the company is entering a new chapter in how our product looks, feels and operates. We’re building a small, high-leverage Design Lab team to define that evolution, and we’re looking for a Staff Visual Designer to help author it.
Our design system powers everything we ship. Now we’re ready to evolve it. As the company expands into AI-driven experiences and more complex product surfaces, the visual language needs to grow with it. We’re looking for someone who can help define that next phase, someone with taste, judgment, and the confidence to shape how the product feels at scale.
At the company, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
What You’ll Do
Define and evolve the company’s visual language across product surfaces.
Establish the visual quality bar for the platform.
Lead exploratory and concept work that pushes our system forward.
Translate bold visual ideas into scalable patterns that can live inside a design system.
Partner deeply with Brand, Product Design, and Design Systems to unify expression across product and marketing.
Influence executive stakeholders through clear, compelling visual storytelling.
Prototype, test, and refine new patterns before they become systemized.
Help shape how visual direction is integrated into our design process.
You will report directly to the Design Director and work as part of a small, focused team defining the future state before it scales across hundreds of designers and engineers.
Who You Are
You have 10+ years of experience in visual and/or product design
You have led a meaningful visual evolution or rebrand within a mature product ecosystem.
You have strong taste and are comfortable defending a point of view.
You know how to translate brand into scalable product systems.
You think in systems, but you’re motivated by craft.
You’re comfortable operating in ambiguity and defining direction where none exists.
You can influence across design, engineering, and executive partners.
Your portfolio demonstrates exceptional visual craft and product thinking — not just applied systems work.
Why This Role Matters
DRUIDS powers every the company experience. The decisions made in this role will shape how millions of interactions feel across web, mobile, and emerging AI-driven surfaces. This is an opportunity to define visual direction inside a complex, engineering-forward platform and raise the craft bar across the organization.
Benefits and Growth
New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (the company employee resource groups)
Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions
Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
Competitive global benefits
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with the company.
the company offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, the company offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan. The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at the company is: $210,000 — $280,000 USD.
Equal Opportunity at the company
the company is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law.
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In Summary: The company is building a small, high-leverage Design Lab team to define that evolution . As the company expands into AI-driven experiences and more complex product surfaces, the visual language needs to grow with it . We're looking for someone who can help define that next phase, someone with taste, judgment, and confidence to shape how the product feels at scale .
En Español: La empresa está entrando en un nuevo capítulo de cómo nuestro producto se ve, siente y funciona. Estamos construyendo un equipo pequeño y de alto apalancamiento del Laboratorio de Diseño para definir esa evolución, y estamos buscando a un diseñador visual personal que nos ayude a escribirlo. Nuestro sistema de diseño impulsa todo lo que enviamos. Ahora estamos listos para evolucionarlo. A medida que la compañía se expande hacia experiencias basadas en inteligencia artificial y superficies de productos más complejas, el lenguaje visual necesita crecer con ella. Operamos como un lugar de trabajo híbrido para garantizar que nuestros Datadogs puedan crear una armonía entre la vida laboral y la vida profesional que mejor se adapte a ellos. Lo que harás Define y evolucione el lenguaje visual de la compañía en todas las superficies del producto. Establezca la barra de calidad visual para la plataforma. Lida el trabajo exploratorio y conceptual que empuja nuestro sistema hacia adelante. Traduce ideas visuales audaces en patrones escalables que pueden vivir dentro de un sistema de diseño. Colaborar profundamente con Brand, Product Design y Design Systems para unificar la expresión en todo producto y marketing. Influir a los actores ejecutivos mediante narración visual clara y convincente. Prototipa, prueba y refina nuevos patrones antes de que sean sistematizados. Ayuda a integrar la dirección al proceso de diseños. Dirigirá y trabajará como parte de un pequeño equipo enfocado que demuestre el estado futuro antes de desarrollarse Roles e ingenieros de productos. Las decisiones tomadas en este papel darán forma a cómo se sienten millones de interacciones a través de la web, móviles y superficies emergentes impulsadas por IA. Esta es una oportunidad para definir la dirección visual dentro de una plataforma compleja e ingeniería avanzada y elevar la barra artesanal en toda la organización. Beneficios y crecimiento Nueva renta variable (RSUs) y plan de compra de acciones de empleados (ESPP) Desarrollo profesional continuo, capacitación de productos y trayectoria Programa interdepartamental mentor y compañero para networking interno Una cultura empresarial inclusiva, capacidad de unirse a nuestras guildas comunitarias (los grupos de recursos de los empleados de la compañía) Acceso a Inclución Talks, nuestras discusiones internas beneficios gratuitos, globales de salud mental para empleados y dependientes de edad 6 años Beneficio competitivo global Los beneficios actuales y beneficios de atención al personal que figuran arriba pueden variar según el país de su empleo y la mejor naturaleza competitiva del trabajo con la empresa. El salario anual razonablemente estimado para este papel en la compañía es: $210,000 $280,000 USD. Igualdad de oportunidades en la empresa La compañía se enorgullece de ofrecer igualdad de oportunidad de empleo a todos independientemente de raza, color, ascendencia, religión, sexo, origen nacional, orientación sexual, edad, ciudadanía, estado civil, discapacidad, identidad de género, estatus de veterano y otras características protegidas por ley. #J-18808-Ljbffr

United States Digital Space LLC is hiring: Staff Visual Designer, Design Lab in
United States Digital Space LLC · New York, NY, USA ·
- Pay:
- $210,000-$280,000/yr
- Job type:
- Full Time