Lead Graphic Designer

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies. SDG solves the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG’s products redefine the way people interact and connect with one another.

Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures and regions of the world.

We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals who specialize in creating and developing globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of digital nomads works remotely from all over the world.

We’re proud to be a two-time “Great Place to Work” winner (USA & Japan, 2024-2025) and a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs (FlexJobs, 2025).

We are looking for an experienced Lead Graphic Designer to drive creative quality and AI-powered production workflows in our graphic design team.

Your main tasks will be:

• Lead and oversee the graphic design team, ensuring high creative quality across all deliverables
• Review, approve, and provide feedback on all internal and freelance design output before delivery
• Work hands-on on complex or high-priority design tasks
• Continuously improve and rebuild design production workflows using AI tools and automation
• Increase creative production speed and scalability without compromising visual quality
• Drive adoption and effective use of AI-powered design workflows within the team
• Mentor and develop designers, improving both design craft and AI fluency
• Maintain and enforce consistent brand standards across all visual assets
• Collaborate cross-functionally with producers, marketers, and requesters to align on creative needs and priorities
• Produce and oversee high-volume performance creatives for paid acquisition campaigns
• Oversee creation of landing page visuals, email designs, social media creatives, banners, and brand assets
• Ensure all visual outputs are optimized for digital channels and performance goals
• Help establish scalable creative processes, templates, and production standards
• Balance creative quality, production efficiency, and business deadlines in a fast-paced environment

We expect from you:

• 5+ years in graphic and web design, including at least 2 years in a senior or lead role with responsibility for final creative quality review.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI tools into real production workflows with measurable improvements in speed, scalability, or output quality.
• Experience building or improving scalable production systems, including template systems, modular asset frameworks, AI-assisted pipelines, and automation of repetitive design operations.
• Proven track record of reducing production cycle time or unit cost through AI tools and workflow automation.
• Experience in fast-paced environments such as startups, scale-ups, performance-driven in-house teams, or high-volume agencies.
• Experience in performance marketing / user acquisition environments with understanding of how creatives impact campaign metrics such as CTR, CPA, Spend, and Sales.
• Experience working within collaborative creative team structures, including mentoring/reviewing designers and coordinating freelancers or agencies.
• Experience briefing freelancers/agencies, evaluating deliverables, and providing structured creative feedback.
• Experience designing landing pages, email templates, performance creatives, and digital assets for platforms such as Meta, TikTok, Google, and similar channels.
• Understanding of web and email layout principles, responsive behaviour, and technical constraints required for proper handoff to development teams.
• Strong experience maintaining brand consistency and applying brand guidelines across high-volume production environments.
• Senior-level visual craft in composition, typography, colour, hierarchy, and layout with the ability to review and direct others’ work.
• Strong experience adapting creative concepts across multiple sizes, formats, placements, and platforms.
• Practical experience with AI image generation tools such as Flux, ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, NanoBanana, Imagen, or equivalent.
• Experience with prompt engineering, reference-based generation, and production-oriented AI workflows.
• Experience maintaining character and style consistency using tools such as LoRA, IP-Adapter, ControlNet, or similar technologies.
• Experience using AI for creative production acceleration including variations, adaptations, upscaling, background generation/editing, and style transfer.
• Experience with workflow automation tools such as Make, n8n, Figma plugins, or similar systems.
• Expert-level Figma skills including auto-layout, components, scalable systems, and production workflows.
• Basic After Effects knowledge is desirable for collaboration with adjacent motion design teams.

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full-time;
• The initial pay level or pay range for this role will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process and before the commencement of employment;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• 50%payment for professional training, international conferences, and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• Health benefits. According to the paychecks, if you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for our merchandise, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!