
Design Director
Sourcing Unicorns
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Spain
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About the role
- Establish and drive visual design direction across projects, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines, project parameters, and client objectives.
- Able to contribute hands-on design work when needed—creating style frames, type treatments, UI systems, and toolkits.
- Lead and mentor designers, fostering growth and elevating studio-wide design standards.
- Collaborate with creatives, technologists, producers, and strategists to align visual design with creative strategy, user experience, and technical feasibility.
- Oversee and refine design outputs, ensuring consistency, clarity, and craft excellence across deliverables.
- Present and articulate design intent and rationale to internal teams, clients, and stakeholders.
- Shape the visual direction of pitches and proposals, contributing to new business opportunities.
- Stay ahead of emerging trends, tools, and workflows—including AI-driven exploration—and bring them into the design process.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Visual Design, Motion Design, Interaction Design, or equivalent professional experience preferred.
- 8+ years of design experience in an agency or studio setting, with a portfolio demonstrating mastery of immersive and interactive design.
- Hands-on expertise in visual design, typography, UI systems, and brand-driven execution.
- Strong ability to design and direct for motion and interaction, especially for immersive and large-scale formats.
- Experience creating content for large digital canvases, interactive environments, and touchpoints.
- Expert proficiency with industry-standard tools, including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Figma.
- Familiarity with 3D design tools (C4D, Blender, or similar) is a strong plus.
- Ability to integrate AI tools and workflows into design exploration and production.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present, defend, and refine design decisions.
- Highly organized and adaptable, capable of balancing multiple projects with precision and consistency.
Benefits
- We’re committed to an inclusive process and we welcome talent from all walks of life.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
visual designtypographyUI systemsbrand-driven executionmotion designinteractive designimmersive designcontent creation for digital canvasesdesign for interactive environmentsdesign for large-scale formats
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationorganizationadaptabilitypresentation skillsdesign rationale articulationproject managementcreative strategy alignment
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Visual DesignBachelor’s degree in Motion DesignBachelor’s degree in Interaction Design