[Hiring] Director, Creative Brand Expression @Figma

Role Description

We’re looking for a Director, Creative Brand Expression to join Figma’s Brand Studio and drive critical parts of our portfolio. This role is as much about growing a team as it is about growing the work. We’re looking for someone who leads with both. This isn’t a role that executes inside someone else’s system. You’ll set the direction, pitch concepts, and lead a small, but mighty team through to final execution across a range of surfaces — from campaigns to major events.

• Manage and develop a team of 4–7 world-class designers, hiring to fill gaps as your portion of the portfolio scales.
• Partner with senior creative stakeholders, product designers, and marketers to improve team process and execution, and coach your team through setting creative direction and priorities.
• Develop a strong point of view on how Figma’s brand shows up in your area and successfully advocate for it across the organization.
• Run and improve team rituals like critiques, reviews, and creative sprints.
• Stay in the work — balancing people leadership with direct craft contribution and execution.
• Set and maintain a high creative bar through feedback, direction, and coaching.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of creative/design management experience with a track record of building strong, resilient team culture and developing designers across skill levels.
• Demonstrated ability to move fluidly between pitching a concept, sketching it out, and shepherding it to completion.
• A portfolio demonstrating conceptual and visual direction for campaigns — ideally motion-forward, and across a wide variety of surfaces (digital, OOH, ads, presentations, events).
• Experience influencing teams and stakeholders through strategic thinking, storytelling, and clear communication, with comfort navigating ambiguity as priorities shift.
• A true player/coach mindset — as comfortable managing and developing people as you are getting hands-on with the work yourself.

Requirements

• Familiarity with AI-powered creative tools and workflows, and a point of view on how they expand rather than flatten creative expression.
• The ability to adapt as priorities evolve, bringing a sense of humor and a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
• Comfort exploring new methodologies and continuously pushing to improve both personal and team craft.

Benefits

• Equity to employees.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits with company contributions.
• Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support.
• Mental health and wellness benefits.
• Paid time off, including paid sick leave and holidays.
• Flexible paid sick leave for exempt employees.
• Company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and lifestyle spending accounts.
• Sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.