Design Strategist

Peer Insight is an innovation consultancy. We empower people to be fearless explorers of new services, new experiences, and new business models through design thinking and the principles of entrepreneurship.

- Peer Insight's Design Strategist will be someone skilled at applying creative methods such as empathy, visualization and synthesis to frame and solve problems. - The strategist should have an interest in and an aptitude for combining design thinking, entrepreneurship and traditional business strategy methods to approach client challenges, particularly in the field of service innovation. **This is a full-time position, located at the Peer Insight office in Washington, DC.**

- 2-3 years experience conducting primary research and interpreting, distilling and presenting research findings in a consulting or corporate environment, or the equivalent education and experience. - Firm grasp of how research guides and inspires the innovation process (with a specific interest in services). Willingness and aptitude to stretch our thinking on design research best practices. - Strength in at least two of the following areas: product/service development, business modeling, business research and analytics, workshop facilitation - The strongest candidates will have an established toolkit including: design methods, project management skills and written and verbal communication skills - Ability to navigate confidently between the worlds of design and business, in some cases, across multiple projects - Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a wide variety of creative and analytic professionals. - Ability to display confidence and generate creative approaches in situations of ambiguity BA in Service Design, Design Planning, Business Analytics, Social Sciences, Research Methods, or other related degree