CONSTRUCTIVE: DESIGN DIRECTOR (UX/UI) FOR SOCIAL IMPACT DESIGN AGENCY (F/T, REMOTE)

About the role

Constructive, a leading social impact strategy and design firm, is seeking a Design Director with deep expertise in UX design for content-rich websites, a skilled eye for visual design, and strong people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce exceptional design work.
• Shape our UX design practices.
• Lead our design team.
• Lead design strategy workshops.
• Lead client presentations.
• Collaborate across teams.
• Support resourcing and project health.
• Build our design team.
• Contribute thought leadership.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of UX and UI design experience, primarily in agency settings, creating large-scale, content-rich, brand presence websites.
• At least 3 years experience managing and overseeing the work of interactive design teams.
• Exceptional UX design and human-centered design skills—particularly designing high-polish wireframes and prototypes.
• A strong eye for visual design fundamentals—typography, color systems, grid theory, and information organization.
• Collaborative leadership capabilities with the ability to manage designers and manage up to the Creative Director for feedback and support.
• Exceptional presentation and speaking skills—the ability to build confidence in clients, persuasively articulate our ideas without being pushy, and facilitate strategic feedback conversations.
• An allergic reaction to mediocre work, an unrelenting eye for detail, and an insistence that any work we produce meets our highest standards and honors our clients' trust in us.
• Fluency with Figma and strong Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Proficiency in UX research and usability testing is a plus.

Qualifications

• Strong alignment with our core values.

Skills

• UX and UI design experience.
• UX research and usability testing.
• Leadership and collaboration.
• Presentation and communication skills.
• Visual design fundamentals.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary range between $120k - $130k, defined profit sharing, 401K matching, discretionary performance-based bonuses, 3 weeks paid vacation, and more.

Pay

$120k - $130k

Schedule

Full-time remote position