UI/UX Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the digital design team while directly overseeing UX and UI designers.

• Act as the steward of design excellence, craftsmanship, accessibility, and technical viability.

• Connect UI design with front-end technical implementation.

• Execute mobile-first design strategies across responsive websites, mobile applications, and omnichannel experiences.

• Analyze intricate datasets to extract valuable insights that inform design strategy.

• Manage scalable design systems, component libraries, Figma Variables, and design tokens.

• Provide strategic guidance for projects involving Shopify, Adobe Commerce, React.js, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Ensure visual consistency, micro-interactions, motion design, and adherence to WCAG accessibility standards.

• Keep abreast of AI advancements and incorporate emerging tools into design workflows.

• Lead, mentor, and nurture a multidisciplinary UX/UI design team.

• Supervise effort estimation, project assignment, capacity forecasting, and workload management.

• Collaborate with project management on creative budgets and process improvement initiatives.

• Spearhead proposals and new business presentations.

• Engage in strategic discussions with executive client stakeholders.

• Translate business objectives into digital strategies and steer client feedback iterations.

• Champion the business impact of user research and strategic UI/UX approaches.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in digital design, preferably within an agency setting.

• A proven history in a creative leadership or executive role.

• Expert-level skills in UI design.

• Hands-on front-end development experience with HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks like React.js.

• Mastery of Figma, including advanced prototyping, variables, and auto-layout capabilities.

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite.

• Strong working knowledge of e-commerce platforms such as Shopify and Adobe Commerce.

• Comprehensive understanding of user research, information architecture, responsive layouts, and WCAG accessibility standards.

• Ability to manage team capacity, forecast workloads, estimate task efforts, and adhere to project budgets.

• Outstanding storytelling, presentation, and negotiation abilities.

• Skill in simplifying complex challenges into engaging strategies for clients.

• Willingness to explore new tools and frameworks for rapid prototyping and process optimization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Access to training and certification opportunities.

• Flexible work environment with the option for 100% remote work.

• Disconnect-from-work policy.

• Vacation days.

• Personal days.

• Group health insurance, partially funded by the employer, for you and your family.

• Opportunities to work with prestigious North American brands on impactful digital and e-commerce projects.

• Collaboration with leading technology partners and a network of recognized digital industry leaders.

• Significant contribution to the evolution of the company.

• Recognized as one of Canada’s Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work since 2022.