Design Lead

Design Leads at Metalab play a direct role in turning great ideas into great products. They steer projects, manage client expectations, and lead the day-to-day work internally. It's about high-quality output and outcomes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product design experience at a digital product agency or consultancy, ideally in a Lead role
• Demonstrated mastery of UI/UX principles, best practices, and common design tools (read: Figma)
• Adequate level of interaction design skills to guide the work (think After Effects, Principle, Framer, Origami)
• A portfolio that reflects your strengths in UX and visual design
• Fluent in translating stakeholder goals, user research, and complex user flows into simple UIs
• Passionate about staying ahead of desktop and mobile best practices, developments, and trends in web, mobile, and iOS design
• Communication pro, with the ability to deliver compelling design rationales in both client and internal contexts
• Comfortable with ambiguity and client briefs that lead to more questions than answers
• Motivated by feedback, and by the opportunity to improve in your role, in the work, and in how you work together as a team