Design Lead

Lynxeye; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Lynxeye is seeking a Design Lead to drive brand identity development and UI/UX quality from concept to delivery in collaboration with senior design leadership. You will manage design processes across diverse disciplines and guide junior designers on high-profile client projects.

The role emphasizes strategic brand thinking, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to move across interaction, print, and spatial design while collaborating with global clients from our Stockholm office.

Qualifications

• Higher education in Visual communication, Graphic Design, Brand Communication, Brand Design, UI/UX, or similar.
• 6+ years of creative experience, preferably including international work with global brands.
• Highly proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
• Experience from UI/UX projects and understanding brand strategy across multiple disciplines.
• Business fluent Swedish and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Work as a holistic design resource in client projects.
• Translate strategic objectives and brand strategies into clear creative strategies and execution.
• Lead the creative process from concept to completion, in collaboration with Design Director and Creative Director.
• Review work, lead and educate more junior designers and interns in projects.
• Execute high level craftsmanship and aesthetics across all brand design disciplines.
• Identify and act on opportunities for design and brand identity work in client projects.

Skills

Brand identity design

UI/UX

Stakeholder management

Brand strategy

Cross-disciplinary design

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Education

Visual communication / Graphic Design education

Tools

Figma

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

InDesign

Job description

We are looking for a Design Lead, who is convinced that strategic design can create real business value when based on profound human insights and future scenarios. The role is based at our Stockholm office, but you will work internationally with colleagues and clients.

Do you want to push evidence-based design forward on a global market?

The role

The Design Lead role is vivid and variable. We work in close collaboration with clients in our projects, and you will work together with a team of strategic, creative and analytic experts.

Your primary job is to lead brand creative development, ensuring the highest possible standards from start to client delivery. Besides being a brand identity design expert, we highly value that you have experience from UI/UX projects. We are eager to find the right candidate, this could be a mid-level or more senior role depending on fit.

Key Responsibilities

• Working as a holistic design resource in client projects.
• Translate strategic objectives and brand strategies into clear creative strategies and execution.
• Lead the creative process from concept to completion, in collaboration with Design Director and Creative Director.
• Review work, lead and educate more junior designers and interns in projects.
• Execute a high level of craftsmanship and aesthetics across all brand design disciplines.
• Identify and act on opportunities for design and brand identity work in client projects.

You

At Lynxeye, we share a passion for making companies understand how they can progress by making a positive change for people, businesses, and society. We believe you share that passion with us. You demonstrate a humble attitude and a genuine curiosity to explore a wide range of ideas, as well as Lynxeye’s other skills areas. In addition, you bring solid business acumen and a strategic mindset to every project.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need a high level of understanding of brand strategy and have the ability to comfortably move across creative disciplines, including interaction, print, and spatial. We believe you are experienced working with stakeholder management, and that you thrive working with a variety of clients for shorter projects, as well as one client for longer periods of time. At times, you may also work independently on smaller projects. Experience from work with sales and pitches is a plus.

• Higher education within Visual communication, Graphic Design, Brand Communication, Brand Design, UI/UX, or similar.
• 6+ years of creative experience, preferably including international work with global brands.
• Relevant experience working with the craftsmanship of design and brand identity. Including logotype design, typography, color management, photography, illustrations and guidelines.
• Highly proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign etc.
• Experience working with UI/UX.
• Business proficient in written and spoken Swedish and English.

In this role, you would likely work with one of our larger clients in Asia. Therefore, it is considered a plus if you are able to travel to Asia a few times a year.

We will interview continuously. The preferred start date is as soon as possible, but we are flexible for the right candidate.