Principal Designer

At The Brigade, we clarify the now and look beyond tomorrow to help our clients solve their most significant business challenges and uncover new ways to thrive. As the most senior individual contributor, you’ll have an immediate impact on the team, serving as a leader building digital products and innovative design solutions for clients ranging from private to public, non-profit to startup, small business to enterprise. You’ll contribute alongside team members while also playing a pivotal role in elevating work and ensuring project success.

Work closely with clients like The Washington Post, Spotify, Waze, Google, and a laundry list of innovative startups to translate a complex array of business goals and strategies into thought-provoking product experiences while also providing nimble team leadership and encouragement. As the most senior individual contributor, you’ll immediately impact the team as a leader in building digital products and innovative design solutions for clients. You’ll contribute alongside team members while also playing a pivotal role in elevating work and ensuring project success.

We are open to remote candidates for this role.

What to expect and what we expect

Lead design on multiple projects; flexible and excited to contribute at any level, balance your time between direction, individual contributions, and informal mentorship
Uphold high-quality standards on all projects, providing considered direction and feedback to the team and help them produce their best work
Design considered brand systems and original product creative informed by strategy with empathy and craft
Have strong communication skills, with the ability to present compelling and persuasive design concepts to your team and client partners
Effective, professional collaboration
Push both clients and your team outside their comfort zones
With ease, balance design principles and business needs to uncover powerful user experiences
Proactively stay on top of design trends and best practices as well as develop a deep, conceptual understanding of client businesses and related markets
Be curious and brave; you embrace ambiguity and client briefs, tackling complex problems with your team with grace and aplomb
Work with producers and client partners to scope project requirements, driving towards timelines and milestones with the support of senior leadership

Qualifications

Significant experience as a product designer at a digital product agency or consultancy, ideally in a lead or senior role
Demonstrated mastery of UI/UX principles, interaction design, best practices, and common design tools (read: Figma). Bonus points for front end development design skills.
A portfolio that reflects your strengths in both UX and visual design skills

Values

We create a supportive, challenging environment that encourages each of us to grow and push our creative output. You’ll work with rad, self-motivated, and insanely talented people who love collaborating with each other. We value our relationships over projects and that is seen both in how we build client relationships, but also in how we take care of the team.