Brand Design Lead

descript· 11 open roles

Remote RemoteFull-time2 weeks ago

Salary

$140,000 - $185,000

Experience

Mid

Job Type

Full-time

Posted

2 weeks ago

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About This RoleAI processing…

About the Role Descript helps creators and companies tell stories through video. The creative team ensures that our brand lives up to the ethos of our customers. We ship work that’s brave, creative, and a bit uncomfortable, pushing with conviction where human creativity matters. As the Brand Design Lead, you will evolve the brand as you create for campaigns, web experiences, and events. You’ll move between big picture concepting, building brand systems, and designing with an expert level of craft. Reporting to the Director of Brand & Content, you will be trusted and supported to create daring

Key Responsibilities

1
Set a high bar and execute work that exceeds it Evolve and extend the Descript brand to show up well in campaigns, web, and events
2
Lead concept and design for launches and campaigns, from brief through delivery
3
Develop brand systems and toolkits that allow the work to scale in expected (and some unexpected) ways
4
Enable product, marketing, and sales partners to create on-brand assets without relying on you
5
Use AI tools and processes to deliver scale without compromising quality
6
Direct internal and external creative partners from illustrators to design engineers
7
Mentor designers around you and be an ambassador for your craft around the company

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications 6+ years in brand design, in-house or agency
Portfolio showcasing a range of both strategic thinking and executional craft across web, social, and paid channels
Strong command of typography, color, and composition
Evidence of building a brand system that scaled beyond your output
Experience directing outside creative partners
Fluency with AI tools to produce and scale work alongside a clear perspective of where not to use them
Brand work within a SaaS company (especially the creative software space)
Motion, front-end dev, or illustration skills
Experience creating generative brand tooling
Comfort with being on camera and sharing your work publicly