Lead Designer

Position:

As Lead Designer at Zeel, you will represent design and drive the design process. You will head up a design team of UX/visual designers who work alongside cross-functional teams of Engineers and Product Managers. You will also shape the full visual experience across our existing product suite, new features, and promotional collateral as you grow design-oriented thinking across Zeel. You have a strong visual and UX background, and are a well-rounded designer who steps back to analyze complex workflows, but also able to dive into the interactions and visual details. You are comfortable collaborating with other designers to craft amazing user experiences for our customers. Our ideal candidate has a clean design sense, is a systems-level thinker, and is dedicated to turning complex workflows into delightful experiences.

What you’ll do:

Mentor and manage a growing team of both UX and visual designers
Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to build customer-centric products
Evangelize the UX and design process to c-suite execs and internal stakeholders
Design user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups
Maintain design consistency and coherence across all Zeel platforms both in style and voice
Continually refine the look, feel, and experience of using Zeel
Direct visual designers on a number of customer touchpoints including emails, promotional collateral, and digital ads

What you’ll need:

4+ years of design experience as part of an in-house design team where you’ve had hands on experience implementing products and new features
A user-centered design approach – experience with user research, survey creation, persona building, prototyping, and user testing as part of an iterative design process
A results oriented portfolio that showcases your best work
Mastery of multiple best-in-class design tools (we use Sketch, Marvel, and Principle)
Familiarity with web and mobile UI design patterns, material design, bootstrap, etc
Ability to take initiative, uncover needs, and be self-directed

What we’d like:

History of working directly with engineers to implement designs
Experience managing a small team
Background in a diversity of design disciplines e.g. Creative direction, UI design, interaction design, visual design, UX research, Photography/Videography
Interest in the wellness space

Why work here:

Great people and office culture! We made the 2017 Crain’s top 100 places to work.
An amazing, centrally located office in Midtown complete with a massage room. Inc. Magazine ranks us #2 on their list of coolest startup offices in NYC.
Competitive salary and stock options
Comprehensive health insurance
401k with company match
Unlimited vacation
Regular team events and office happy hours

Zeel provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Zeel complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.