Design Team Lead

Job Description

SalesLabX is a people first organization based in Austin, TX. Sure, our expertise is in marketing automation and optimization, but we care about creating meaningful connections, both with our clients and within our team. We're a small but rapidly growing tech start-up, with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion, charitable giving, and creating a fun and nurturing work environment for our team members. We believe that investing in the growth of our team members means we all rise together towards success!  In fact, we were named as one of Inc Magazine’s 2023 Best Places to Work, largely due to our thoughtful benefits and inclusive culture.

We're looking for individuals that share our vision of a creative and innovative workplace, where your skills and achievements can multiply at hyper speed.

As a Design Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading and mentoring a team of Graphic Designers. You and your team will produce creative deliverables from concept to completion, including but not limited to emails, landing pages, and social media assets. We're looking for someone who is highly organized, proactive, positive, and passionate about creating beautiful and functional designs. You'll also be highly skilled in communication, an independent problem solver, have exceptional time management skills, and high attention to detail. You'll be collaborating with other team leaders as well as (other) designers, developers, and account coordinators. 

This position is fully remote, but there will be opportunities to attend events with teammates in person for those in the Austin, TX area.

Responsibilities:

• Review and delegate direct team member's tasks each morning
• Lead team trainings and huddles and assist Graphic Designers with questions about their assignments
• Review work submitted by direct reports to ensure quality, accuracy, and brand compliance before passing it to the client for review
• Assist in the upkeep of client brand profiles and asset organization
• Follow and enforce internal processes and policies with designers you support
• Conduct monthly 1:1 sessions with each of your direct reports, with a focus on tracking and coaching their individual growth 
• Develop and track goals for your direct reports through the organization’s performance review cycle
• Review and approve direct report’s time off requests
• Train newly hired designers assigned to your team using provided materials, help with updating training materials as needed
• Design large scale, business-critical projects from concept to completion with minimal supervision using Adobe CC and various web apps …