At Huge, Creative brings together designers, writers, and technologists to create meaningful digital experiences. We combine creativity, design, technology, and a deep understanding of people to transform complex challenges into intuitive, engaging, and impactful experiences.
Our teams value collaboration, experimentation, and bold creative thinking to deliver work that connects with people and drives meaningful outcomes.
The role.Huge is looking for a Visual Design Lead to lead the visual design direction across complex digital products and experiences. In this role, you will guide the design vision from concept through execution, ensuring high standards of visual quality, consistency, and scalability across web, mobile, and responsive platforms.
You will partner closely with Product, UX, Engineering, and Creative teams to translate broader product goals into thoughtful visual solutions. As a design leader, you will also lead and mentor design teams, provide direction and feedback, influence stakeholders, and help establish strong design practices across projects.
What you’ll be doing.- Lead the visual design direction across digital products, platforms, and experiences.
- Lead, mentor, and provide creative direction to visual designers throughout the design process.
- Build, evolve, and maintain scalable design systems and reusable UI components.
- Translate product and platform goals into cohesive, high-quality visual experiences.
- Work closely with Product, UX, and Engineering teams to develop solutions that balance user needs, business goals, and technical considerations.
- Apply strong systems thinking across detailed UI execution and broader product ecosystems.
- Ensure consistency, accessibility, usability, and quality throughout the experience.
- Lead projects from concept through execution while maintaining a strong visual vision and design quality.
- Communicate design decisions, articulate trade-offs, and provide clear rationale to clients and stakeholders.
- Establish design direction, review work, and provide constructive feedback to ensure consistency across deliverables.
- Collaborate effectively in Agile, fast-paced, and remote environments.
- Participate in a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous creative improvement.
- 5–8+ years of experience designing digital products across web, mobile, and responsive platforms.
- Proven experience leading and mentoring visual design teams, providing creative direction and establishing design standards.
- Strong expertise in building, evolving, and maintaining scalable Design Systems and reusable UI components.
- Experience working on complex product ecosystems in close collaboration with Product, UX, and Engineering teams.
- Strong systems thinking, balancing detailed UI execution with broader product and platform goals.
- Solid understanding of interaction design, accessibility, usability, and user-centered design principles.
- Ability to clearly communicate design decisions, articulate trade-offs, and demonstrate ownership throughout the design process.
- Experience taking projects from concept through execution while maintaining high visual quality and consistency.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional teams.
- Comfortable working in Agile, fast-paced, and remote environments.
This role is currently not available for hire or work in New Mexico, and Hawaii, USA.
Huge is an independent, human-first AI-native design and technology company. We make things that matter by bringing AI, people, design and technology together as one system. With more than 1,000 design and technology experts working in hub cities around the world, including Bogotá, Chicago, Ho Chi Minh City, London, Los Angeles, Medellín, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, we partner with some of the world’s most ambitious brands, including Google, NBCU, PepsiCo, Vail Resorts, Atlantic Health, and Candescent. Learn more at hugeinc.com.
Huge is committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or if you’re parenting the next generation of innovators, we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.
Huge is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We strongly support diversity in the workforce. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process and work environment. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodation needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.
Workers shall not be required to pay employers’ or agents’ recruitment fees or other related fees for their employment. If any such fees are found to have been paid by workers, such fees shall be repaid to the worker.
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Huge Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL, United States, 60611
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