Design Director, Product Design - Remote

Company: Algolia
Location: Campbell
Posted on: July 2, 2025

Job Description:

What’s the role? As a Design Director,, you are a world class professional who will be responsible for solely managing world-class clients and their brands, as well as leading and overseeing multidisciplinary project teams that deliver the design and product work your clients are seeking. We are looking for someone with proven experience in managing high-profile clients and their brands, with a track record of delivering exceptional design solutions. As a Design Director, you will play a crucial role in setting the creative direction, driving innovation, and ensuring the highest standards of design excellence. What will you do? Client and brand management: Interact with and manage world-class clients and their brands, serving as a key point of contact for all creative matters, and ensuring their needs and expectations are met. Develop strong relationships with clients, Understand clients business objectives and translate them into effective design strategies. Leadership and team management: Lead and oversee the entire design process and creative work within multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring collaboration and cohesion, while fostering a culture of creativity and excellence. Mentor and develop creative team members, transmitting passion, and helping them build their career paths, grow their skills and expertise. Collaborate with Product and Project Managers to validate requirements, provide design input, scope and manage projects, align the team’s workflow, and flag risks or reschedule reviews when needed. Creative direction and innovation: Set the creative direction for projects, ensuring alignment with clients brand guidelines and objectives. Drive innovation and push the boundaries of design, keeping up with industry trends and best practices. Inspire and motivate the team to deliver world-class design solutions. Quality control and client satisfaction: Ensure the highest standards of design excellence and quality control across all projects. Regularly review and provide feedback on design deliverables to ensure client satisfaction. Monitor project progress and timelines, ensuring timely and successful project delivery. What do we expect from you? 10 years of experience in Product or UX Design, including at least 4 years in creative leadership roles. Proven ability to lead complex programs with multiple workstreams, delivering high-impact solutions for world-class clients. Experience driving the development and evolution of digital design systems and visual identity frameworks. Strong UX background with a sharp eye for craft, usability, and strategic product thinking. Skilled at defining briefs, translating business needs and user insights into thoughtful product experiences, and inspiring innovative thinking. Deep understanding of current design trends, technologies, and methodologies. Excellent communication and presentation skills; comfortable leading strategic conversations and presenting to senior stakeholders. Proven track record of building client trust, growing relationships, and aligning internal and external teams. Strong leadership and team management skills, with a history of effective mentorship and coaching across all levels. Committed to talent development and fostering an environment where designers can do their best work. Being comfortable navigating ambiguity and able to provide clear direction and support in evolving contexts. This role is currently not available for hire or work in New Mexico, and Hawaii, USA. About Huge Huge is a design and technology company. We create products and experiences that grow the world’s most ambitious brands. We do this by designing experiences for people, not users, and uncovering new sources of growth by leveraging our creative talent, our proprietary platform LIVE and unlocking the advantages brought to us by emerging technologies. We believe all experiences should be intelligent, shoppable and unique to every brand. Huge’s nearly 1,000 thinkers, tinkerers, makers and creators, have been problem-solving across North America, Europe, and Latin America for over 25 years. Interested? Huge is committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or if you’re parenting the next generation of innovators, we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self. Huge is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We strongly support diversity in the workforce. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process and work environment. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodation needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially. Workers shall not be required to pay employers’ or agents’ recruitment fees or other related fees for their employment. If any such fees are found to have been paid by workers, such fees shall be repaid to the worker. The salary range for this position is as listed below. Exactly where a prospective employee will be paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, the actual salary ranges for current and former employees who are either currently filling a similar role or did in the past; the candidate’s depth of experience and qualifications; the level of specialization the role requires; budgetary considerations; the market demand for that role and the local market conditions that exist where the employee will be based. For current Huge employees, tenure will also be a consideration. Wage Disclosure $130,000 - $169,000 USD

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