Design Lead (Auto)
New York
Visual – UI /
FT/FL /
Realize the unimagined
Fantasy is a digital product and innovation company. We realize the unimagined for the world’s most ambitious organizations. Founded in 1999, our global reputation is based on our teams’ unique ability to think beyond the ordinary and launch ground-breaking products and services. We believe that our phenomenal team is the core reason for our success, our growth, and our thriving culture. We offer location flexibility, with three offices located in New York, San Francisco, and London.
The Role
As a Design Lead at Fantasy, you will bring digital design skills in both automotive and consumer experiences. You‘ll be comfortable in comping in photoshop, creating assets from scratch, overseeing, and feeding into a larger design system, contributing to a new UI library and design language. Demonstrated polish in graphic design, motion, animated text, and UI layers.
Launch digital products and services with world-leading organizations
You’ll work with the world’s most forward-thinking companies, including the likes of Netflix, Spotify, Asana, Tesla, The Academy of Motion Pictures, Dolby, Ancestry, Salesforce, and many others. You’ll work across diverse industries and varying form factors, including automotive, luxury, travel, operating systems, website ecosystems, voice recognition software, artificial intelligence, and so much more.
Craft experiences that people love
- You’ll lead design and provide strategic guidance throughout the duration of projects.
- You’ll execute against the principles that create great, human-centered products.
- As a hands-on designer with a meticulous eye for detail, you’ll help oversee the work to ensure it is realized with incredible creativity and expert craftsmanship.
- You’ll help construct design systems that combine delight and systematic thinking to deliver incredible experiences for global audiences.
- You’ll work with other disciplines to establish unified strategic and experiential approaches.
Lead and continue to develop a world-class team
- You’ll see opportunities to improve design processes and lead the team in new, better ways of working.
- You’ll lead by example, inspiring those around you to think beyond ordinary.
Work with forward-thinking organizations
- You’ll engage directly with client partners, working with them to solve problems, ideate, imagine and create
- You’ll lead discussions and presentations, conveying the power and thought behind your teams’ solutions
- You’ll build strong relationships with clients and be seen as a natural go-to for creativity, problem-solving, and ideation
- You’ll engage in the full end-to-end process from initial conversations with prospective client partners through to delivery and growing relationships
Experience / Key Personal Qualities
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates both UI and UX.
- 5+ years of experience in the design industry, with a focus on iterative product design cycles.
- Primary skills: Photoshop and Sketch.
- Secondary skills: Motion and 3D skills (AfterEffects/Cinema4D but not exclusive).
- Combining thought and strategic thinking to offer a strong point of view.
- Passion for continual practice and process improvement.
- A meticulous eye for detail and strong design aesthetic sensibilities.
- Continued awareness of design trends and innovation.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- A passion for people and desire to establish highly successful client relationships.
Fantasy EOE
Fantasy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Since 1999, diversity has been vital to our success and ability to create products and services used and loved by millions of people all over the world. We are committed to continually fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
