Design Director

Selecto

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About The Position

We at Selecto are looking for a Design Director to help us scale our team and take our design practice to the next level. Selecto works with startups and enterprises in fintech, healthcare, and other innovation-driven sectors across Dubai and the US. If you want to shape products that matter and build design as a true business partner — let’s talk!

Requirements

• A strong candidate should think not as a “head designer” but as a business partner.
• Experience in creating digital products (web, mobile)
• Proficiency in modern UX methodologies (CJM, JTBD, discovery, usability testing)
• Building design systems and guidelines
• Ability to work with data: analytics, design metrics, A/B testing
• Advanced Figma proficiency, knowledge of AI design tools
• Leadership & mentorship: ability to grow designers into strong specialists
• Strategic thinking: seeing design as a business growth tool
• Strong communication: explaining design value to clients and team
• Ability to make tough decisions and maintain quality under pressure
• Fluent English
• 5+ years in product/agency design
• 2+ years in a design leadership or art director role
• Experience with international clients

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Hiring and developing designers, Review processes and knowledge sharing, Mentorship, leadership development within the team, Keeping methodologies, approaches, and tools up to date for designers’ work
• Operational: Quality control of all Selecto projects, especially key clients, Collaboration with clients at critical or strategic project stages (discovery, strategy, workshops), Leading critical negotiations with clients as the face of the company’s design, Setting up and documenting design workflows for each new project, including task stages, review checkpoints, and escalation to Design Director
• Hands-On: Launching new projects, conducting design discovery when necessary, Jumping into delivery in case of team mates crisis moments
• Business & Communication: Supporting our CEO in shaping the company brand, Supporting our Sales in demonstrating design value to potential leads and estimating new projects

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed