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DirectorFull-timeRust
Salary Range
CA$170,000 - CA$210,000 /year
About the Role
We are looking for a Director of Design to lead, grow, and elevate our design organization at Wattpad. This role is responsible for setting a clear design vision and strategy across our products while coaching and developing our team of designers and researchers.
Key Responsibilities
- →Lead, coach, and mentor a team of product designers and user researchers
- →Foster a culture of strong design thinking, craft excellence, and accountability to outcomes
- →Define and evolve a clear design vision aligned to product strategy and user needs
- →Shape cohesive, intuitive experiences across the reader, writer, and ads ecosystems
- →Actively contribute to high-impact initiatives and critical product moments
- →Partner closely with product and engineering leaders during discovery, definition, and delivery
- →Champion the user perspective by ensuring user goals are never abstract or assumed
- →Partner with product and research to ensure insights meaningfully shape product direction
- →Influence product direction through clear design narratives, not just artifacts
Requirements
- ✓Proven experience leading and scaling design teams in a product-driven organization
- ✓Strong design point of view with the ability to set direction and make hard tradeoffs
- ✓Deep experience shaping end-to-end product experiences across multiple surfaces
- ✓Ability to move fluidly between strategy and hands-on execution
- ✓Track record of influencing product direction through design narrative and user insight
- ✓Strong cross-functional collaborator who can partner effectively with senior leaders
- ✓Passion for designing for real human needs, delight, and emotional resonance
