Lead Designer

Lead Designer

Hey there! We're looking for a Lead Designer for a website design and development agency focused on building strategic, accessible WordPress sites for growing businesses. If you are strategic, detail-oriented, and fluent in Figma and WordPress, keep reading!
100% Remote
Salary in USD
LATAM – Reporting to Ohio, EST
Full Time
Advanced English
About Our Client

You will be working for our client, a website design and development agency that is focused on building custom WordPress sites and offering white-label design partnerships for other agencies and business owners. They work in a small, tight-knit team and care about sustainable growth over constant hustle.
About Athyna

Athyna is a Global Talent Platform, helping align world-class talent with the best employment opportunities across the globe.
We believe in the future of work. That's why we are a 100% globally distributed team across 5 continents. We believe in people, and we value freedom, integrity, quality, and sustainability.
We're proudly carbon neutral as an organization and 5% of all revenue funds impact-driven startups & climate tech. We're very keen on social impact - we truly care about everyone on our team, and we want to make the world a better place for all of us.
In Your Day-to-Day, You Will

Join client discovery calls, then independently develop the creative brief and sitemap
Build page-by-page wireframes that reflect user flow, information hierarchy, and accessibility, mapped to how WordPress actually works
Develop full creative direction in Figma: mood boards, typography, color systems, photography direction, and design systems
Design email campaigns across platforms like HubSpot, Square, Klaviyo, and Kit
Coordinate the creative process, from designer hand-offs to copy integration before client delivery
Review deliverables for quality before they reach the client
Present wireframes and creative direction directly to clients
Occasionally support print and collateral projects like brand guides and one-pagers
Skills You Have

A portfolio showing website design, email, and brand work, with evidence of strategic thinking beyond visual execution
Demonstrated ability to wireframe for user experience: hierarchy, flow, and conversion intent
A UX-informed approach with working knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards
Experience running creative process in an agency environment: briefing designers, giving directional feedback, and QA-ing against a brief
Strong, current, digital-first visual design sensibility
Proficiency in Figma for both wireframing and high-fidelity design
Experience designing email campaigns across platforms like HubSpot, Klaviyo, Kit, or Square
Deep WordPress fluency as a designer: understanding page types, templates, and the structural implications of design decisions
Skills That Will Make You Stand Out

Familiarity with the Relume Figma Kit or similar component libraries
Comfort using AI tools, especially Claude, as a creative collaborator
Familiarity with Canva for brand collateral and non-web design work
Day-to-day familiarity with Figma, Asana, Notion, and Google Workspace
You'll Be Entitlement To

10 days of PTO
Salary in USD
US holidays
Opportunity to work in an amazing environment