Responsibilities
- Lead by Example: Define and evolve Metalab's product and brand design vision to ensure alignment across teams and client work. Coach senior design leaders and project teams, providing clear, actionable feedback and long-term career guidance. Model creative excellence in your own work—jumping in hands-on when needed and sharing your thinking openly.
- Drive Design Strategy & Execution: Own design quality across the department, offering constructive and actionable feedback to uphold and uplevel creative standards. Guide strategic direction across brand and product design engagements ensuring client and business outcomes are met at every stage. Oversee, create and refine brand systems that work seamlessly into product experiences and vice versa.
- Lead Organizational Impact: Collaborate with design leadership—including the Chief Design Officer—to influence design department direction and design operations. Partner with the Partnerships team on new business pursuits and pitch visionary design approaches. Represent Metalab in the design community through thought leadership and speaking opportunities.
Requirements
- At least 12 years of experience in brand and product design, creative direction, or digital design leadership— in a digital-first environment—with at least 2 years leading design teams at a senior director or executive level.
- Visionary design leader who inspires creative excellence and balances risk with strategic rigor.
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and large-scale product-led brand engagements from strategy through execution.
- Fluency in modern design tools and understanding of product-led brands extending through motion, interaction, and content.
- Strong facilitation and communication skills to guide workshops and sessions.
