Obra Studio is a new global design studio operating from Belgium and Mexico. We aim to help startups reach the next design level through excellence in our craft.

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We are looking for a skilled designer with an entrepreneurial drive to become a partner in Obra Studio. As a partner you will help grow the company and lead design projects. You will lead operations in Belgium.

### **Responsibilities**

* **Contact with customers**; create quotes and communicate with customers about their projects

* **Marketing**: promote the company and implement strategies to promote our services, from content marketing to events

* **Sales**: work on lead generation, expand our network, visit meetups and conferences to meet the right customers

* **Design leadership**: within the projects themselves, carry out design lead tasks such as (physical) workshops with clients, high-level design thinking and strategy, handle design crits, and drive the project work forward

* **Hiring**: scout for emerging talent. Maintain freelancer relations. Maintain a hiring strategy to grow.

* **HR**: Help designers grow their skillset via mentoring and evaluation of their work. Grow as a team.

### **Qualifications**

* **Knows how to design**: you are a design leader with many years of experience in a design function. You have the ability to dive into the pixels: we expect an Obra business partner to have the deep skills themselves to dive into the deep, detailed design work themselves, exhibiting excellent taste and skill.

* **Ability to learn**: You are naturally curious and you constantly teach yourself new skills as the world around us changes.

* **Excellent communicator**, both orally and written, in English and Dutch

* Entrepreneurial mindset

### **Extra**

* Specific design management experience is a plus; you managed a team of designers or grew a design function in a product company

* You know how to read a balance sheet, have proven methods to handle administrative tasks, know how to speak legal when needed

* Spanish language skills

* French language skills

### **About Obra Studio**

We’re a new design studio, aiming to become a reference in UI and digital product design. Currently led by Johan in Mexico, we are actively looking to grow quickly in 2025.

To achieve this, we need you: the right business partner to lead operations in Belgium.

### **Location**

This is a remote position for 60-80% of the time, but requires travel within Europe and setting up a homebase city for employees in Belgium (for example Ghent, Antwerp).

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