At Balsam Brands, our mission in life is to unlock creative talent and create joy together.  We are looking for a Senior Design Manager – UI/UX, with a strategic vision for the future of our websites, who can develop a team of UI and UX designers and find efficiencies to support day-to-day operations. They will also help evolve our brand's expression with a focus on user-centric design and seasonal creative guidance. One must be innovative, maintain a customer-first attitude, be detail-oriented, and work collaboratively with cross-functional partners.

Key areas of responsibilities include leading a team of UI and UX designers that are responsible for multiple websites’ site and other digital products and tools. You will partner closely with other functional teams, Customer & Data Insights, User Research, Product, Online Merchandising, Business Analysts, Marketing, and Engineering to design an experience that is innovative, intuitive, and expresses our brand's personality.

This position is a part of the Creative Team that supports all brands. It is very hands-on, collaborative, and action-oriented with mentoring opportunities. This position is responsible for helping transform the brand vision into a digital experience through collaboration and testing. You can effectively evaluate a project brief and translate design ideas into detailed requirements that allow for future growth.

Notes: This position reports to the Creative Director and is a temporary position, expected to last 3-6 months with possible extension. This temporary role can be in-office, or remotely located in California, Idaho, Washington, Illinois, Texas, or Missouri. Please submit a cover letter and resume. In your cover letter please include a dish that you would like to bring to one of our potlucks.

What you’ll do:

• Provide creative direction and guidance, with a focus on inspiring users, while maintaining visual consistency within our brand, campaign, and website style guides
• Maintain a holistic view of each brand and a deep understanding of the customer journey and how they differ
• Work closely with Product and Engineering to understand needs and requirements, support new features, and influence the roadmap and future planning
• Solve user and business problems using design; Build interactive prototypes for user testing, deliver lo-fi wireframes and final UI based on user feedback and branding
• Write user interface specifications and work closely with Engineers to ensure that design specifications are implemented
• Lead a collaborative team of designers, copywriters, and media on seasonal campaign development and deliverables
• Work closely and collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure business goals and requirements are met and communicate decisions and processes
• Present concepts and design solutions to cross-functional partners for feedback
• Maintain a strong understanding of current technologies including design software and interactive technology
• Be proactive: address challenges, support process, and make recommendations for improvement
• Highly self-motivated, with excellent communication skills, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills
• Advocate for design, customers, and accessibility best practices
• Responsible for managing direct reports workloads, ensuring that timelines are met
• Assess the performance of direct reports and provide the required directions and coaching

What you bring to the table:

**Please submit an online portfolio with your application that reflects your experience, specifying which work was created 100% by you vs. by a team.

• Bachelor’s degree in Web/Graphic Design, or similar, or have equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience with consumer brands in a high-volume, fast-paced production environment
• An online portfolio displaying exceptional strategic, conceptual, and visual design (please specify which work was created 100% by you vs. by a team)
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Zeplin, Invision, and Microsoft Office
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
• Flexible and able to adapt to the changing needs of the business
• Knowledge of responsive design
• Understanding of front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/JS) to help inform design and interaction decisions
• Understanding of UX methodologies and tools to support visual design solutions
• Support process, proactively identifying challenges and fostering actionable solutions

Bonus (but not required) if you have:

• Experience in branding
• Experience in photo/video creation and animation
• Experience with Trello, Jira, Slack

About Balsam Brands: Balsam Brands is a multi-brand eCommerce retailer with roots in holiday and home décor. We strive for excellence in everything we do and present a unique opportunity to those who are seeking to have a meaningful impact in a fast-paced, high-energy environment. We love to reimagine eCommerce and retail in ways that thrill our customers and leave a lasting impact on the world around us. We have fast-growing teams in the Bay Area, Boise, Manila, and Dublin.

The company's outward focus on building trusted consumer brands along with its internal focus on excellence and being a great place to work have propelled it to consistent, rapid growth.

• Balsam Brands in Forbes: http://bit.ly/balsamforbes
• Balsam Brands on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/balsam-brands/

At Balsam Brands, we are dedicated to diversity in our dynamic and growing workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, citizenship, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.