Design Director, UI

Anywhere
Fully Remote
Posted 1 week ago

About this role

As a Design Director, you are a senior creative leader responsible for defining and elevating the visual, UI, and product design direction for world-class brands. You lead multidisciplinary teams and partner closely with clients to deliver distinctive, scalable, and high-quality digital product experiences.

This role combines strong visual craft, systems thinking, and leadership. You will set the creative bar, guide teams across complex programs, and ensure design excellence while building trusted client relationships and driving growth.

What you'll be doing.

  • Build trusted client relationships, guiding them through visual and product design decisions.
  • Translate brand, product, and business objectives into clear creative and visual strategies.
  • Define and own the visual and interface direction across products, ensuring consistency, quality, and impact.
  • Set and maintain a high bar for UI craft, visual systems, motion, and overall design execution.
  • Lead the creation and evolution of design systems, UI frameworks, and visual identity systems.
  • Drive innovation across visual design, interaction, motion, and AI-driven tools and emerging technologies.
  • Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams including UI, UX, copy, and motion designers.
  • Inspire, guide, and elevate creative teams through clear direction, feedback, and coaching.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, excellence, and continuous growth.
  • Oversee end-to-end design delivery across multiple workstreams and complex programs.
  • Partner closely with product managers, client services, strategy, and engineering to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions.
  • Ensure the highest standards of design quality, consistency, and client satisfaction.
  • Anticipate risks, manage priorities, and keep projec…

Benefits & Perks

Remote-friendly

Recommended Skills for this Position

Design Systems
Visual Design
UI Design Patterns
Interaction Design
Systems Thinking
People Management for UX Leaders
Stakeholder Communication and Influence
Presentation and Communication Skills for UX
Human-Centered Design
AI-Augmented Design
Design–Development Handoff
Workshop Facilitation

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