Design Team Lead – Ecommerce

Hustler Marketing

. Run the day-to-day work of the Design Team, maintaining design quality and supporting the team .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeRemote • EcuadorSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expert-level Figma skills and a strong background in email marketing design, with the ability to mentor and lead design teams while maintaining high design quality and brand consistency across various client projects.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Expert-Level Figma SkillsEmail Marketing Design ExperienceAdobe Creative Suite ProficiencyTeam Leadership and MentoringKlaviyo or Comparable Platform Experience

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Hard Skills

Graphic DesignEmail Campaign DesignAd Image ProductionAnimated GIF CreationShort Video EditingComponent Library DevelopmentWeb Design BasicsLanding Page Design

Soft Skills

Actionable Feedback ProvisionWorkload DistributionTeam CommunicationMentoring AbilityProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

FigmaAdobe Creative SuiteAffinityKlaviyoSlackAsanaHubstaffGoogle Workspace

Industry Keywords

Design QualityBrand ConsistencyVisual IdentityEmail and SMS CampaignsClient Brand Identity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Run the day-to-day work of the Design Team, maintaining design quality and supporting the team
Review design work before it reaches Account Managers or clients and provide actionable feedback
Diagnose issues involving hierarchy, contrast, call-to-action weight, image/text balance, and mobile performance
Advise Account Managers on campaign visual requirements and challenge weak briefs
Design directly when workload requires
Maintain consistency across client brands, niches, and visual identities
Set and uphold standards for email and SMS campaigns, ad images, GIFs, and short video assets
Understand client brand identities and advise on ideas, improvements, and optimisations
Distribute and organise weekly workload and rebalance priorities when circumstances change
Monitor workload, remove blockers, and ensure client-account design targets are met
Run group calls and regular one-to-ones
Collect and respond to team suggestions and concerns
Mentor designers and onboard new designers
Connect Design with other service teams through workshops, tutorials, and documentation
Run training and skill-building sessions
Improve workflows, handoffs, and communication
Write and maintain team documentation
Track useful Figma releases and design/email marketing trends
Bring industry best practices to the Service Director and team
Take on projects delegated by the Service Director
Report to the Service Director and collaborate with Account Managers and other Hustler Marketing departments

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 5 years of experience as a graphic designer, with a minimum of 3 years in email marketing design
Expert-level Figma skills, including building and working from component libraries
Working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite or Affinity
Experience producing ad images, animated GIFs, and short video edits
An established portfolio showing on-brand, effective design work for a range of clients, stores, and niches
Experience leading, mentoring, or coordinating other designers; a formal lead title is not required
Ability to review design work and give written feedback that is specific and actionable
Ability to distribute and reorganise a team's weekly workload, including at short notice
Basic understanding of web design and landing pages is a plus
Experience with Klaviyo or a comparable email marketing platform is a plus
Comfortable with Slack, Asana, Hubstaff, Google Workspace, and Figma, and willing to learn other tools
Fluent written and spoken English
Remote work experience, ideally with a team spread across time zones
Available and responsive Monday to Friday between 3 and 6 PM Barcelona time
Consistently working 30 to 35 hours per week, or 140 hours per month
Stable internet connection, laptop or PC, and ability to join video calls
Fixed-rate monthly salary paid in USD
Contractor status after signing a non-disclosure agreement
Exclusivity agreement
30-day notice period after the first month