Design Lead

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead mockups, user flows, and high-fidelity artifacts for product requirements.
• Drive cross-platform consistency and design system adherence with the wider design team.
• Develop and implement design specifications and assets; document and validate design intent.
• Define output review criteria, set team cadence, balance throughput and quality, and own escalations.
• Organize files, follow design patterns, and lead design reviews and brainstorming.
• Align with cross-functional teams on expectations, priorities, and deliverables; clarify or define product look and feel.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of digital design experience and at least 5 years using design and prototyping tools such as Figma or equivalent.
• Experience with project estimation, capacity planning, mentoring designers, design quality standards, and escalation management.
• Experience with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and project/task management platforms such as Jira and Confluence.
• Knowledge of evolving design techniques and workflows, platform-specific terminology, and UX best practices.
• Strong time management, self-direction, communication, prioritization, organization, and collaboration skills; able to deliver several initiatives simultaneously.
• Portfolio demonstrating UI and UX design skills; ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience authoring team-wide design guidelines, pattern libraries, and standards.
• Experience updating design systems based on implementation patterns and communicating practice or strategy updates to leadership or cross-functional audiences.

Compensation and benefits

• The posting does not specify a pay range; compensation may depend on qualifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, and business needs.
• The posting describes benefits for eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life and disability coverage.