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About the Role
CourtAvenue is seeking a Design Director, Platform UI to lead the visual interface layer for complex platform engagements. This role involves building and evolving components, design systems, and interfaces for enterprise client work, focusing on visual and systems craftsmanship within real-world constraints. You will collaborate with Experience Strategy, engineering, and product management to deliver high-quality, scalable interfaces.
Responsibilities
- Own the visual interface layer of platform engagements, translating UX foundations into production-ready, system-aware UI.
- Architect, evolve, and govern design systems and component libraries for engineering teams.
- Drive visual design quality across typography, color, spacing, iconography, motion, and micro-interactions.
- Partner with engineering, product management, and platform architects as a peer.
- Collaborate with Experience Strategy, respecting their ownership of UX and research.
- Champion accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA minimum) in all design work.
- Establish and run design critique culture and design system governance.
- Inspire and manage the career growth of a team of UI designers.
- Drive organic growth by presenting design rationale and platform vision to senior client stakeholders.
- Maintain mastery of client presentations and non-creative communication.
- Own quality across long-running engagements, designing for maintainability and scalability.
- Stay on the pulse of platform UI, design system practice, accessibility standards, and emerging interface patterns.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in digital product design, UI design, or visual/interface design, with at least 3 years focused on product, platform, or B2B SaaS.
- Demonstrated experience in a design leadership role with direct people management of designers.
- Strong portfolio of shipped product interfaces, evidencing design system thinking, visual craft, and engineering partnership.
- Deep experience designing for enterprise platforms, B2B SaaS, MarTech, content and commerce platforms, telecom, financial services, or comparable regulated/enterprise environments.
- Mastery of Figma, including advanced component architecture, variables, auto-layout, and design system management.
- Familiarity with Storybook, Zeroheight, or similar design system documentation tools.
- Working fluency in WCAG 2.1 AA standards and accessibility tooling.
- Track record of architecting or significantly contributing to design systems adopted by engineering teams in production.
- Experience as a downstream partner to UX, research, or experience strategy teams.
- Excellent client-facing communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to lead design across multiple concurrent engagements.
- Digital agency experience and background.
Skills
- Figma
- WCAG 2.1 AA
- Storybook
- Zeroheight
- Adobe Creative Suite
Location
- Chicago, IL
- Cincinnati, OH
- Minneapolis, MN
- Dallas, TX
- Los Angeles, CA
- San Diego, CA
Work Type
- Structured-hybrid
- Office
- Remote
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience in digital product design
- 3+ years focused on product, platform, or B2B SaaS
- Design leadership role
- People management
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000 - $180,000 a year
About the Company
- CourtAvenue is a company of industry experts accelerating digital transformation for the world’s most ambitious companies.
- CourtAvenue fosters a culture powered by entrepreneurs, technologists, data scientists, and the habitually restless, dedicated to designing products and services that transform businesses while optimizing them for growth.
- The company values innovation and focuses on redesigning the experience between consumer and service (or product) through fluid, seamless, and transparent engagement.
Equal Opportunity
- CourtAvenue, INC. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CourtAvenue recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or genetic information.
- CourtAvenue, INC. participates in the E-Verify program. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form (I-9) upon hire.