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Senior Director, Design

Brooklyn, NY (Rent the Runway HQ)Full-time$208k–$270k2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Owns design infrastructure, systems, and visual language for RTR's customer-facing platform (site, app, email) to ensure consistent brand expression and high-quality user experiences.

Role type

Senior Director, Design (Leadership)

Builds

Design systems, UX/product design solutions, and AI-integrated design workflows for a fashion rental and resale platform.

Domain

Fashion / Retail / Direct-to-Consumer / AI

Required skills

Design systems architecture, UX/UI design for complex journeys, AI integration in design workflows, cross-functional leadership, team scaling, design quality governance, strategic business alignment.

Preferred skills

Fashion/retail/DTC experience, AI product design perspective.

Technologies

AI tools, design system frameworks, digital platform stacks.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end UX and product design function; drive design systems implementation across all surfaces; integrate AI tools into design workflows; build and scale a multi-disciplinary design team; partner with Product, Engineering, and Brand Creative; represent design strategy to leadership.

Seniority

Senior Director, strategic leadership & team building