Design Director

The role

You will lead and mentor a design team while performing hands-on design execution. You will act as a design advisor to clients and collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive business and user value.

What you will do

• Balance leadership with hands-on design execution.
• Apply expertise in product design, design systems, product strategy, and human-centred design.
• Provide clear and actionable feedback to project teams.
• Serve as a trusted design advisor to clients.
• Partner with the Business Development team to scope work and identify opportunities.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance design culture.
• Partner with Metalab leadership to drive engagement and maintain company culture.
• Hire, mentor, and develop design team members.
• Represent Metalab in the design community.

Required qualifications

• Proven experience managing and mentoring design teams through complex challenges.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Active engagement in the design community.
• A passion for inclusive design practices and fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Knowledge of change management and service design principles.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to contribute to business development and client relationship-building.

About the company

Metalab partners with companies to create products that improve lives, reshape markets, and shift culture.