What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Director (UX & Design Systems) position at EQUALS TRUE?
EQUALS TRUE started when a type design geek and a talent nerd decided to create real change in the technology industry workforce. Together, they built the first-in-industry authentic talent partner to help organizations build cultures and scale internationally with the best talent in the Americas.
We are the only organization in Latin America that was founded with a commitment to be inclusive, treat individuals fairly, pay them equally, and provide them with a great professional experience each day. From day one, EQUALS TRUE has been committed to inclusive hiring, wage equality, and delivering an exceptional professional experience. These values ground our business model and daily practices.
We’re different, awkward, techie, weird in all the right ways, and we work only with great people. If you’re looking for a remote-first career aligned with a true social mission and with companies that share your values, then let’s talk about our Design Director role today. Here’s what you need to know about this position:
Location: Remote, LATAM
Engagement Type: Full-Time
The Work
(What you’ll be doing & Your Impact)
You will be leading the design direction for two website redesigns inside a creative team with strong strategic backing. The kind of project where your decisions actually shape the final product.
- Lead design direction across two simultaneous website redesigns for a major brand
- Drive the work forward as the primary design lead, owning decisions from UX strategy to final execution
- Build and maintain design systems and shared component libraries that work across both sites
- Collaborate directly with client stakeholders and align the design team around a unified creative vision
- Partner with product and development teams to make sure what gets designed actually gets built
- Keep quality high and timelines moving across both projects simultaneously
Needed Expertise
(What you need to succeed in the role)
- Proven experience as a Design Director or Senior Design Lead on web projects
- Strong UX sensibility with deep experience building and managing design systems
- Expert level Figma proficiency including component libraries, shared systems, and handoff
- Comfortable leading a design team and presenting to client stakeholders
- Experience working across multiple projects simultaneously without losing quality
Our Benefits & Perks
- We pay in USD through our platform that allows you to convert, allocate and disburse your salary as you want and into almost any currency that you choose
- Paid company holidays
- Medical, safety, and wellness benefits
- Technology benefits
- Business English language classes
- …and more perks being added each quarter
Interested? Great! Please send us your CV/Resume to start the conversation and learn more about each other. EQUALS TRUE is a global inclusive talent network of like-minded software engineers, agilists, and design thinkers. We build and develop safe, inclusive, equitable and balanced teams for companies that need to scale globally in a socially responsible way.
EQUALS TRUE is open to all qualified candidates. We never evaluate qualified people on anything other than their skills, work history, training, and ability to do the job. We respect the right of people to live the life they want without judgement. So we practice wage equality, create a culture of belonging, insist upon respect for all our people, make every effort to accommodate all disabilities, and work only with companies that share our values. We are proud to be a global equal opportunity employer. And as such we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, status as a veteran, or any other protected status. We also consider qualified applicants with non-violent and non-financial related criminal histories.
Additionally, EQUALS TRUE is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout our hiring processes. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.