Design Director, UI/UX, Brand
Darkroom
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇪🇸 Spain
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Lead
About the role
- Lead 1-3 UI/UX engagements as needed, focusing on creating branded e-commerce websites.
- Emphasize branded UI, conversion-focused UX, and clarity in design approaches.
- Present design work to clients, explaining design choices based on effective reasoning and UX principles.
- Manage design projects independently from discovery to hand-off, adhering to timelines and collaborating with developers to ensure feasibility.
- Develop component systems and maintain design guidelines for consistency.
- Manage a team of designers, starting with 2-4 direct reports and expanding as the team grows. Provide support in strategy, project management, design feedback, performance evaluation, and handling escalations.
- Conduct weekly 1:1s with direct reports to assess client health, offer feedback, and oversee career development.
- Ensure high-quality work output from direct reports, focusing on visual craft, UX expertise, and meeting deadlines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketers, strategists, developers, and clients, to develop project plans, understand business objectives, and address client issues.
- Refine internal processes for client work in coordination with the Director of Creative. Provide training and feedback to enhance the skills of the design team.
Requirements
- 3-6+ years of senior-level web design experience with e-commerce companies, with at least 1 year of people management experience preferred. Must have experience in responsive web design.
- Digital portfolio showcasing web design and branding skills, including color theory, hierarchy, composition, and typography.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and detail-oriented with a strong sense of ownership.
- Experience collaborating with developers and documenting designs for development hand-off.
- Comfortable with client-facing responsibilities in English, including leading discovery calls and resolving client feedback.
- Capable of providing constructive internal feedback and guiding direct reports to improve their work.
- Ability to tackle ambiguous problems, understand business challenges, design solutions, and execute them effectively.
- Proficiency in Figma, including features like Auto Layout, Components, and Variants, is essential.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) is required.
- Bonus: Familiarity with HTML/CSS or frameworks like Tailwind.
Benefits
- Parental Leave: flexible parental leave benefits to support new parents during this important transition, ensuring time to bond with their families while maintaining work-life balance.
- Endless opportunities for growth: Our agency is founded on an interdisciplinary approach, giving Darkroomers insights into services far beyond your job description. Grow your skills and interests beyond your niche and stay at the forefront of the industry through total immersion in cross-functional collaboration.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
web designresponsive web designUI designUX designcolor theoryhierarchycompositiontypographydesign documentationproblem-solving
Soft skills
self-motivatedproactivedetail-orientedownershipclient-facingconstructive feedbackteam managementcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinking