Head of Design

Salary: 7000 - 10000 Euro/net per month

Contract: B2B

Surfer is driven to continue delivering the next big thing in SEO, and we're looking for a Head of Design to help us achieve this mission. The new Head of Design will lead a team of skilled thinkers and doers, bringing a mix of product and brand expertise and business acumen to the role. We're looking for an experienced people manager with a solid background in SaaS product design. Our aim is to take our creative output to a new level as we continue to grow.

In this role, you will:

• continue building and lead the best product design team with a strong vision
• be the team’s advocate, by mentoring, coaching, and inspiring the team to grow
• stay on top of current design trends, processes, and best practices
• understand and propagate ways of building products according to the Continuous Discovery process, while considering tradeoffs of going by the book
• make sure the best designers are aware that Surfer is the best place to be
• know when to research and when not to, when to test and when to skip it

The ideal candidate should be:

• experienced as Head of Design in the SaaS-product environment
• excellent communicator, with the ability to share criticism, own opinion, and ideas
• aware of tradeoffs between business, engineering, and design in a product-building context and knowing how to navigate them
• a people-first, compassionate, charismatic leader
• proactive, willing to change the world around to achieve the goals of the company and your team

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