Product Design Team Lead @ Powtoon - A Visual Native company
placeHybrid
businessHybrid
scheduleFull Time
Posted 20 days ago
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Job Details
Overview
Join Powtoon’s product design team and shape the experience of millions of users worldwide. Powtoon is the world’s leading unified AI video creation platform, empowering teams to communicate visually with impact. We serve global B2B and B2C audiences.
Role Summary
As a Product Design Team Lead at Powtoon, you will be a hands-on design leader guiding our talented team, aligning product design with business goals, and ensuring our design solutions are both user-centric and commercially smart.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and evolve our end-to-end product design vision.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams from product to marketing.
- Lead day-to-day design activities and set team priorities.
- Mentor and support your team while removing roadblocks.
- Drive user research to inform design decisions.
- Contribute to prototyping, interaction design, and high-fidelity visuals.
- Maintain and evolve our design system in close collaboration with development.
- Foster a collaborative culture that values experimentation and feedback.
Qualifications
- 5+ years in product design with at least 2 years in a design leadership role.
- Fluent in English with excellent communication skills.
- Strong spoken Hebrew for internal communication.
- Proficiency in modern design and AI prototyping tools such as Figma and Lovable.
- Experience in user research and customer interviews.
- Understanding of video creation, storytelling, and creative tool design is a plus.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design and its business impact.
Work Environment
This role is based in our beautiful Tel Aviv office with a hybrid work model (mostly on-site) ensuring face-to-face collaboration.
Key skills/competency
- Product Design
- Team Leadership
- User Research
- UX/UI
- Prototyping
- Design Systems
- Collaboration
- Strategy
- Mentoring
- Communication
How to Get Hired at Powtoon - A Visual Native company
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Research Powtoon: Understand their products, mission, and culture.
- Customize your resume: Highlight leadership and design expertise.
- Showcase your portfolio: Present end-to-end design projects.
- Prepare for interviews: Focus on strategy and team management.
📝 Interview Preparation Advice
Technical Preparation
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Review design systems and modern prototyping tools.
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Practice high-fidelity visual design exercises.
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Stay updated with AI prototyping trends.
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Study product design case studies.
Behavioral Questions
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Explain a challenge you solved with your team.
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Describe how you mentor and support others.
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Share a user research experience you led.
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Discuss handling conflicting design priorities.
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