Lead Designer UI/UX (contractor)

Freelancer, Full-time · Poland

About Userlane

Userlane is a market-leading Digital Adoption Platform that empowers organizations to understand & improve the value of their technology investments. Working with some of the world's most recognizable enterprises, we identify & eliminate adoption barriers & produce a more engaging & productive software experience for employees.

Your mission

Design leadership

Champion a strong design vision that supports our product strategy & brand identity.
Ensure design coherence across the entire product portfolio.
Coach, mentor & inspire our UX & UI designers to grow their skills & confidence.
Foster a culture of creativity, experimentation & customer empathy.
Lead initiatives to evolve our Design System & introduce modern AI design tooling that improves quality & efficiency.

Individual contributor

Collaborate with your squad (product manager & engineers) to uncover customer needs, test ideas & deliver elegant, usable solutions.
Participate in the end-to-end design process from discovery & ideation to delivery & implementation.
Use research insights & data to validate design decisions & continuously improve the user experience.
For bonus points: give life to our stories with micro-animations & illustrations, adding that extra sprinkle of magic.

Your profile

We’re looking for a Lead Designer who will combine hands-on design excellence with leadership impact. As a player-coach you’ll spend part of your time as an individual contributor (IC) & part leading & coaching our design team. Depending on your craft, the IC element of the role can focus on either UI or UX design.

7+ years of design experience, including 2+ years mentoring/managing designers.
Expertise in UX design.
Proven ability to balance leadership responsibilities with hands-on design work.
Experience in modern SaaS product environments (B2B is a strong plus).
Strong proficiency in Figma, experience working with design systems & a good grasp of usability & accessibility principles.
Strong collaboration skills with experience in cross-functional settings.
Fluent in English & a confident communicator who can explain design choices with ease.

What's in for you

Team & Culture: A high-performance culture with great leadership and a fun, engaged, motivated, and diverse team with people from over 20 countries
Market: Userlane is among the global leaders in the rapidly growing Digital Adoption industry
Growth: We take you and your development seriously. You can expect weekly 121s, a personalised skills assessment and development plan, on the job coaching and budget for events and training
Compensation: Significant financial upside with an attractive and incentivising package on B2B basis.

Ready to make an impact? We can’t wait to meet you!

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