Design Lead Jobs

At Iversoft, the Design Lead leads a team of approximately 3 designers. They should have experience planning and building designs for web and mobile applications from the ground up. They will play a lead role in multiple projects, and ensure consistency across them.

Our ideal candidate needs to have strong leadership skills, and an ability to mentor and guide others in their work. They need to be dependable, responsible, function well under deadlines and be able to handle competing priorities. They will have strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

Design Responsibilities

• Adhere to and develop the Iversoft brand identity
• Collaborate with the marketing team to ensure they understand goals and objectives
• Lead and oversee a project’s entire UX/UI strategy and find solutions to blockers
• Conduct research, time estimates, and asset requirements for assigned projects
• Develop architecture, flowcharts, wireframes, prototypes, mood- boarding and formulate visual style recommendations
• Document project design and organize art files
• Create visually appealing mobile and web interface designs and Collaborate with the development team to align visual design with development
• Lead design QA reviews and support the QA team
• Creating designs for marketing collateral (social media, sales packages, case studies, etc.)
• Assist in defining project UX/UI requirements, user-stories and provide rationale

Team Responsibilities

• Assist in screening and hiring UX/UI candidates.
• Train the UX/UI team on new processes and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Mentor and coach UX/UI team members through 1-on-1s, reviews, etc.

Requirements

• 2+ years leading a design team, in a mentorship or management capacity.
• Extensive experience with web and mobile app design.
• Proficiency with our design toolset (Figma, PandaDoc, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
• Good design judgment and strong visual design skills in typography, colour, and layout.
• 5+ years of professional UX/UI experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Experience in a software development agency is mandatory.
• Attentive listening to understand client needs and motivations and exposure to client presentations
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work on multiple projects with minimal supervision

Nice to Have

• Experience with Canva and Sketch
• Knowledge of video or animation
• Experience creating templates for PandaDocs, Proposify or a similar software

Diversity Statement

Differences are meant to be celebrated. That is why Iversoft is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Our hiring is designed to be an empathy-forward process that is inclusive of all applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, gender identity or expression, religion, nation of origin, neurodivergence, physical or mental disabilities, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, age, or any other status protected under Canadian Legislation and the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). It is our steadfast commitment to inclusion and diversity that drives us in our culture of success, opportunity, empathy and growth.