Design Manager, Global Applications
Meltwater
React
Design Manager – Global Applications
Meltwater
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina
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💰 $140,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
React
About the role
- Execute and design strong user interfaces, user prototypes, wireframes, and visual designs
- Use GenAI tools to provide sophisticated design prototypes and AI-driven solutions (e.g., Lovable, v0, Cursor)
- Work in Figma to ensure pixel perfect designs
- Proactively engage with designers and developers to ensure alignment with development requirements and systems documentation
- Work with the UX design research team to identify user pain points, assess products, and identify UX opportunities
- Champion user-centered design principles in all projects
- Collaborate with teams to align Meltwater design efforts with core business objectives and execute on UX priorities
- Oversee the execution of one product designer, ensuring their work meets high standards
- Collaborate with product managers and UX Directors to foster strong design ethic and outcomes
- Lead ideation, feasibility assessments, and story-mapping workshops
- Present and communicate design narratives to cross-functional leaders, developers, and stakeholders
- Conduct UI reviews of design patterns through product-based evaluations and system-wide assessments
- Contribute to design culture and help the design practice to grow
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in Product Design/Visual UI Design/UI/UX
- At minimum 3-5 years of experience managing a design team
- Minimum of 3-5 years working in SaaS and enterprise applications
- Proven portfolio showcasing extensive UX/UI work
- Experience with AI tools such as Lovable, v0, or Cursor
- Point of view on industry best practices and design principles
- Demonstrated ability to deliver products with a focus on final outcomes
- Strong communication skills for presenting ideas clearly to business stakeholders
- Strong experience collaborating with engineering teams to refine & develop UX
- Expert proficiency in Figma
- Strong understanding of the Design Thinking process stages
- Experience collaborating with other designers/design teams for system-wide improvements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design or a related field
- Familiarity with front-end technologies such as React and MUI
