Head of Design, New York (Remote)

We're currently in a growth phase and looking for people who can join us as soon as possible.

Learn more: www.kittl.com/career

A little about us

• Kittl isn’t just another design platform: We’re here to transform the way creators work, offering an intuitive platform as a competitive alternative to traditional design tools

• Boasting millions of users only 2 years after launch: our users have created millions of designs on Kittl

• Diverse team: 70+ team members from 22+ different countries

• Product-led: Product managers, engineers, and designers are at the heart of Kittl

• Funding: Kittl has raised more than $50M from some of the most prestigious investors in the world that also have backed companies like Slack, Dropbox and Figma.

Your role at Kittl

Reporting to Tobias, co-founder and CPO of Kittl, you as Head of Design will set the strategic vision and goals for tooling, logic, features, and mechanics of the design platform which will help us cement our position globally as the leading collaborative graphic design software.

You’ll own the execution of Product Design across the business. Your team of 4 senior UX/UI Product Designers are at the top of their game (not to be underestimated, the standards are very high, and this makes for incredible innovations). Your weekly design reviews will be swift and strategic, removing any blockers, ensuring design system consistency, and directing the team on projects.

In this role, you'll be taking a lot off of Tobias' plate. We have a hands-on mentality, and everyone including up to Tobias is a hands-on designer. You must love the craft!

When you join, alongside being Head of Design you'll also be contributing hands-on as a Senior Product Designer in our newest product team - Collaboration. This team is building out our B2B offering - real-time collaboration in graphic design. However as soon as you join, you'll start recruiting your replacement (a Senior Product Designer) for the Collaboration team and you'll fully transition into a more leadership position, but make no mistake - we expect you to be the best designer on the team.

What you’ll do

• Lead: Provide strategic leadership for the design team (currently 4 senior designers), across the business and cross-functionally with other teams 

• Hire: Build the team, with at least one person in the first 3 months who will take a Senior Product Designer role (you’ll fulfil these tasks until the position is filled)

• KPIs: Manage your team’s strategy, objectives, KPIs, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Kittl's business goals

• Data-driven approach: Use and communicate with data to track team and product design performance and identify opportunities for optimization and improvement

• Collaborate: Work with various teams to help develop and evolve the current product design proposition

• Design: Last but not least, design! You’ll design user flows, create wireframes, prototypes, and graphics that are intuitive and visually appealing

What you’ll need

• Leadership experience: You're currently leading other A* product designers and have experience leading senior designers. You understand how to lead and build teams, direct, coach, strategise, and advocate for their domain

• Professional experience: You’re a hands-on designer, and have at least 8 years of commercial product design experience delivering high-grade UI/UX for SaaS products or gaming, as well as designing editor interfaces

• Industry: You hail from the creative software industry (graphic, video, photo), with experience working on design editor platforms (rather than mobile Apps or web design)

• Design skills: Expertise in design principles, typography, colour theory, and user-centred design principles with a proficiency in Figma and sharp eye for visual details

• Be KPI driven: Have an innate understanding of metrics, KPIs, and how design can impact them

• Communication: Strong communication and collaboration skills across all levels

• Be a self-starter: Motivated to take initiative, prioritise, and manage multiple project and leadership tasks simultaneously

Interview Process

• Recruiter interview

• Hiring manager interview

• Take-home case study

• Case Study presentation

• CEO interview

Benefits

• 30 vacation days per year for all employees

• An allowance of 50 working days per year (10 weeks, if you count the weekend) of fully remote work from anywhere in the world.

• You'll be working with a truly product-led company with PM's, engineers and designers at the heart of the company

• Regular team events and offsites

• We are EU based, more US benefits coming later this year!

🌈 At Kittl, we embrace diversity and value every team member's unique background, identity, and experience. We're all about respect, honesty, and inclusivity. Together, we create a safe and supportive work environment where everyone thrives. Join us on this exciting journey of making our company and product even better!