The team works on a line of 15+ products (from project management and ITSM to no-code and AI platforms) and covers product design as well as web, graphic design, and UX/CX research. In addition, they work on custom projects for both companies within Rostelecom's commercial cluster and for external ecosystem clients.
We need a player-coach: a leader who can organize the work of the team and contractors, as well as independently develop concepts and set the visual direction.
What you will do:
- Develop the "Lukomorye" identity and ecosystem brands: from the overall visual language to the rules for its application in different channels;
- Develop creative concepts for websites, advertising campaigns, presentations, events, and other external communications;
- Oversee graphic and web design: assign tasks, conduct design reviews, provide clear feedback, and be responsible for the quality of the result;
- Fully manage the team: participate in hiring and onboarding, distribute workload, conduct one-on-one meetings, evaluate results, and help designers grow;
- Plan the direction's work: set priorities, estimate timelines and resources, build processes from brief to launch;
- Manage external contractors — studios, agencies, and individual specialists: prepare briefs, select visual direction, control implementation, and accept work;
- Work with marketing, product teams, and business clients: translate their tasks into design solutions and defend concepts with arguments;
- Implement AI tools in the team's work: for idea generation, visual creation, prototyping, and speeding up routine tasks;
- Develop guidelines, libraries, and templates that help maintain a consistent style and scale work.
What is important:
- Experience as an art director or design team lead with responsibility for people, processes, and results;
- Strong portfolio in branding, graphic, and web design with a clear description of your role in projects;
- Ability to create visual concepts from scratch and bring them to high-quality implementation;
- Strong foundation in typography, composition, color work, and visual hierarchy;
- Understanding of adaptive web design, component-based approach, and interaction with development;
- Practical experience with generative AI: ability to achieve controllable results, assess their quality, and adapt them to brand tasks;
- Experience managing contractors and quality control at various production stages;
- Ability to provide constructive feedback, foster team independence, and negotiate with clients;
- Willingness to work hands-on on key concepts and complex tasks.
Conditions:
- Full remote work option from anywhere in the Russian Federation (work according to Moscow time);
- Flexible start to the workday;
- Opportunity to work with one of Rostelecom's best and strongest brands;
- Fully "white" salary: base salary + quarterly bonus;
- We have a great corporate culture: we are open, friendly, and professional;
- Opportunities to participate in conferences, undergo training at the company's expense;
- "Benefits cafeteria" with category choices (voluntary medical insurance or reimbursement of medical services by receipts; compensation for sports, foreign language study, travel, additional birthday payout, online learning, etc.);
- Mobile communication compensation.
