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Design Director
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Role overview Lead visual design for major digital experiences, combining hands-on creative work with direction and mentorship for a design team. You’ll translate brand strategy and high-level briefs into polished web experiences, product detail pages, and interactive launches, working within established design systems while pushing the creative work forward. The role is embedded with client teams and requires both creative judgment and reliable delivery under tight timelines.
Responsibilities - Sketch, design, prototype, and refine web pages and digital launches, setting a high standard for visual craft, typography, storytelling, and interaction. - Work within complex design systems and component libraries while identifying opportunities to extend their capabilities. - Collaborate directly with client creative leads through shared files, live working sessions, sprint planning, and regular check-ins. - Turn ambiguous briefs into phased deliverables and prioritize work against launch schedules. - Provide creative direction, actionable critique, and mentorship to junior and mid-level designers. - Coordinate with project and client leads to deliver work on time while meeting quality expectations.
Requirements - At least eight years of digital visual, web, or interactive design experience, including two or more years in a design leadership or lead practitioner role. - Portfolio demonstrating strong digital craft, narrative web design, product detail or e-commerce pages, interactive storytelling, and typography. - Deep Figma expertise, including auto layout, nested components, design tokens, responsive variants, and multi-brand design systems. - Experience presenting work and collaborating directly with enterprise client creative leads and cross-functional partners. - Comfort with rapid sprints, shared working files, and fast-moving launches; able to take ownership with minimal direction. - Mastery of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, plus familiarity with collaboration tools. - Able to work core hours aligned with Pacific Time.
Benefits and work setup The role is listed as US remote, with Pacific Time core hours. Benefits include health, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) with matching; paid time off; company holidays; and parental leave.