Digital Experience Design Director

Slate

Director of Digital Experience Design at Slate creating and leading design for customer-facing digital products. Building and scaling team, and advocating for design in product development.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $156,559 - $208,746 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive the design vision for all customer-facing digital touchpoints
Translate Slate’s brand and product strategy into cohesive, human-centered design
Ensure design holds a strategic voice at the table
Set and enforce quality standards across your team’s output
Lead, coach, and grow a team of UI designers, UX designers, and copywriters
Hire thoughtfully to fill gaps in the team’s capabilities
Own and evolve Slate’s digital design system
Scale version-controlled design artifacts, component libraries, and documentation
Define and continuously improve the design team’s workflow
Drive the adoption of shared tooling and ensure consistency
Scale a lightweight but durable UX research practice
Operate as a true partner with Product and Software leaders
Collaborate with brand, marketing, and vehicle design teams
Represent design in executive and board-level conversations

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of experience in product design, UX, or UI design for high volume consumer/customer experiences
at least 5 years in a people leadership role
a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership of complex digital products
deep experience building and maintaining design systems using atomic design principles
proven ability to work as a true partner with product and engineering
experience designing for multiple surfaces: web, native mobile, or embedded or in-vehicle UI
mastery of Figma and modern prototyping workflows
experience leading design optimization efforts through a variety of iterative approaches
strong UX research instincts
excellent communication skills
Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design or related field

Benefits

Comp & perks

401k match
annual bonus
company equity
robust offering of benefit and wellness plans
HSA / FSA

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Hard Skills & Tools

product designUX designUI designdesign systemsatomic design principlesprototyping workflowsdesign optimizationUX research

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcollaborationcommunication

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design