Head of Digital Product Design

Imagine a group of fascinating people… who spend time at work creating the product they absolutely love. Imagine empowered tech freaks for whom the team equals comrades. Imagine tremendous professionals and geeks who like, support, and respect each other. Now, imagine they all code like pros and have quite a lot of fun with it!

See yourself in that picture? Well, hello there! We’re Displate, the XXI-century metal posters makers. Displate.com is home to artworks from thousands of independent artists and the biggest brands on this planet, like Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Blizzard, NASA, Iron Maiden, CyberPunk, The Witcher… you name it.

We are seeking a talented and product-oriented Head of Digital Product Design to lead and elevate our design efforts. The ideal candidate has strong experience with machine learning, data engineering, and deploying ML models into production. We seek a hero who has a high-level of ownership and autonomy. In this key leadership role, you will be responsible for shaping and executing a comprehensive design strategy that aligns with our business objectives, drives innovation, and enhances the user experience across our digital products. As the Head of Digital Product Design, you will oversee the entire design lifecycle, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor a talented design team to deliver high-quality, user-centered solutions. 

We're hungry for talents like you!

Your responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive design vision that aligns with overarching business objectives and strategic goals.
• Spearhead the digital product design strategy, ensuring it supports both short-term and long-term business priorities.
• Oversee the complete design lifecycle, from initial concept through final execution, ensuring a seamless and integrated process.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, and Marketing, to ensure design efforts are fully aligned with business objectives.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality, user-centered designs that meet both functional requirements and aesthetic standards.
• Drive the standardization and scalability of design systems across the organization, promoting consistency and efficiency.
• Lead user research initiatives to gather insights and data that inform design decisions and enhance user experience.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and development opportunities to the design team, fostering an environment of growth and innovation.
• Present design strategies and key initiatives to senior leadership, ensuring alignment and securing buy-in at the executive level.
• Manage relationships with external design agencies and third-party resources, ensuring they align with internal design standards and business needs.
• Oversee the design budget and manage resource allocation, ensuring optimal use of resources to support design objectives.

Want to try yourself in Displate?

Requirements:

• Commercial fluency.
• Proficient in creating comprehensive metrics systems for multiple products, consumer journeys, and teams. Ability to link design and commercial metrics and effectively communicate insights to peers.
• Leadership and community building.
• Capable of managing a team of designers across multiple product teams and fostering strong connections between the design team and other departments.
• General management.
• Experienced in the basics of running a large department, including hiring, firing, team prioritization, allocation, and budgeting.
• Compelling communication skills.
• Proficient in convincing others of the value of design ideas both internally and externally.
• Demonstrable design talent.
• Proven design ability with a strong portfolio of launched projects and products.
• Experience with 3+ organizations is preferred.
• Takes a collaborative approach to understand organizational challenges and believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust.
• Deeply interested in how users experience products and services, with a strong desire to improve those experiences.
• Possesses significant drive to elevate the role of design within the organization.

What else have we got others probably don't?

🏅 Recognized by Forbes' as one of the most valuable e-commerce companies in Poland

🎖️Ranked as “Digital Champion CEE” in 2021 & 2022.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 A truly socially responsible community - we’re diving into new environmental initiatives across the world

💜 We’re a people first company, we're organising charity events for people in need

🎁 Working in super fast and developing environment, as for now we have over 230 official collections in our catalog, straight from Star Wars, Netflix, Warner Bros., NASA, CD Projekt RED, or even FC Barcelona. 

🏅 Sold over 10.5 million Displates in over 50 countries!

📍 Trips to our manufacture - trust us that's a life-changing experience to see how exactly Displates are made! Your own welcome Displate for FREE + discounts for all the rest of Displates

🎲 Winter swimming, boardgames, soccer... We are always willing to consider new or different ideas!

Perks? All on us!

🧠 Creative space - Catch up with your colleagues and soak up the creative Displate vibes firsthand in our Warsaw office. Nothing beats in-person high fives! 

⚕️Health comes first - Stay vibrant with a private health plan and life insurance for you and your closed ones.

🥎 Get your reps in - Choose from two different sports cards, you fitness beast.

🏖️ Relax, we got it - 20 or 26 paid vacation days, whenever you need them.

👩‍🎓Expand your palette - Any courses and conferences you need to learn, grow, and supercharge your skills – they’re on us.

⚖️ Own your time - Leave melting clocks to Salvador Dali. Work flexible hours and balance your schedule your way.

📖Reading types - Our office library is here to get you inspired. Let us know what we should get next.

🎲 Team players - Forget webcams, your team looks best over a nice meal! Go ahead and plan a night out, it’s Displate’s treat.

👋 Putting 'art' in 'party' - Displate Birthdays, charity events, Halloween, Black Friday… There’s so much to celebrate together! In for a chill? Each year, we pick a new beautiful spot and slow down for a day or two.