Associate Director, Information Design – Design Lead

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $127k - $182k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🎨 Product Designer (UI/UX)

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LINK

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Food & Beverage • Consulting • Logistics

LINK is a software integration company that simplifies the integration process for Application Service Providers, Merchants, and App Developers. By offering a single-point solution for various software applications, LINK enables businesses to streamline their data migrations and integrations, reducing manual efforts and improving operational efficiency. Trusted by both Fortune 500 companies and startups, LINK helps organizations unlock new opportunities and revenue streams with fast implementation and reliable support.

📋 Description

• Partner with Project Team Leadership to drive strategic design direction and organizational impact • Serve as the primary design point of contact for project teams and represent the design-thinking process in cross-functional and leadership forums • Identify strategic opportunities within the client space and recommend process improvements to ensure efficient application of the Systems Model • Drive visual brand expression, consistency, and standards, covering identity, architecture, and design systems • Guide internal teams through design execution by setting clear priorities, decision frameworks, and feedback loops • Mentor and guide the design process, modeling effective client engagement, deadline management, and creative problem-solving • Support onboarding and development of new information designers and design strategists, providing regular updates to PMs and competency managers • Monitor team performance and resource utilization, ensuring collaboration, growth, and successful delivery • Participate in recruiting and interviewing candidates for design-related roles • Oversee design execution across the contract, ensuring high-quality, brand-appropriate deliverables • Apply human-centered design and design thinking methodologies to project workflows • Ensure consistent use of design assets, libraries, frameworks, and emerging technologies such as AI • Communicate tradeoffs and impacts of shifting deadlines and identify opportunities to share team successes

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Design Communications, UX Design, Visual Journalism, Visual Communications, Sociology, Psychology or related field • 10+ years of professional experience in design consulting, or a related field, with demonstrated success leading, managing, and developing high-performing teams • Deep understanding of human-centered design, design thinking processes, and visual design principles • Experience driving brand expression and consistency including brand design and formats • Strong written and verbal communication skills with a comfort in copy editing • Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow design teams (often cross-disciplinary) • Leader in visual communication and design principles & foundations • Experience and comfort designing intelligible information hierarchies and frameworks that support information navigability, understanding, and retention • Experience working directly with clients and developing positive client relationships • Mastery in applying information design principles and in visual storytelling through various media • Ability to navigate ambiguity and provide strategic guidance that brings clarity to goals, requirements, and outcomes, particularly in complex or high-visibility engagements • Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design work (concepts, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, visual design, final execution) • Some travel required to attend relevant events and conferences, and participate in LINK team events

🏖️ Benefits

• $100 monthly internet/cell phone stipend • $150 monthly commuter stipend for eligible participants • LINK sponsored healthcare benefits including medical, dental, vision • Company-paid Short Term Disability Insurance • 401K with employer contribution of up to 4% • 11 Federal Holidays per year • 15 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year • Paid Holiday Time Off (Christmas Eve through the New Year) • Annual bonus plan participation • Annual profit sharing participation • $2,000 Learning and Development program reimbursement • Technology package that includes a LINK-owned MacBook Pro, monitor, mouse and keyboard