Design Lead

About Turing

Turing is an AI-powered tech services company with a mission to accelerate AGI advancement and deployment by bridging the gap between global talent from 100+ countries and the world's best foundational LLM companies, by helping them improve performance through model evaluation, fine-tuning, feedback, factuality and handling diverse data.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly creative and versatile Design Lead.  As a Design Lead, you will lead a team of artists on a confidential sketch-focused project supporting advanced AI model development. You will be responsible for driving project execution, ensuring high-quality outputs, mentoring team members, and maintaining delivery timelines. This role requires a strong foundation in design principles, sketching, and visual communication, along with the ability to translate project requirements into clear, actionable guidance for the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership Experience: Proven experience leading, mentoring, or managing a team of designers, illustrators, or artists.
• Design Expertise: Strong understanding of sketching, illustration, visual structure, composition, proportions, and detail accuracy.
• Quality Focus: Ability to review creative work, identify quality issues, and provide constructive feedback to improve output.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and decision-making skills with the ability to resolve execution challenges efficiently.
• Project Management: Capable of managing multiple priorities, tracking progress, and ensuring timely delivery in a fast-paced environment.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with confidence in client-facing discussions and presenting design decisions.
• Attention to Detail: Highly organized with a strong commitment to maintaining quality and consistency.
• Adaptability: Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with evolving project requirements and feedback.
• Ownership: Self-motivated, dependable, and able to work independently while driving team performance.
• Confidentiality: Ability to handle sensitive project information while adhering to data privacy and confidentiality requirements.
• Technical Setup: Desktop or laptop with a reliable internet connection.

Description

In this role, you will be responsible for leading the successful execution of a confidential design project. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Leading and managing a team of artists working on sketch-related tasks.
• Interpreting project guidelines and translating them into clear, actionable instructions for the team.
• Reviewing sketches for quality, accuracy, consistency, and adherence to project standards.
• Identifying recurring issues and providing coaching and feedback to improve team performance.
• Supporting junior artists in producing clean, accurate, and high-quality work.
• Monitoring project progress, resolving blockers, and ensuring timely delivery of tasks.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders and participating in client discussions when required.
• Adapting quickly to project updates, feedback, and changing requirements.
• Maintaining strict confidentiality and following all project data privacy guidelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Design, Fine Arts, Visual Communication, Illustration, or a related field.
• Proven experience in design leadership, creative production, illustration, sketching, or visual quality assurance.
• Experience working on AI training data, annotation, creative review, or large-scale visual production projects is preferred.
• Experience managing remote or distributed creative teams is a plus.

Offer Details

• Commitment Required: Up to 40 hours per week
• Engagement Type: Contractor
• Engagement Length: 2 months

Application Process

• Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a Job Interest Form.
• Eligible candidates will be invited to participate in two rounds of interviews to assess their design expertise, leadership capabilities, and overall fit for the role.
• Candidates who successfully clear both interview rounds will be contacted with the next steps for onboarding.