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Brand Design Director

Creative People · New York, NY, USA ·

Pay:
$170,000-$250,000/yr
Job type:
Full Time

$170k - $250k base *pending experience and current leveling (+ equity)
B2B2C
Senior-level IC role - building from the ground up
Job Description

About the Role

We're looking for a hands-on Design Director to help shape and evolve the visual and digital experience across the business. This is a senior individual contributor role with broad creative ownership - someone who can set the creative direction while staying deeply involved in the actual design work.
What You'll Do

Set and evolve the creative and visual direction across digital product experiences
Concept, design, prototype, and execute across a range of creative and digital projects
Translate business and user needs into clear creative and experience strategies
Develop and maintain design systems and frameworks that scale
Explore new interaction models, emerging technologies, and AI-assisted design workflows
Use rapid prototyping and experimentation to move ideas from concept to execution
Provide creative direction to internal and external resources while maintaining a high bar for quality
Help shape how the broader creative function works and evolves
What We’re Looking For

7+ years of experience across brand, digital, interaction, or related design disciplines
Strong visual design and conceptual thinking with excellent attention to craft
Strong prototyping skills and comfort working quickly and iteratively
Systems-oriented thinker who can connect individual experiences to a broader brand or product ecosystem
Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Curious about emerging technology and experienced with AI-assisted design tools and workflows
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Experience with Figma and modern prototyping tools; front-end development or motion/video experience is a plus

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