Head of Design/ Art Director

Tangem is a high-tech company in the blockchain sector was founded in 2017, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, with branches in North America, Eastern Europe, and APAC.

Tangem started with the idea of bringing digital assets to the masses using a unique combination of a smartcard-based hardware wallet and mobile applications. Company owns and promotes the technology of hardware cold-wallet for digital assets with secure and simple UX in 220 countries today. Our customers enjoy setup time within 1 minute with the ultimate security level for digital assets on their wallet. Tangem solutions offer multi-support of a growing number of thousands of tokens by a single wallet. SBI Crypto Investment Ltd., the digital asset venture investment company wholly owned by SBI Holdings Inc., has invested $15 million into Tangem in 2019 for mass adoption of blockchain technology.

We are looking for an experienced Head of Design to lead and scale the entire design organization.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the overall design strategy across Product, Brand, Marketing, and Communications.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary team of designers, including UX/UI, Product, Graphic, Motion, and Brand designers.

• Build scalable design processes, workflows, and quality standards across multiple design disciplines.

• Balance resources and priorities across product development, marketing initiatives, and business needs.

• Ensure consistency of the Tangem brand and user experience across all digital and physical touchpoints.

• Drive collaboration between Design, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Business Development, and external vendors.

• Oversee the production of:

  • Product UX/UI

  • Marketing websites and landing pages

  • Social media creatives

  • Digital advertising and banner campaigns

  • Print materials and packaging

  • Merchandise

  • Exhibition booths and event branding

  • Presentations and sales materials

  • Motion graphics and promotional videos

• Introduce and scale AI-powered tools and workflows to improve design efficiency and creative output.

• Define design KPIs, planning, hiring, career development, and performance management for the design team.

• Build a culture of ownership, quality, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional design experience, including several years leading multidisciplinary design teams.

• Experience managing designers across multiple disciplines—not only UX/UI, but also graphic, brand, marketing, and motion design.

• Strong understanding of both digital and physical design production, including print, merchandise, packaging, exhibition materials, and marketing assets.

• Experience organizing design operations in a fast-growing company with multiple parallel streams of work.

• Proven ability to build and optimize design processes, planning, prioritization, and resource allocation.

• Experience working closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and executive stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of design systems, brand systems, and cross-platform consistency.

• Experience with AI-powered creative tools (ChatGPT, Midjourney, Runway, Adobe Firefly, Figma AI, or similar) and the ability to integrate them into design workflows.

• Excellent leadership, communication, mentoring, and organizational skills.

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.

Nice to Have

• Experience working with hardware products or consumer electronics.

• Experience in fintech, crypto, blockchain, or cybersecurity.

• Experience managing distributed or international design teams.

• Experience building internal creative operations from the ground up.

• Understanding of video production, 3D, illustration, or creative technologies.

What we offer:

• Stability, development, participation in the future unicorn's growth;

• Remote work from anywhere in the world, excluding Russia and Belarus, with a schedule aligned with GMT+3;

• Competitive salary in EURO/USDT;

• Unlimited Paid Time Off;

• Birthday presents;

• Compensation for the purchase of necessary technical devices for the work.