PD-006 Design Director

Remote, (ON or BC Only)

Our Client is the AI-Powered workforce management software that is radically changing how companies operate. They're ushering in the future of hybrid-remote organizations, connected by our AI-Powered workforce management and intelligence tools. This is a rare opportunity to be part of a high-growth venture-backed startup pursuing a world-changing mission. We’re disrupting markets, moving fast, and giving businesses a serious breath of fresh air.

Our Client is a remote-first company with office pods in cities across the US and Canada and is seeking a full-time Design Director. This person will lead a multi-functional, fast-growing team of UI and UX designers, and collaborate closely with product people, and engineers to design a complex but intuitive application on web and mobile (iOS and Android). The ideal candidate is excited about beautiful design and has led the design process of many complex products and features across web and mobile. We’ll be looking for experienced product design leaders who are accomplished designers in their own right and have a strong understanding of the way design assets work together with experience design to tell stories.

Responsibilities:

• Hire and manage a team of UI and UX designers
• Guide the development and communication of clear design guidelines, patterns, libraries, and assets
• Translate product features and business requirements into user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes that lead to intuitive and beautiful user interfaces
• Partner with the customer success and engineering teams to identify design problems and create UI solutions for multiple platforms
• Communicate ideas visually through sketching, storyboards, and flows in Figma (and other tools)
• Participate in user research with the product team and rapidly test and iterate on design ideas
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders company-wide to solve design problems

Requirements:

• 7+ years of product design experience at a tech company/startup or digital product agency preferred
• Highly reliable, organized, with strong follow-through
• Imaginative and creative self-starter with a take-ownership mentality
• Efficient designer with a strong sense of urgency and excellent time management skills
• Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
• Experience with Figma and Webflow preferred
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript preferred
• Portfolio demonstrating a high level of design skill.