[Hiring] Senior Manager, Design Direction @CompanyCam

Role Description

We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Design Direction to define and scale how our brand is expressed across the full customer experience — spanning both marketing and product touchpoints. This role establishes the vision, structure, and operating model for brand design, leading a multidisciplinary team across art direction, UX, motion, video, illustration, and brand copy.

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary creative team, setting a high bar for quality, clarity, and accountability
• Coach and mentor Art Directors and senior creatives to own their domains while maintaining brand consistency
• Define the long-term vision for brand guidelines, design systems, and scalable component libraries
• Establish governance frameworks for brand application, asset creation, and system evolution
• Ensure cohesive brand expression across design, web, motion, video, and physical experiences
• Partner with Creative Direction and cross-functional leaders to translate vision into executable roadmaps
• Direct high-visibility, complex creative initiatives across channels
• Align brand systems with Product Design to ensure consistency across the full customer journey
• Resolve cross-team brand decision conflicts and drive alignment through influence
• Conduct brand audits to identify fragmentation and implement scalable improvements
• Balance creative ambition with operational realities, ensuring delivery quality and timeline accountability
• Contribute to leadership planning forums and advocate for design as a strategic business capability

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of professional design experience, including 3+ years leading or managing design teams
• Demonstrated experience delivering high-quality creative work across digital, web, video, animation, and physical environments
• Strong portfolio showcasing brand development, design systems, and strategic problem-solving
• Hands-on experience working with scalable design systems and component libraries
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product, marketing, engineering, and creative teams
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in modern design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Fine Arts, or related field — or equivalent practical experience
• UX experience (nice to have)
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions to diverse stakeholders
• A continuous growth-mindset, with a focus on learning, embracing challenges, and continuously improving
• A knack for creativity and innovation, bringing fresh ideas to the table and solving complex problems

Benefits

• This is a salaried position at CompanyCam. Our starting salary range is $90,000-$105,000 per year and is based on experience
• We also offer meaningful equity and other benefits