Vacancies

Your eyes are always open, you have an opinion and you never stop creating.

We are looking for designers who are passionate about creating product experiences that resonate with consumers’ and users’ values.

You will be the type of person who revels in working with other disciplines. At DCA you will work with the best design researchers, strategists and engineers to help direct, create and deliver relevant and exciting product experiences in multiple markets.

As a member of our staff you will be part of our most important asset. Our clients work with us because we offer the best probability of success when developing highly innovative products. To keep you at the cutting edge we offer regular professional and personal development training and mentoring for all our staff.


As a member of the DCA team, you will:

Work within a multidiscipline team of designers, engineers and social scientists to help create products and product experiences that resonate with consumers and users.

Collaborate with design strategists and design researchers to develop product designs and design strategies based on evidence, including consumer insight and macro influences.

Help create visual brand languages to communicate emotional qualities of a brand through a product.

Initiate, facilitate and participate creative thinking sessions and brainstorms.

Help explore appropriate new technologies and materials to deliver the product vision.

Help create compelling and clear presentations for clients at all stages of the product development process.

Communicate designs through sketch work, hand modelling and computer illustration packages.

Utilise 3D CAD and rendering software to explore and develop product form, layout and visualisations.

Provide input to DCA’s internal cultural and design trends analysis.


You will need to demonstrate that you have:

Lots of enthusiasm and personal motivation.

A great industrial design degree or an equivalent qualification.

High quality, relevant experience in a product design environment.

We are currently looking for a candidate to fill a human factors/usability position within our inter-disciplinary team of researchers and strategists. With a passion for understanding people, you'll collaborate with clients, designers, engineers and colleagues to plan research activities, conduct fieldwork, analyse findings, and translate those insights for diverse audiences. Your enthusiasm and passion for understanding human needs will involve you in many aspects of the research and design process.

We are looking for a talented Human Factors Researcher who possesses strong customer affinity and user empathy, thrives on working in multi-disciplinary teams and has a passion for field research, data analysis and translation. The Human Factors Researcher is a member of the Research team, and will work closely with other design researchers, design strategists and ergonomist’s.


Key areas of responsibility:

Involved in the designing and planning of research projects from conception to execution

Conduct requirements gathering tasks such as stakeholder interviews, observations, contextual inquiries, user interviews, workshops, and other methods

Routinely inventing, developing and introducing new methods and techniques

Translate data into insights, frameworks and expressions of human needs

Help create compelling presentations and design/product recommendations including video capture and editing.

Thrive in cross-disciplinary collaboration to generate user-cantered opportunities and concepts.

Adapt to changing schedules and different types of projects

Spend time travelling (up to 15% as needed)


Skills:

Good product research and analysis skills

Proven track record of applying research methodologies on live client projects

Ability to connect insights to design - The insights and information drawn from research must be translated into an inspirational and useful foundation for design.

Good written and verbal communication skills

Detail-oriented and able to work independently and across disciplines on multiple projects - We are looking for people who can keep up a high degree of rigor.

Empathy and Passion for people - We look for those who have a natural skill to engage with people. They should be passionate about representing a human and humane perspective.

Experienced in the use of video to capture and communicate findings.


Experience:

Degree or higher in Human factors, ergonomics, cognitive psychology, usability, anthropology, design, engineering, or equivalent field

A demonstrated understanding of both qualitative and quantitative methods is preferable.

At least 3 years experience of applying human factors methodologies to product development programs

Proven communication skills 

We are currently looking for a talented design researcher who possesses strong customer affinity and user empathy, thrives on working in multi-disciplinary teams and has a passion for field research, data analysis and translation. The Design Researcher is a member of the Research team, and will work closely with other design researchers, design strategists and ergonomist’s.


Key areas of responsibility:

Involved in the designing and planning of research projects from conception to execution

Conduct requirements gathering tasks such as stakeholder interviews, observations, contextual inquiries, user interviews, workshops, and other methods

Work on research projects from early front end strategic planning work to detailed validation exercises

Translate data into insights, frameworks and expressions of human needs

Help create compelling presentations and design/product recommendations

Adapt to changing schedules and different types of projects

Develop new research methods

Spend time travelling (up to 15% as needed)


Skills:

Good product research and analysis skills

Experience of applying qualitative design research methodologies on live client projects

Good written and verbal communication skills

Detail-oriented and able to work independently and across disciplines on multiple projects

Passion for user experience, and an advocate for the user

Personable and possess an ability to relax consumers and get the most from a field visit


Experience:

Degree or equivalent in Human factors, Cognitive science, Usability, Anthropology, Design, Engineering, or equivalent field

Some experience as a hands-on researcher on client projects preferable (ideally at least 1 year)

Proven communication skills

Can demonstrate experience with project examples

We are currently looking for a talented Design Strategist who is comfortable at the intersection of design and business, possesses strong user empathy, thrives on working in multi-disciplinary teams and has a passion for field research, data analysis and translation. The Design Strategist is a member of the applied product strategy and research team, and will work closely with other design researchers and design strategists.


Key areas of responsibility:

Involved in the designing and planning of research and strategy projects from conception to execution

Conduct requirements gathering tasks such as stakeholder interviews, observations, contextual inquiries, user interviews, workshops, and other methods

Develop and define growth opportunities, roadmaps and strategies for design

Track and identify key user, business and design trends

Translate data into insights, frameworks and expressions of human needs

Design insight frameworks, user models, work-flow diagrams and interaction models to communicate strategic direction

Help create compelling presentations and design/product strategies

Adapt to changing schedules and different types of projects

Develop new research methods

Spend time travelling (up to 15% as needed)


Skills:

Excellent product research and analysis skills

Excellent visualisation and creative thinking skills

Experience of applying qualitative design research methodologies on live client projects

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Competent and comfortable with common terms, models and frameworks used in business and marketing

Detail-oriented and able to work independently and across disciplines on multiple projects

Passion for user experience, and an advocate for the user

Personable and possess an ability to relax consumers and get the most from a field visit


Experience:

5 years of design strategy

Advanced degree or equivalent in user-centred design or design strategy, or advanced degree in Human Factors,

Cognitive science, Usability, Anthropology, Design, or Engineering

Proven communication skills

Can demonstrate experience with project examples