The Role
Leads creative direction and end-to-end design delivery across research, strategy, and user experience projects. Mentors and manages designers, facilitates workshops, defines design strategies, reviews quality, engages clients, develops concepts for new business, and establishes efficient design processes. Requires strong expertise in user research, accessible design, design systems, prototyping, storytelling, client presentations, and design leadership.
Summary Generated by Built In
As a Lead Designer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the creative direction of our projects. You’ll collaborate with clients, cross-functional teams and stakeholders to craft user experiences that are both functional & visually compelling.
Your leadership will shape the studio’s aesthetic and strategic approach, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Your Purpose to the Team:
- As the Lead Designer, you’ll be the driving force behind our design excellence across Research, Strategy and Design
- Mentor and guide a talented team of designers, including UX and Visual Designers, set the creative direction for projects, and ensure that our design solutions not only meet but exceed client expectations
- Translate business & user needs into innovative design solutions that deliver measurable results
- Contribute to creating new business opportunities by creating design concepts for potential clients along with the business team
- Create and implement processes for efficient design delivery, training & development and hiring
- Collaborate closely with the Design Director & other departments, including Project Management and Operations, to ensure smooth execution of design projects and alignment with overall business goals
- Stay up to date with market trends and emerging technologies, adapting new tools and design methodologies ensuring efficiency in all projects
What You’ll Own & Drive:
- Design Leadership: Oversee the end-to-end design process for key projects, from concept to delivery, ensuring high-quality, user-centric outcomes
- Mentorship & Collaboration: Guide, support and inspire junior designers, fostering professional growth & a cohesive team dynamic
- Strategic Vision: Collaborate with stakeholders to define project goals, user needs, and design strategies that align with business objectives
- Quality Assurance: Review design work critically, providing constructive feedback to maintain consistency, usability, and aesthetic integrity across all projects
- Client Engagement: Work directly with clients whenever required to understand their vision, present design concepts, and translate feedback into actionable improvements
Requirements
What We’re Looking For:
- 7+ years of professional design experience, with minimum 3 years in a leadership role managing at least 20+ designers, preferably within a design studio environment
- Lead and facilitate design workshops involving C-suite executives from prominent, well-established organizations
- Deep expertise in user research techniques, accessible design, design systems, prototyping design tools
- Strong client relationship management skills with the ability to present design concepts persuasively, and back them up with a logical rationale
- Experience in mentoring junior designers & contributing to their professional growth
- Excellent communication & storytelling abilities that can translate complex ideas into compelling narratives
- An innovative mindset and a passion for pushing design boundaries
Skills Required
- 7+ years of professional design experience
- At least 3 years in a design leadership role
- Experience managing at least 20 designers
- Experience in a design studio environment
- Experience leading and facilitating design workshops with C-suite executives
- Deep expertise in user research techniques
- Expertise in accessible design
- Expertise in design systems
- Expertise in prototyping design tools
- Strong client relationship management and persuasive presentation skills
- Experience mentoring junior designers
- Excellent communication and storytelling abilities
- Innovative mindset and passion for pushing design boundaries
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The Company
What We Do
NetBramha Studios is a global UX design agency founded in 2008 in Bengaluru, India. It provides research-driven product and interface design, including UI/UX strategy, service design, user journeys, wireframing, usability testing, information architecture, visual design, and mobile, web, and enterprise experiences. The studio helps startups and enterprises create human-centered digital products and platforms through design thinking, research, and craft.
