Lead Designer UI/UX (contractor) Job at Userlane in Town of Poland

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Userlane is a market-leading Digital Adoption Platform that empowers organizations to understand & improve the value of their technology investments. Working with some of the world’s most recognizable enterprises, we identify & eliminate adoption barriers and produce a more engaging & productive software experience for employees.

Your mission

Design leadership

• Champion a strong design vision that supports our product strategy & brand identity.
• Ensure design coherence across the entire product portfolio.
• Coach, mentor & inspire our UX & UI designers to grow their skills & confidence.
• Foster a culture of creativity, experimentation & customer empathy.
• Lead initiatives to evolve our Design System & introduce modern AI design tooling that improves quality & efficiency.

Individual contributor

• If UI-focused:
  • Collaborate across squads to craft stunning, delivery‑ready UIs that seamlessly blend in with our brand’s visual identity, making our software simple & delightful to use.
  • Play an active role in the evolution of our Design System. Create, maintain, & document components as well as UI guidelines. Help bring order to component libraries & guide best practices for creating shared design assets.
  • Work with Product Designers to elevate our product’s aesthetics through inspiring concepts and insightful feedback.
• If UX-focused:
  • Collaborate with your squad (product manager & engineers) to uncover customer needs, test ideas & deliver elegant, usable solutions.
  • Participate in the end‑to‑end design process from discovery & ideation to delivery & implementation.
  • Use research insights & data to validate design decisions & continuously improve the user experience.
• For bonus points: give life to our stories with micro‑animations & illustrations, adding that extra sprinkle of magic.

Your profile

• 7+ years of design experience, including 2+ years mentoring/managing designers.
• Expertise in either UI or UX design, with strong fundamentals in the other.
• Proven ability to balance leadership responsibilities with hands‑on design work.
• Experience in modern SaaS product environments (B2B is a strong plus).
• Strong proficiency in Figma, experience working with design systems & a good grasp of usability & accessibility principles.
• Strong collaboration skills with experience in cross‑functional settings.
• Fluent in English & a confident communicator who can explain design choices with ease.

What’s In For You

• Team & Culture: A high‑performance culture with great leadership and a fun, engaged, motivated, and diverse team with people from over 20 countries.
• Market: Userlane is among the global leaders in the rapidly growing Digital Adoption industry.
• Growth: We take you and your development seriously. You can expect weekly 121s, a personalised skills assessment and development plan, on‑the‑job coaching and budget for events and training.
• Compensation: Significant financial upside with an attractive and incentivising package on B2B basis.

Ready to make an impact? We can’t wait to meet you!

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet