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Brand Design Lead

AngelList is seeking a Brand Design Lead to oversee our team of Brand Designers in a player-coach role. In this pivotal position, you'll be instrumental in shaping and evolving AngelList's brand identity as we move upmarket while driving the growth of our go-to-market efforts. You'll contribute to building and executing a comprehensive marketing strategy aimed at increasing brand awareness, launching impactful campaigns that influence our pipeline, and fostering collaboration across Product and the broader GTM teams.

As a coach, you'll lead and mentor a lean team of talented Brand Designers and Design Technologists. Your role will focus on strategically evolving the AngelList brand to reinforce its position as the market innovator and leader in private market software solutions. Beyond managing the external brand, you'll work closely with cross-functional leaders to integrate the brand into the heart of our business, shaping product experiences, and driving company growth.

As a player, you'll actively contribute to key projects that elevate the AngelList brand. This includes leading brand awareness campaigns, overseeing and evolving AngelList.com, exploring opportunities for sub-brands, and designing for events and annual conferences. Collaborating with teams across marketing, sales, product, and people operations, you'll ensure the AngelList mission and innovation are effectively communicated.

This role is essential in advancing our mission to accelerate innovation across private markets and will report to our Head of Marketing.

You will:

• Cultivate the team strategy and career growth of our exceptional IC designers and design technologists, fostering a culture of creativity and innovation.
• Develop and refine design processes, set impactful quarterly team goals, and work closely with the team to bring projects to fruition, aligning efforts with broader company objectives and key Brand Design initiatives.
• Take creative ownership of the AngelList brand, shaping its voice and growing our reputation as a cutting-edge, institutional-level software provider for fund managers, investors, and founders across private markets. Serving as a foundational leader in AngelList's evolution upmarket, refining our visual identity across our core brand, AngelList, and exploring opportunities for potential sub-brands.
• Collaborate closely with an exceptionally talented Marketing teamincluding design, product marketing, marketing operations, and growth marketingto establish AngelList as a leading brand at every touchpoint of the prospect and customer experience. This includes creating branded materials such as landing pages, customer stories, marketing campaigns, events, and more.
• Bring expertise in technical environments, with a deep understanding of web and mobile client-side development processes, ensuring seamless collaboration with engineering teams.
• Partner with leadership to build a healthy and collaborative work and Design culture

You have:

• At least 810 years of experience in Brand Design and 2 or more years of management experience, ideally within a fast-growing SaaS company.
• You inspire, not merely direct - You are a coach to others and give and ask for honest and critical feedback.
• Demonstrate a proven ability to deliver impactful, beautiful brand designs that inspire customers while translating ideas into clear deliverables and measurable outputs. You're skilled at improving team efficiency by refining processes and workflows.
• Embrace a learning and growth mindset. You understand that our team size and design processes will evolve significantly in the coming years and strive to continuously improve and adapt based on what we learn together.
• Excel in written and verbal communication, confidently handling high-stakes conversations and ensuring alignment across stakeholders.
• Possess a strong understanding of product development processes and the ability to address product challenges across various platforms effectively.
• Maintain composure in the face of ambiguity, skillfully navigating complex situations while adapting to multiple leadership styles and working on tight deadlines.

How success will be measured in this role:

• Lead brand strategy that elevates and advances the AngelList brand as we expand upmarket.
• Mentor and develop team members through thoughtful coaching, actionable feedback, and strong creative guidance.
• Set strategic goals for the Brand Design team while ensuring the successful execution of both proactive and reactive projectsupholding a high standard for creative quality, scalability, and dependability.

If you don't tick every box above, we'd still encourage you to apply. We're building a diverse team whose skills balance and complement one another.

AngelList has offices in two hub cities: San Francisco and New York City that you can choose to work from. We're focused on hiring within these hubs and people hired from these hub offices are expected to come into the office twice per week (Tuesdays and choice between Wednesday or Thursday). From time to time, we will make rare exceptions for new hires if they need to be fully remote.

Compensation: The compensation for this role consists of a competitive base salary, benefits, and equity package. The base salary for this role is $230,000+ annually but actual will vary based on a number of factors including a candidate's professional background, experience, and location. Additional details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.

Benefits: We support our employees in their lives both inside and outside of work.

AngelList is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

In Summary: Brand Design Lead will lead and mentor a lean team of talented Brand Designers and Design Technologists . You'll be instrumental in shaping and evolving AngelList's brand identity as we move upmarket . As a player, you'll actively contribute to key projects that elevate the AngelList brand . En Español: AngelList está buscando un líder de diseño de marca para supervisar a nuestro equipo de diseñadores de marcas en el papel de jugador-entrenador. En esta posición fundamental, usted será instrumental en dar forma y evolucionar la identidad de la marca de angellist mientras nos movemos hacia arriba al impulsar el crecimiento de nuestros esfuerzos de ingreso al mercado. Contribuirá a construir e ejecutar una estrategia de marketing integral dirigida a aumentar la conciencia de marca, lanzar campañas impactantes que influyen en nuestra tubería y fomentar la colaboración entre los equipos Product y GTM más amplios. Como entrenador, liderará y mentorará a un equipo delgado de talentosos diseñadores y tecnólogos de marca. Su rol se centrará en desarrollar estratégicamente la marca angellist para reforzar su posición como innovadora y líder en soluciones de mercado. Más allá de gestionar estrechamente las operaciones de gestión del software, trabajará con empresas independientes para mejorar el funcionamiento de sus productos y crear oportunidades de negocio. Este papel es esencial para avanzar en nuestra misión de acelerar la innovación en los mercados privados y reportará a nuestro Jefe de Marketing. Usted: Cultivará la estrategia del equipo y el crecimiento profesional de nuestros excepcionales diseñadores de IC y tecnólogos de diseño, fomentando una cultura de creatividad e innovación. Desarrollará y refinará procesos de diseños, establecerá objetivos trimestrales impactantes del equipo, y trabajará estrechamente con el equipo para llevar a cabo proyectos, alineando los esfuerzos con los objetivos más amplios de la compañía y las iniciativas clave de Diseño de Marca. Tome posesión creativa de la marca AngelList, dando forma a su voz al cliente y aumentando nuestra reputación como un proveedor de software a nivel institucional de vanguardia para gestores de fondos, inversionistas y fundadores en todos los mercados particulares. Sirviendo como líder fundamental en la evolución de AngelListe en el mercado superior, perfeccionando el potencial de identidad a través de nuestras historias de marcas, AngelLista y explorando campañas de desarrollo especializadas. Socio con el liderazgo para construir un trabajo saludable y colaborativo y la cultura del diseño Usted tiene: al menos 810 años de experiencia en Diseño de Marca y 2 o más años de experiencias de gestión, idealmente dentro de una empresa SaaS que crece rápidamente. Inspira, no simplemente dirige - usted es un coach a los demás y da y pide comentarios honestos y críticos. Demostrar una habilidad comprobada para ofrecer diseños de marca impactantes y hermosos que inspiran a los clientes mientras se traducen las ideas en entregas claras y resultados medibles. Es hábil en mejorar la eficiencia del equipo mediante la refinación de procesos y flujos de trabajo. Adopta una mentalidad de crecimiento y crecimiento. Comprende que nuestro tamaño de equipo y procesos de diseño evolucionarán significativamente en los próximos años y esforzarse por mejorar continuamente y basándonos en lo que aprendemos juntos. En comunicación escrita y verbal, cómo manejar con confianza conversaciones altas y alinear los procesos de desarrollo de productos. Mentor y desarrollar miembros del equipo a través de un entrenamiento reflexivo, retroalimentación actionable y una fuerte orientación creativa. Establezca objetivos estratégicos para el equipo de diseño de marca al tiempo que garantiza la ejecución exitosa de proyectos proactivos y reactivos manteniendo un alto estándar de calidad creativa, escalabilidad y confiabilidad. Si no selecciona cada casilla arriba, todavía le animamos a aplicar. Estamos construyendo un equipo diverso cuyas habilidades se equilibran y complementan entre sí. AngelList tiene oficinas en dos ciudades centrales: San Francisco y Nueva York City desde las cuales puede elegir trabajar. Nos centramos en contratar dentro de estos centros y se espera que personas contratadas de estas oficinas vengan a la oficina dos veces por semana ( martes y elección entre miércoles o jueves). No discriminamos sobre la base de raza, religión, color, origen nacional, género, orientación sexual, edad, estado civil, estatus veterano o condición de discapacidad.