Enterprise Experience Design – Design Standards Director

Company: Travelers
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: July 1, 2025

Job Description:

Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it. Compensation Overview The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards. Salary Range $135,700.00 – $223,900.00 Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? The Travelers’ Experience Design (XD) team creates solutions to ensure best-in-class experiences for our customers, agents, employees, and partners that deliver business impact. Travelers is looking for an exceptional XD Director to join our Design Standards Team. This role is integral to the creation and implementation of design standards across our organization and will partner closely with EXD leadership, Design Team Leads and multi-functional business partners. The ideal candidate will be both proficient at both creative and craft, adept at both strategic development and hands-on execution. This role is charged with creating XD (UI/UX) Design Standards in partnership with our Brand Standards and Travelers Design System teams. As a Design Standards thinker, they are able to create principles, templates and accelerators that enable the design organization at large to deliver a more efficient and effective experience to our key audiences. This centralized role is pivotal in creating a cohesive XD design approach that accounts for the distinct needs of specific audiences including customers, agents, and employees across platforms and business areas. This XD Director will be responsible for creating comprehensive and on-brand XD principles, style guides, standards and design accelerators to connect and reinforce a more cohesive Travelers experience. They will have the leadership skills to partner, steer and influence internal Travelers and external vendor teams to create solutions that are beautiful and impactful. In this role, you will review ongoing projects with the design teams across various business units to address any immediate needs or challenges and build long-term partnerships. You’ll dive into creating or refining style guides and design templates, leveraging the Travelers Design System and ensuring your deliverables align with the latest Travelers Brand Guidelines, industry standards and company goals. Expect to spend time collaborating with business unit leaders to understand their specific design requirements and provide expert guidance. You might also work on high-impact design projects, crafting solutions that address complex system or ecosystem needs. Regular meetings with your centralized EXD team will focus on strategic planning and innovation, ensuring that the design standards evolve in tandem with emerging trends and technologies. Your role will be dynamic, balancing strategic oversight with hands-on design work, technical UX expertise with creative direction and driving excellence across the organization’s Design System’s efforts. What Will You Do? Key Responsibilities: Develop XD Design Standards: Create and maintain a set of XD design standards, style guides, and best practices that ensure on-brand consistency and quality across all user experiences. These standards should address the needs of various audiences such as customers, agents, and employees. Design Templates and Accelerators: Develop and manage design templates and accelerators that streamline the design process for business units. Ensure these resources are up-to-date and aligned with the latest design trends and technologies as well as Brand Guidelines. Support business area Design Teams: Collaborate with design teams across multiple business units to ensure adherence to design standards. Provide guidance, feedback, and support to facilitate effective and efficient design processes. Bring best in class industry knowledge and practices and identify ways best for internal Design Teams to mature their craft and create efficiencies for Travelers. Design Systems Expertise: Possess deep knowledge and experience in partnering with Technology to inform and ensure Design Systems and Design Standards are in harmony, working together to enable XD teams. Partnership & Collaboration: Lead with a Service mindset with a key goal of establishing trusted relationships, strong leadership partnerships and respected influence over the direction of work on other teams. Work Management: Lead and collaborate with internal and external vendor teams to provide creative and technical direction, as well as lead project management of the work (i.e. management of project briefs, timelines, budget, deliverables, etc.). Project Assistance: Partner with business unit teams on specific projects, providing design expertise and creating designs as needed. Assist in projects that require large-scale system or ecosystem design projects. Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in design. Propose and implement improvements to design standards and processes to drive innovation and enhance user experience. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? Experience in a related field, such as HCI, VCD, Service Design, Anthropology, etc. Ten years of related experience. Two years of leadership experience (formal management or other). Advanced knowledge of most areas, expert level knowledge and application of three or more, and the ability to teach others at a basic level: Design systems Art direction Style guides (creation, strategy, visualization) Visual design Design strategy Service design Interaction design Information design Information architecture Content design (strategy, writing, editing for interaction) Prototyping Usability testing (working knowledge of) Data analysis Collaboration and facilitation Presentation and communication What is a Must Have? Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in work experience. Eight years of related experience. What Is in It for You? Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment. Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers. Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays. Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs. Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice. Employment Practices Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences. In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions. If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you. Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

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