Brand Design Lead - Remote & Scalable Brand Systems

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare package

401k matching

Catered lunches

Flexible vacation time

Job summary

Descript is seeking a Brand Design Lead to evolve our brand across campaigns, web experiences and events. You’ll bridge strategic thinking with hands-on craft, building scalable brand systems and mentoring the team.

You’ll collaborate with product, marketing and sales, use AI tools to scale impact, and help craft daring work that reflects our mission to tell stories with joy. The base salary range is $140,000–$185,000, with location and experience guiding final offer.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in brand design, in-house or agency.
• Portfolio showing strategy and craft across web, social, and paid channels.
• Strong command of typography, color, and composition.
• Evidence of building a brand system that scaled beyond output.
• Fluency with AI tools to produce and scale work with perspective on where not to use them.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Lead concept and design for launches and campaigns, from brief through delivery.
• Build a brand system that scales.
• Develop brand systems and toolkits that allow the work to scale in expected (and some unexpected) ways.
• Enable product, marketing, and sales partners to create on-brand assets without relying on you.
• Multiply your creative impact.
• Use AI tools and processes to deliver scale without compromising quality.
• Direct internal and external creative partners from illustrators to design engineers.
• Mentor designers around you and be an ambassador for your craft around the company.

Skills

Brand design

Typography

Color theory

Composition

Brand system

AI tools

Job description

Descript is seeking a Brand Design Lead to evolve our brand across campaigns, web experiences and events. You’ll bridge strategic thinking with hands-on craft, building scalable brand systems and mentoring the team.

You’ll collaborate with product, marketing and sales, use AI tools to scale impact, and help craft daring work that reflects our mission to tell stories with joy. The base salary range is $140,000–$185,000, with location and experience guiding final offer.