Requirements:

A strong candidate should think not as a “head designer” but as a business partner.

Hard skills

• Experience in creating digital products (web, mobile)

• Proficiency in modern UX methodologies (CJM, JTBD, discovery, usability testing)

• Building design systems and guidelines

• Ability to work with data: analytics, design metrics, A/B testing

• Advanced Figma proficiency, knowledge of AI design tools

Soft skills

• Leadership & mentorship: ability to grow designers into strong specialists

• Strategic thinking: seeing design as a business growth tool

• Strong communication: explaining design value to clients and team

• Ability to make tough decisions and maintain quality under pressure

• Fluent English

Experience

• 5+ years in product/agency design

• 2+ years in a design leadership or art director role

• Experience with international clients

Team Leadership

• Hiring and developing designers

• Review processes and knowledge sharing

• Mentorship, leadership development within the team

• Keeping methodologies, approaches, and tools up to date for designers’ work

Operational

• Quality control of all Selecto projects, especially key clients

• Collaboration with clients at critical or strategic project stages (discovery, strategy, workshops)

• Leading critical negotiations with clients as the face of the company’s design

Hands-On

• Launching new projects, conducting design discovery when necessary

• Jumping into delivery in case of team mates crisis moments

Business & Communication

• Supporting our CEO in shaping the company brand

• Supporting our Sales in demonstrating design value to potential leads and estimating new projects