Digital Design Director

We are looking for a Digital Design Director to lead our digital and product design offering from our bright office space in central Stockholm. In this role, you will champion our digital vision, partner directly with senior client stakeholders at top global and Nordic brands, and inspire a multidisciplinary team of designers, strategists, and creatives. If you are an ambitious creative leader who blends high-end brand sensibility with deep product thinking—and knows how to grow both people and client relationships—we’d love to talk.

What you'll do

• Lead the Digital Practice - Define, develop and evolve OKTO’s digital design offering to the next level.
• Client & Strategic Advisory - Act as the trusted strategic partner to client executives (CMOs, CPOs, VP Design), pitching concepts and guiding high-stakes digital transformations.
• Team Leadership & Mentorship - Lead, coach, and support OKTO’s designers.
• New Business & Pitches - Partner with strategy and account leads to shape proposals, pitch presentations, and scope digital deliverables.
• Interdisciplinary Bridge - Drive the dialogue between brand identity, UI/UX, motion, and technology to deliver holistic brand-led products.

What you bring

• 10+ years of design experience with a strong focus on digital product design, including 2–4+ years leading design teams or creative direction in an agency, consultancy, or forward-thinking product company.
• Experience shaping a modern digital design practice from the inside—establishing design culture, refining workflows, and driving the commercial and creative growth of digital product capabilities.
• Experience in pitching, winning new business, and scoping complex digital engagements.
• A natural leader, guiding both the client and internal team towards a shared vision and helping the team understand how every discipline shapes the final product.
• Executive presence and advisory skills, comfortable acting as a trusted sparring partner to client leadership (CMOs, CPOs, VP Design) and guiding complex digital initiatives.
• A strong portfolio showcasing great visual design for digital products stretching across digital campaigns, experiences, apps and websites with an eye for detail and delivery of high-quality design work.
• Deep cross-disciplinary mastery across brand systems, interaction design, UX/UI, and emerging technologies (including modern AI workflows), bridging the gap between brand narrative and functional product utility.
• Figma native with experience in creating fully functional design systems, prototypes and delivering world-class digital experiences.

And a big plus if you

• Understand frontend development and system architecture well enough to make design decisions that hold up in code and guide developers.
• Have worked closely with developers in agile teams and supported a design all the way from idea to shipped product.
• Have experience building and maintaining brand identities and design systems.
• Use AI-assisted workflows, like MCPs and coding agents, to quickly turn designs into working prototypes.
• Are comfortable moving between brand, product and communication - from a campaign or presentation one day to a UI flow the next.

Some of our perks

• Wellness grant
• Individual education budget per year
• Occupational pension
• Yummy Breakfasts
• After Work and team activities
• Cuddly office dogs
• Hang out with a team full of talented designers. Just like yourself.
• Off-site adventures with the entire OKTO team

How to apply

We only accept applications via email. Please send your portfolio and resume directly to [email protected]

Interviews are held continuously, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

About OKTO

Working at the intersection of brand experience, product design and communication, we believe there is more than one way to do things. Think of it as an interdisciplinary approach with a strong digital core, if it helps.

We come from big-name agencies and companies, working on award-winning projects for both regional and global clients. With an extensive background in design, digital products and services, strategy and advertising, we come together in the belief that there are many ways to move a brand.