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Design Lead innovating design processes while managing day-to-day operations of the design team. Collaborating cross-functionally and contributing directly to high-impact design execution in a remote environment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead & Scale the Design Function
- Manage day-to-day design operations and team coordination.
- Build and optimize processes for handling inbound requests.
- Scope project requirements and allocate team bandwidth effectively.
- Navigate uncertainty and translate business needs into clear design priorities.
- Drive team structure, resourcing strategy, and future hiring.
- Lead interviews and help scale the design organization.
- Manage relationships with agencies, contractors, and external vendors.
- Represent the design team across the organization—setting expectations, timelines, and navigating trade-offs when bandwidth is constrained.
- Contribute Hands-On to Design Execution
- Create and refine high-quality product, marketing, or web design deliverables.
- Organize and maintain Figma files, shared libraries, and system structures.
- Ensure design work is accessible, scalable, and easy to collaborate on.
- Bring strong aesthetic judgment across typography, color, composition, and layout.
- Contribute ideas for visual assets and execute them to a high standard.
Requirements:
- Proven experience leading or managing designers in a growing organization.
- The ability to balance strategic oversight with hands-on creative execution.
- Strong communication skills and confidence presenting design rationale to stakeholders.
- Experience creating clarity in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- A structured, systems-oriented mindset someone who brings order to chaos.
- A sharp eye for detail and visual excellence.
- 5+ years of experience in product, brand, or digital design.
- Experience managing or mentoring designers.
- Strong operational thinking around design workflows and bandwidth planning.
- Advanced Figma proficiency: organizing libraries, maintaining structure, systematizing assets, and enabling collaboration.
- Strong visual design fundamentals: typography, spacing, composition, and color theory.
- Experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and leadership teams.
Benefits:
- Remote work is the norm here
- Optional office in Porto, Portugal and Singapore
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