AI Innovation Design Associate - Crowe : Job Details

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At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you're trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That's why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

Job Description:

Crowe LLP is a leading public accounting, consulting, and technology firm with offices around the world. We help our clients make smart decisions that lead to lasting value. As part of our commitment to innovation, we have established a dedicated innovation lab that focuses on exploring the future of business and solving complex challenges. We are passionate about leveraging design thinking and speculative design to drive transformative solutions for our clients, and we are seeking a skilled facilitator to join our team and lead these creative processes.

• We foster good science. You are given the time and resources to build your expertise in your area and beyond.
• We learn together. You have plenty of options on the job market. We want to be one of the best. We have regular AI ethics and book club meetings, monthly lightning talks where team members teach each other, and weekly 10P independent time for ongoing learning.
• We truly value work-life balance. Our distributed team offers flexible PTO and work-from-home policies. We stress the importance of work-life balance and encourage you to be you.

The Design Thinking and Speculative Design Facilitator will play a critical role in guiding clients through ideation processes using design thinking methodologies and speculative design techniques. This individual will lead workshops, facilitate brainstorming sessions, and help clients conceptualize forward-thinking solutions that challenge the status quo. The ideal candidate is a creative thinker, an expert facilitator, and a strategic problem-solver with a deep understanding of human-centered design.

• Facilitation: Lead and facilitate design thinking workshops and speculative design sessions for clients, fostering creative ideation and innovative problem-solving.
• Speculative Design: Employ speculative design methods to help clients envision future scenarios and explore potential innovations that address long-term challenges.
• Client Engagement: Work closely with clients to understand their needs, goals, and challenges, and tailor facilitation approaches to meet those needs effectively.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams, including designers, strategists, and technologists, to integrate diverse perspectives into the ideation process.
• Prototyping: Guide clients in developing low-fidelity prototypes to visualize and test speculative ideas, facilitating iterative refinement based on feedback.
• Thought Leadership: Stay abreast of the latest trends in design thinking and speculative design, and contribute to the firm's thought leadership in these areas.
• Documentation: Capture and synthesize insights from workshops and sessions, providing clients with clear, actionable recommendations and roadmaps.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Design, Innovation, Business, or a related field.
• Experience: 3+ years of experience in facilitating design thinking workshops, speculative design sessions, or similar creative ideation processes.
• Strong expertise in design thinking methodologies and speculative design techniques.
• Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to engage and inspire diverse groups of participants.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable ideas.
• Proficiency in prototyping tools and techniques.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative mindset.
• Creative, visionary, and forward-thinking with a passion for exploring future possibilities.
• Adaptable and open to new ideas, with a strong commitment to continuous learning.
• Detail-oriented and organized, with a focus on delivering high-quality results.

We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe's values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $45,360.00 to $87,516.00 per year.

Our Benefits: Your exceptional people experience starts here. At Crowe, we know that great peopleare what makes a great firm. We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you! How You Can Grow: We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper! More about Crowe: Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world. Crowe LLP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Crowe LLP does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge.