Design Director – Freelance

🕒 March 20

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $103 - $122 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

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Instrument

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201 - 500 employees

Instrument is a values-driven, integrated digital agency working virtually together across the US.Follow us on social media @instrument.

📋 Description

• Lead design direction across two concurrent website redesigns, ensuring a cohesive system-driven approach across both experiences • Define and evolve a shared design system, including components, patterns, and templates that scale across multiple sites • Guide and mentor a team of designers, providing clear feedback and direction to elevate the work • Partner closely with product, engineering, and production to ensure feasibility and quality in execution • Stay close to the work—reviewing flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs to maintain a high bar for craft and usability • Establish and reinforce best practices for responsive design, accessibility, and component-based thinking • Drive alignment with stakeholders, clearly articulating design rationale and decisions • Identify risks, gaps, or inconsistencies across both builds and proactively solve for them • Balance speed and quality in a fast-moving, iterative environment

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in digital product or web design, with time spent in a Design Director or Lead role • Proven experience leading large-scale website redesigns, ideally for enterprise or eCommerce brands • Strong expertise in design systems and component-based design, with experience scaling across multiple properties • A portfolio demonstrating both high-level design direction and hands-on execution • Experience managing and mentoring designers while staying close to the work • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, especially with engineering and product partners • Ability to articulate design decisions clearly to stakeholders and clients • High attention to detail with a passion for craft, interaction, and usability.