Head of Design, New York (Remote)

Job Description

We're currently in a growth phase and looking for people who can join us as soon as possible.

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A little about us

Kittl isn’t just another design platform: We’re here to transform the way creators work, offering an intuitive platform as a competitive alternative to traditional design tools

Boasting millions of users only 2 years after launch: our users have created millions of designs on Kittl

Diverse team: 70+ team members from 22+ different countries

Product-led: Product managers, engineers, and designers are at the heart of Kittl

Funding: Kittl has raised more than $50M from some of the most prestigious investors in the world that also have backed companies like Slack, Dropbox and Figma.

Your role at Kittl

Reporting to our CPO, you as Head of Design will set the strategic vision and goals for tooling, logic, features, and mechanics of the design platform which will help Kittl cement its position globally as the leading collaborative graphic design software.

You’ll own the execution of Product Design across the business. Your team of 4 senior UX/UI Product Designers are at the top of their game [not to be underestimated, the standards are very high, and this makes for incredible innovations]. Your weekly design reviews will be swift and strategic, removing any blockers, ensuring design system consistency, and directing the team on projects.

This is a transition role so in the first few months, you’ll act as a senior designer for the core product team working on our newest team and designing real-time collaboration features. You’ll immediately be involved in hiring senior designers to help your team’s capability continue to flourish. The first role to hire will be the Senior Product Designer for our collaboration team.

What you’ll do

Lead: Provide strategic leadership for the design team (currently 4 senior designers), across the business and cross-functionally with other teams

Hire: Build the team, with at least one person in the first 3 months who will take a Senior Product Designer role (you’ll fulfil these tasks until the position is filled)

KPIs: Manage your team’s strategy, objectives, KPIs, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Kittl's business goals

Data-driven approach: Use and communicate with data to track team and product design performance and identify opportunities for optimization and improvement

Collaborate: Work with various teams to help develop and evolve the current product design proposition

Design: Last but not least, design! You’ll design user flows, create wireframes, prototypes, and graphics that are intuitive and visually appealing

What you’ll need

Leadership experience: You're currently leading other A* product designers and have experience leading senior designers. You understand how to lead and build teams, direct, coach, strategise, and advocate for their domain

Professional experience: You’re hands-on and have at least five years of commercial product design experience delivering high-grade UI/UX design and designing user experiences for SaaS products or gaming

Design skills: Expertise in design principles, typography, colour theory, and user-centred design principles with a proficiency in Figma and sharp eye for visual details

Be KPI driven: Have an innate understanding of metrics, KPIs, and how design can impact them

Communication: Strong communication and collaboration skills across all levels

Be a self-starter: Motivated to take initiative, prioritise, and manage multiple project and leadership tasks simultaneously

Interview Process

Recruiter interview

Hiring manager interview

Leadership interviews

CEO interview

Benefits

30 vacation days per year for all employees

An allowance of 50 working days per year (10 weeks, if you count the weekend) of fully remote work from anywhere in the world.

You'll be working with a truly product-led company with PM's, engineers and designers at the heart of the company

Regular team events and offsites

We are EU based, more US benefits coming later this year!

At Kittl, we embrace diversity and value every team member's unique background, identity, and experience. We're all about respect, honesty, and inclusivity. Together, we create a safe and supportive work environment where everyone thrives. Join us on this exciting journey of making our company and product even better!