About the role
Lead the design and experience for all of Hex’s web surfaces, including our website, documentation site, and any future experience or surface
Design and implement high-quality, production-ready front-end code (React/Next.js, CSS), owning experiences from concept through shipped UI
Own launch assets alongside marketing, ensuring every major product moment is visually clear, compelling, and on-brand
Establish and maintain visual quality, patterns, and consistency across all web experiences
Partner closely with designers and marketers to bring stories to life with clarity, craft, and narrative cohesion
Drive the long-term web roadmap, identifying opportunities for performance, clarity, storytelling, and experimentation
Collaborate with engineering partners while directly contributing front-end code to ensure high-quality implementation
Support product illustrations and light motion, bringing delight and personality to key moments
Over time, hire, manage, and mentor a team of engineers and designers
Influence processes, standards, and creative culture of the Design team
About you
You might be a great fit if you:
- Have 8+ years of experience in web/visual/UI design with a portfolio demonstrating world-class craft, storytelling, and systems thinking
- Are strong across UX, layout, visual design, and typography
- Have experience designing marketing surfaces for technical, B2B, or product-led companies
- Are fluent in front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, React/Next.js) and can ship production-quality code
- Care deeply about implementation details and don’t rely solely on handoff to bring designs to life
- Have a sharp eye for visual consistency, motion, micro-interaction quality, and illustration
- Can operate autonomously with a bias toward velocity, owning projects from concept to launch
- Are excited to establish processes, patterns, and design rituals for a growing team
- Communicate design decisions clearly, with humility and cross-functional fluency
- Enjoy both high-level creative direction and hands-on execution
- Are energized by a mix of campaign work, long-term system building, and ongoing iteration of a high-traffic website
