in a compelling, data-driven
manner.
Experience working with a cross-functional UX team.
Experienced with agile development processes.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Experience with a content management systems (Adobe Experience
Manager or other)
Experience with a tag management platform (Ensighten, Adobe Tag
Manager, Google Tag Manager, or other)
Expertise in content strategy methods and deliverables
Expert level knowledge of website and product UX development cycles
and activities
Deep knowledge in people and project management
Expertise in human-centered design techniques
A relentless focus on the user
Understanding of agile development processes
Excellent presentation skills
Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
Ability to collaborate closely with peers, managers and
stakeholders across disciplines and at all levels throughout the
organization
A smart, solid portfolio that demonstrates how you think
Mastery of Office suite; familiarity with Axure, Figma and Sketch
Notes:
The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of
all duties and responsibilities. May be required to perform other
related duties as assigned. Regular, predictable attendance is an
essential function of this job.
Compensation offered for this role is $140,000.00-$160,000.00 per
year and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit
to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands -.
As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a
competitive salary - but that's just the beginning. Our Total
Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance,
medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and
401(k). Plus, you'll have access to a wide variety of programs to
help you balance your work and personal life -- including a
generous paid time off policy. For a full description of Allstate's
benefits, visit allstate.jobs/benefits/
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