Design Manager - HeyGen

About HeyGen

HeyGen is a dynamic startup at the forefront of revolutionizing video content with state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology. With a robust track record of growth and a proven business model, we are rapidly carving out a leadership position in the AI-powered video creation industry.

Highlights

• Join a smart and energetic team with emphasis on individual development
• Take big ownership, deliver a huge impact on product quality via diverse challenges and achievements
• Create world-class brand, product and user experience directly with founders from 0 to 1

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage design team to output high quality product design solutions for web and mobile products
• Own the design strategy and execution, build the best in class design practices, methodologies and systems in house.
• Build efficient workflows to collaborate with product manager, engineer and marketing teams to maximize design impact.
• Mentor designers' day-to-day work, lead by example and help the design team grow in expertise and career.
• Build a world-class design team with the founders through deep understanding of the sciences and arts of design, a sharp eye for talents and effective leadership style.

Requirements

• 2+ years of design team management experience in a fast-growing tech startup, experienced in managing efficient output with a lean team and attracting top talents.
• Experienced in building collaboration with other teams with effective communication that optimize the team efficiency while maintaining a high bar for design quality.
• Experienced in owning design initiatives including product experience, branding or marketing campaigns, hands-on delivering high quality design solutions
• Technical understanding of front-end/back-end development with strong logic to lead the discovery of optimal design solutions with balanced pros and cons covering applicable edge cases
• Product thinking that takes business and customer goals into consideration, take responsibility for the end user experience
• Smooth and efficient team communication and collaboration, can align team quickly with goals and priorities and come up with satisfying design solutions to the team's challenges
• Good taste and standard of aesthetics, rich experience in visual design, insightful understanding of fundamental design elements like colors, fonts, textures and can compose world-class visual design language fluently
• Open-minded, self-driven, strong learner, constantly on the front edge of the industry and brings the latest insights to the team

Bonus Points

• Have built an effective design team that built impactful products with top tier user experience and branding.
• Have led the design of impactful products or brands from 0 to 1
• Strong analytical thinking, great sense of data-driven
• Great taste, able to compose and realize touching design that gives audience goose bumps
• Great passion for design in a broader sense, constantly expanding design thinking and expertise
• You know about psychology or economics and have deep understanding of your markets and target audiences