Design Director

Lviv, Ukraine (Remote)

We at Selecto are looking for a Design Director to help us scale our team and take our design practice to the next level.


What we expect:

  • Strong experience in product/agency design (5+ years)

  • Leadership track record (2+ years as design lead/art director)

  • Strategic mindset: seeing design as a business growth tool

  • International client experience, fluent English


Selecto works with startups and enterprises in fintech, healthcare, and other innovation-driven sectors across Dubai and the US. If you want to shape products that matter and build design as a true business partner — let’s talk!


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



Responsibilities:

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

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