Lead Designer, UX/UI

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San José, San José
In-Office
3-5
Senior level
Marketing Tech • Software
The Role
As a Lead Designer, you will shape high-quality digital experiences, lead a design team, and ensure alignment across disciplines while mentoring designers and maintaining design excellence.
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Who We Are

Konrad is a next generation digital consultancy. We are dedicated to solving complex business problems for our global clients with creative and forward-thinking solutions. Our employees enjoy a culture built on innovation and a commitment to creating best-in-class digital products in use by hundreds of millions of consumers around the world. We hire exceptionally thoughtful and driven team players who are lifelong learners. 

About the Role

We’re looking for a Lead of UX who is not only a strategic leader but also a hands-on design practitioner. You’ll play a key role in shaping high-quality digital experiences by defining and executing exceptional UX, visual, and interaction design. You’ll collaborate closely with clients, cross-functional teams, and designers, balancing business goals with user needs. You will be communicating complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels within an organization. In addition to project work, you’ll be leading a team of talented designers, contribute to team development, mentoring, and advancing our design practice. 

What You’ll Do
  • Design best-in-class experiences and interfaces with high attention to craft, usability, and polish
  • Deliver thoughtful, pixel-perfect design systems, interactions, and flows in Figma
  • Set a high bar for design quality across all deliverables and platforms
  • Apply UX research, usability insights, and product data to refine and evolve designs
  • Facilitate and lead stakeholder reviews, including feedback prioritization
  • Navigate ambiguity and complex stakeholder dynamics with clarity and empathy
  • Lead project teams through discovery, ideation, and execution phases
  • Align cross-disciplinary teams around a shared product vision and design approach
  • Identify emerging design trends and best practices for strategic investment
  • Mentor designers and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and feedback
  • Support design operations, project scoping, and resource planning when needed
Qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in UX/UI design, including 3+ years in a leadership role
  • Portfolio showcasing high-quality work across experience, visual, and interaction design
  • Expert-level proficiency in Figma and strong skills with prototyping tools
  • Ability to synthesize research, data, and business requirements into actionable designs
  • Strong communicator with experience presenting to senior stakeholders and clients
  • Driven to lead creative workflows, inspire teams, and drive design excellence
  • Passionate about collaboration, mentorship, and growing design culture
  • Experience in informing project timelines and scope prioritization
  • Bonus: experience in branding or design operations
  • Advanced English Level required 
  • Please note: A portfolio link is required for consideration

Perks and Benefits

  • Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits Package 
  • Parental Leave Program
  • Annual tech & travel allowance
  • Flexible Working Hours
  • Work from Home Flexibility
  • Service Recognition Programs
  • Socials, Outings & Retreats
  • Culture of Learning & Development
Bonus Points

Have you taken any courses at BrainStation? A lot of our design and development best practices and processes are taught during our courses - make sure to highlight this experience in your cover letter if you have!

Konrad is committed to maintaining a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status will receive consideration for employment. If you have any accessibility requirements or concerns regarding the hiring process or employment with us, please notify us so we can provide suitable accommodation.

While we sincerely appreciate all applications, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Figma
Prototyping Tools
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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
378 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Konrad is a digital agency and product innovation firm that offers strategy, design, and technology services to the world's most ambitious businesses and brands. Leveraging our design-driven approach to building cutting-edge digital solutions, we deliver compelling experiences to our clients and their customers. We are Born Digital.

We have offices in New York, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Miami, and San Jose, employing over 500 of the world's brightest digital professionals.

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