Design Team Lead

Description

Remote | Full-time | CET time zone ±2 hours



CapsLock is a fast-growing marketing tech company partnering with top-tier North American businesses. 

We bring ideas to life with performance-driven landing pages, standout marketing materials, and creative campaigns that cut through the noise. 

Now, we're looking for a Design Team Lead with a background in web and marketing design and strong leadership experience. 

You will work closely with our Design Director and one more Team Leader and will be on a mission to build a design team that leads with creativity, clarity, and results.

What you’ll do:

• Manage and scale a high-performing design team, leading all core processes including recruitment, onboarding, planning, execution, and performance management.
• Plan and manage team resources effectively and drive team alignment through strategic leadership.
• Manage production of marketing collateral: interactive landing pages, promotional materials, sales decks, business cards, employer branding assets and many more
• Review visual quality, ensure consistency across all design outputs and uphold design quality at scale
• Own and evolve the creative direction and design strategies across marketing and web initiatives - analyze performance of visual materials and experiment with formats
• Develop and maintain design documentation and style guides
• Identify areas for design improvement and ensure timely updates
• Foster collaboration with business unit and marketing department representatives, ensuring creative decisions are driven by performance and data.
• Stay current with design trends, nalyze performance of visual materials and experiment with formats.

Requirements

Skills & Background, that would be perfect for us:

• 5+ years in web and marketing design - you've built websites/ landing pages and marketing assets that convert
• 2+ years of design leadership experience in companies with developed structure (not only start-ups or boutique agencies)
• Experience working cross-functionally with sales and marketing teams.
• Ability to build, improve, and scale design processes.
• Confident knowledge of Figma, Adobe Creative tools and willing to incorporate AI-driven tools and creative automation 
• Comfortable working and building the team remotely 
• A portfolio that reflects solid knowledge of design principles, strong aesthetic taste, modern UX and UI thinking - you can share both your designs and designs created under your supervision

Bonus points for

• Experience with animations, motion, or micro-interactions
• Basic understanding of HTML/CSS
• Experience with version control systems for design assets

What will NOT work for us

• No UX knowledge
• No experience of building websites/landing pages
• Leading experience only as a freelancer/founder
• No willingness to develop farther in a marketing-focused company

What we offer:

• Remote Work - we offer a truly and fully remote environment. You choose where you are the most productive and comfortable to have an impact.
• Paid vacations - generous paid vacation policy to ensure you have time to recharge
• Unlimited Sick Days - we understand that being only human means getting sick or feeling under the weather from time to time, so we guarantee you time off as long as you need to recover and get back on your feet.
• Ongoing Learning - people at CapsLock are deeply inquisitive and eager to learn new knowledge and skills, that's why we support and create learning opportunities like the Free Books program, workshops, conferences, and more.
• Home Office - we will cover the equipment and furniture expenses to make sure you have the best work-from-home experience.
• Physical Well–Being - We will cover costs of your medical insurance. Additionally we offer an allowance for a flexible fitness program.
• Fun Stuff - there is never a shortage of fun stuff

Please note, that we can only consider candidates with an up-to-date portfolio that shows recent work in web and marketing design

Ready to lead a team and make your mark on bold, beautiful digital experiences? Apply now — we’d love to talk!