UX Director

LABHOUSE; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work in Spain

Barcelona office two days a week

Flexible hours

Competitive pay

High-end equipment

Permanent contract

Young startup team

Lead and grow a design team

AI model integration

Job summary

Labhouse, based in Barcelona, is seeking a UX Director to set the design vision across our app portfolio and own the design system. You will partner with the CEO and Head of Product, defining standards, processes and craft that set our apps apart.

This leadership role combines deep hands-on work with strategy: lead the design team, review final pixels, and drive business outcomes such as activation, retention, and store performance. Remote-friendly in Spain with Barcelona office collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of design teams or design function.
• Experience shipping consumer mobile apps with business impact.
• Portfolio showing craft and strategic thinking from concept to shipped product.

Responsibilities

• Define UX principles, visual language and quality bar for all products.
• Lead designs for new apps from concept to launch with user validation.
• Own design system across portfolio and ensure craft in assets and store visuals.
• Collaborate with Product/Data to improve activation, retention and conversion.

Skills

Design leadership

Mobile UX

Product thinking

Portfolio review

Visual design

Prototyping

Design system governance

AI-enabled workflows

Team building

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Labhouse is a fast-growing startup that builds, launches, and scales its own AI & Productivity Apps, operating under a subscription-based business model.

Based in Barcelona, Labhouse was founded by Andrés Bou and Horacio Martos (Co-Founders of SocialPoint).

We operate at the intersection of mobile technology, AI, and product-driven growth, with a strong focus on experimentation and performance.

Would you like to make an impact as part of a company that builds the best mobile apps used by millions of users worldwide? If so, discover your next challenge below.

About the Role:

As UX Director, you will set the design vision for Labhouse and be accountable for the quality and impact of the experience across our whole app portfolio. Working as a direct partner to the CEO and Head of Product, you will decide how design is done in the company: the standards, the process, the team and the level of craft that sets our apps apart.

This is a leadership role with deep craft and hands-on work. You will set the strategy and build the design team, and still step in on the work that matters most, from defining a new app’s concept to reviewing the final pixels, animations and store assets. You will own the design system across all products, make sure every launch meets a best-in-class bar, and tie design decisions directly to business results: activation, retention, conversion and store performance.

What you’ll own:

• Design vision and strategy: define the UX principles, visual language and quality bar for the whole portfolio, and bring them to every product decision at leadership level.

• 0→1 launches: lead the experience for new apps from concept to launch, including research, benchmarking, prototyping and validation with real users.

• Craft and production quality: set the standard for every asset we ship: UI, illustrations, icons, motion, animations, store screenshots and videos, and make sure what engineering ships matches what was designed.

• Measurable design impact: work with Product and Data to turn onboarding, paywall, core flow and store-asset improvements into measurable gains in activation, conversion, retention and store conversion rate.

• Design system at scale: own a portfolio-wide design system that lets us launch new apps faster while keeping consistency and craft.

• AI-native design workflows: introduce AI tools into research, ideation, asset creation and prototyping to multiply the team’s output.

• Build and scale design teams : hiring, mentoring and developing senior talent.

About You:

Craft and technical expertise:

• Solid track record in product, UX/UI, or visual design, including leading design teams or a design function.

• Experience leading the design of consumer mobile apps from scratch to scale (ideally millions of users), with clear business impact you can quantify.

• A portfolio that shows both exceptional craft and strategic thinking: from early concepts to shipped, high-performing products.

• An artistic eye for color, composition, typography and motion, able to lead and review any type of asset.

• Mastery of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, and the ability to jump in hands-on.

• Deep knowledge of iOS and Android design guidelines, and of how to go beyond them to create distinctive experiences.

Product and business focus:

• Experience owning design strategy at leadership level and influencing founders and executives on product direction.

• A product-first mindset: you think in user problems, hypotheses and outcomes, not just screens.

• Comfortable working with data: you use analytics, A/B tests and store metrics to guide and defend design decisions.

• Strong understanding of consumer app monetization (subscriptions, paywalls, onboarding) and how design moves it.

• Self-driven and entrepreneurial, with high ownership and comfort working directly with founders in a fast-paced environment.

Communication:

• Fluent in spoken and written English

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and marketing.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in a portfolio or app studio model, managing design across several products at the same time.

What we Offer:

• Remote work from anywhere in Spain. If you are based in Barcelona, we would love for you to join us at the office (Barcelona Tech City) at least two days a week.

• Flexible working hours.

• Competitive compensation

• High-end equipment for your development.

• Permanent contract with competitive compensation.

• A young and top entrepreneurial team in a dynamic startup environment.

• Opportunity to lead, grow, and take on big challenges.

• Work with cutting-edge technologies, including the chance to integrate AI models into new apps.

Hiring Process

1. TA Interview – Initial conversation to get to know each other and understand your background.

2. CEO – Deep dive into your product thinking, design experience, and fit with the team.

3. Technical Case – Practical exercise to assess your product, analytical, and strategic capabilities.

4. Final Interview – Final conversation to ensure alignment on expectations, culture and role fit.

You should Know:

Labhouse is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. However you identify or whatever your journey to this point, we welcome all candidates to apply for the position that inspires them.

Come join us and help us build a company that everyone is proud to be part of.