Manager UI/UX Design

Working at Breeze Airways is an exciting endeavor and a serious commitment to bring “The World’s Nicest Airline” to life. We work cross-functionally with truly awesome Team Members to deliver on our mission: “To make the world of travel simple, affordable, and convenient. ” Breeze is hiring- join us!

Breeze Airways is an exciting new airline with a serious commitment to bring “The World’s Nicest Airline” to life. We work cross-functionally with truly awesome Team Members to deliver on our mission: “To make the world of travel simple, affordable, and convenient. ” Breeze is looking for a Manager, UI/UX Design to lead a team in creating easy and memorable experiences for our Guests and Team Members using our apps, website, and internal tools.

The ideal candidate prioritizes the development of the designers on their team, and they are responsible for maturing the digital design discipline at Breeze. They should be an expert in utilizing qualitative and quantitative data to thoughtfully approach design problems and continually improve the overall user experience in support of our strategic objectives. A key part of this role is strategically integrating AI-powered design tools and workflows to accelerate delivery and raise the quality bar across the team.

To succeed in the role, you must collaborate effectively with product management, development, digital analytics, and brand design teams.

What You'Ll Do

Further develop the UI/UX design team by providing mentorship to ensure the delivery of high-quality user experiences that support key business outcomes. Lead the team's AI practice by identifying opportunities to accelerate design workflows, defining where guardrails and constraints are needed, and building the infrastructure that determines how the team uses AI, in collaboration with designers, product managers, and cross-functional partners. Frame this work strategically and advocate for it with leadership.

Contribute to ongoing user testing and user experience research, including field research trips traveling with our Guests. Utilize AI-driven synthesis tools to accelerate insight generation from qualitative and quantitative data. Review and provide feedback on design deliverables to ensure they are high-quality and follow established accessibility guidelines.

Own the development and evolution of the Breeze design system and ensure design system utilization during the design and development process, including integrating AI-generation guardrails to ensure brand and accessibility consistency. Maintain a design maturity model and progress your team through the various stages. Work closely with the brand design team to ensure alignment across all mediums.

Advocate for user-centered design principles within Breeze by educating and influencing stakeholders. Keep abreast of new developments and technology — especially advances in AI, generative UI, and design automation — that could be utilized by the organization to retain its competitive advantage.

Minimum Qualifications

4-year degree in human factors, human-computer interaction, UI/UX design, graphic design, or a combination of education and relevant work experience. 5+ years UI/UX design experience. Strong portfolio of past work.

Experience mentoring those around you. Desire to build a high-performing team. Strong knowledge of user-centered design principles, information architecture, interaction design, and accessibility guidelines.

Experience conducting in-person and remote usability tests.