[Hiring] Design Director @AlphaSense

Role Description

As the Design Director on the AlphaSense Brand & Creative team, you own the strategic and conceptual pull-through of our brand — translating who AlphaSense is into ideas, design systems, and experiences that show up everywhere the company does. You set the creative vision and the standard of craft for the design discipline, and you're a leader-doer: you direct from inside the work, getting your hands on it when an idea demands it. This is a defining moment for the brand.

This role is equal parts vision and craft, leadership and making. You'll shape the creative direction for our most significant brand investments — campaigns, product storytelling, OOH, social, web, and events — then build the team and systems that let that work scale without losing its edge.

• Help Drive the Design Vision: Define and evolve the creative direction for the AlphaSense brand across campaigns, product storytelling, OOH, social, web, and events.
• Lead Idea-Centric Work: Drive the strategic and conceptual pull-through of big ideas from brief through execution.
• Hands-On: Use your own design thinking and execution to make the work when the moment calls for it.
• Build & Grow the Team: Lead, mentor, and develop the brand design team in partnership with the Design Manager.
• Partner Across Functions: Build deep, productive relationships across creative and marketing functions.
• Evolve the System: Develop and steward the AlphaSense design system and visual language.
• Push Product Integration: Find innovative ways to bring the product into the brand story.
• Develop Deep Product & Market Fluency: Build a thorough understanding of the AlphaSense platform and the broader B2B enterprise landscape.

Qualifications

• A Proven Creative Leader: 10+ years in brand and creative design with a portfolio that shows range across campaigns, brand systems, and high-craft execution.
• A Leader-Doer: You set the vision and the bar, but you stay in the work.
• Ideas-First: You lead with concept and find the visual metaphor that resonates with a sophisticated audience.
• A Builder of Teams & Culture: You've managed and mentored designers, shaped roles, and cultivated a creative culture.
• A Systems Thinker: You think in systems and scale, building design languages that keep the brand consistent.
• A Trusted Cross-Functional Partner: You build deep relationships across functions and influence senior stakeholders.
• Fluent in Complex & Enterprise Storytelling: You've made technical or dry subject matter engaging for expert or executive audiences.
• Strategically Grounded: You balance creative ambition with clarity, strategy, and business outcomes.

Requirements

• 10+ years in brand and creative design.
• Experience leading teams to achieve high-quality work.
• Ability to translate complex ideas into engaging visuals.
• Experience in managing and mentoring design teams.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment.

Benefits

• Base Compensation Range: $160,000 — $200,000 USD.
• Performance-based bonus.
• Equity options.
• A generous benefits program.