UI/UX Director

UI/UX Director. Datmos brings together passionate experts who combine creativity and data to craft inspiring eCommerce experiences. Driven by a shared passion for excellence, we help visionary brands grow by aligning commerce strategy, digital experience, and technology implementation to deliver innovative, data-driven digital commerce solutions. Datmos is seeking a visionary, hands-on UI/UX Director to lead our digital design team and elevate the quality of our web and e-commerce products. In this executive-level role, you will be the direct manager of our UX and UI designers, serving as the ultimate guardian of design excellence, craftsmanship, accessibility, and technical feasibility. You are a unique hybrid: a master of UI design with a strong background in front-end development, paired with a deep appreciation for the strategic business value of UX. Beyond creative leadership, you thrive in high-stakes sales pitches, lead strategic conversations with clients, and seamlessly juggle operational realities - including estimation accuracy, capacity planning, forecasting, and budgets. Key Responsibilities 1. Creative & Technical Direction - UI & Front-End Bridge: Bridges the gap between design and technical execution, drawing on your front-end expertise to push aesthetic boundaries while respecting web performance, responsive layouts, and technical constraints. - Mobile-First Thinker: Implements a mobile-first approach to design that includes responsive websites, mobile applications, and omnichannel experiences. A leader who understands that CX lives across all touchpoints. - Data-Driven: Understands how data can make or break a mandate and uses data to inform strategy and approach to any mandate. Is able to read complex data sets and extract insights that are critical for the design process. - Design Systems & Architecture: Oversees the creation and governance of scalable design systems, component libraries, Figma Variables, and design tokens to streamline front-end handoffs and scale design system implementations to multiple clients. - Platform & E-Commerce Mastery: Provides strategic oversight for complex web projects built on platforms like Shopify and Adobe Commerce, as well as interactive frameworks like , and familiarity with HTML, CSS, JS. The CX Director does not need to be a developer, but must understand the differences, benefits, and challenges between these frameworks as they affect design mandates. - Quality & Standards: Enforces strict visual consistency, micro-interactions, motion design standards, and universal accessibility standards (WCAG) across all deliverables. - AI Integration & Optimization: Continuously monitors AI advancements and emerging tools to optimize design team efficiency, integrating new technologies into daily workflows and creative direction. 2. Team Leadership & Operations - Direct Management & Mentorship: Leads, mentors, and grows a multidisciplinary team of UX and UI designers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, autonomy, and craftsmanship. - Resource & Capacity Planning: Oversees effort estimation, project allocation, capacity forecasting, and workload balancing to hit deadlines without compromising quality. - Budget & Process Optimization: Collaborates with project management to track creative budgets, eliminate delivery bottlenecks, and continuously refine internal design processes. 3. Strategic Client Relationships & Business Growth - Sales & Pitching: Plays a leading role in proposals and new business pitches, articulating bold creative concepts, technical viability, and design ROI to win key accounts. - Client Advisory & Feedback Leadership: Leads high-level strategic discussions with executive stakeholders, translating business goals into exceptional digital strategies and expertly guiding client feedback iterations. - UX Value Advocacy: Demonstrates and communicates the business impact of human-centered design, user research, and strategic UI/UX to both internal teams and external clients. Qualifications & Key Requirements - Experience: 10+ years in digital design (agency environment preferred), with a proven track record in a creative leadership or executive role. - UI & Front-End Background: Expert-level UI design skills backed by practical experience in front-end development (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks like React.js). - Tooling & Systems Expertise: Master-level proficiency in Figma (advanced prototyping, variables, auto-layout) and Adobe Creative Suite. - E-Commerce Ecosystems: Solid working knowledge of e-commerce platforms (e.g., Shopify, Adobe Commerce) and their technical capabilities. - UX & Accessibility Literacy: Deep understanding of user research, information architecture, responsive layouts, and WCAG accessibility guidelines. - Operational & Financial Acumen: Demonstrated ability to manage team capacity, forecast workload, estimate task effort, and respect project budgets. - Client & Pitching Excellence: Exceptional storytelling, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to distill complex problems into compelling client-facing strategies. - AI Rapid Prototyping: Open to working with new tools and frameworks to prototype quicker, produce faster, or eliminate steps in the design process without sacrificing quality of output. Why joining us ? Joining Datmos means: - Contributing to a growing company, where your expertise can have a meaningful impact on our evolution. - Working with renowned North American brands on high-impact digital and e-commerce projects. - Collaborating with leading technology partners and an ecosystem of recognized digital industry leaders. - Working alongside 100+ highly skilled experts across complementary disciplines including strategy, design, technology, data, and e-commerce. - Shaping our vision and ways of working by bringing your ideas, expertise, and leadership to the table. - Continuously developing your skills through access to training and certifications. - Enjoying a flexible work environment, with the option to work 100% remotely. - Maintaining a healthy work-life balance through our disconnect-from-work policy, vacation time, and personal days. - Accessing group health insurance, partially paid by the employer, for you and your family. - Joining a recognized employer, named among Canada’s Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work since 2022. 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