Design Director

We at Selecto are looking for a Design Director to help us scale our team and take our design practice to the next level.

What we expect:

• Strong experience in product/agency design (5+ years)
• Leadership track record (2+ years as design lead/art director)
• Strategic mindset: seeing design as a business growth tool
• International client experience, fluent English

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.

Hard skills

• 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

Soft skills

• 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

Experience

• 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

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