Design Lead

PROJECT

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This position is only for a particular project, not a full time inhouse position.

In this case, the social package (sick leaves, days off, vacation, necessary equipment provision, etc) is not covered by Selecto.

Domain: Sport Broadcasting

Description: We are designing a flexible, scalable multi-platform digital experience across responsive web, mobile apps, and connected TV, delivered through a comprehensive design system. The goal is to ensure a consistent and high-quality user experience across all digital touchpoints, compliant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standards, and capable of smoothly shifting between lower-intensity “Flame to Flame” periods and peak-demand “Games Time” moments. The experience must serve a global, multilingual audience and perform reliably during major traffic spikes.

Team: Design Lead, Multidisciplinary designers (UX, UI, motion, accessibility specialist), Project Manager, Design Directors, Content and Development teams.

Timeline: full time, 6 months with the possibility of prolongation

Location: Madrid, Spain only. There is a possibility of working from the client’s office once a week.

Languages: Fluent English, Fluent Spanish is a plus.

This role is the strategic and creative anchor of project, and the face of the client in Madrid. You own the vision and quality of a multi-platform design system spanning responsive web, native mobile (iOS and Android) and, potentially, connected TV (Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku), across two fundamentally different operating modes: the high-intensity, real-time data environment and the editorial, content-discovery focus.

You look at the product as a whole, not ticket by ticket. You set the design direction, govern the design system, guide the team's craft and hold the day-to-day relationship with the client, in person in Madrid, ideally once a week.

You bridge strategic intent and hands‑on delivery, so the team works to one vision and the client feels the difference.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy & Client Partnership

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• Hold the strategic view of the product and turn its objectives, priorities and brand evolution into a clear design direction and a deliverable plan.

  
  

• Anticipate needs and frame decisions proactively; work with the Project Director on scope, estimates and growth opportunities.

  
  

• Act as the trusted creative partner to the client: lead day‑to‑day communication, build relationships with Product Managers, manage expectations, take feedback with composure, and present to senior stakeholders in a multi‑vendor environment.

  
  

• Be on site in Madrid, ideally weekly, for reviews, workshops and working sessions.

  
  

Design Quality & Team Leadership

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• Set and hold the quality bar: run critiques, review all significant output before it reaches the client, and give direct feedback.

  
  

• Manage and coach the remote delivery team (Senior Product Designers and Product Designers across European time zones); grow seniors into leads.

  
  

• Set briefs, manage sprint workloads, protect focus, and coordinate with vendors and engineering partners.

  
  

• Define quality gates, review workflows and design operations frameworks that scale across engagements.

  
  

• Stay hands‑on for explorations, key screens and defining moments.

  
  

Design System

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• Architect and govern an atomic design system (tokens, components, patterns) across responsive web, native mobile and connected TV.

  
  

• Design for high‑density real‑time data (live results, schedules, medals), editorial storytelling and content discovery, plus TV‑specific interaction (remote navigation, 10‑foot UI, lean‑back viewing).

  
  

• Build in accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), multilingual support and RTL from the start.

  
  

• Define contribution models, handoff protocols, documentation and versioning so client teams and vendors can extend the system safely.

  
  

Design Engineering & AI

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• Work where design meets code: tokens, coded prototypes and the component library as living sources of truth.

  
  

• Use AI for prototyping, asset generation, automated QA and routine production; champion adoption with the team and client, with judgement on where craft stays human.

  
  

Research & Validation

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• Shape and support user testing with the client and research partners, turning findings into design decisions.