Design Manager: Lead Creative Across Site, Email & Social

Kids for the Future; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) and 401(k) matching

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Flexible spending account

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Referral program

Job summary

Artful Home is seeking a Design Manager to lead a team of three designers and set the creative direction across site, email, and paid social. You’ll stay hands-on while guiding brand visuals and ensuring consistency across all customer touchpoints.

You will partner with Product on UX/UI improvements, direct AI-generated imagery, and mentor designers to maintain high-quality output. The role requires coordinating promo calendars and delivering on-brand assets for weekly and seasonal campaigns.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of graphic design experience, ideally in ecommerce, retail, or DTC
• Experience managing, mentoring, or leading a team of designers
• Strong portfolio showing digital design across web, email, and paid social
• Proven ability to maintain visual consistency across touchpoints
• Strong project management skills across multiple deadlines and cross-functional partners
• Experience directing and quality-checking AI-generated imagery preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of three graphic designers, including workload planning, coaching, and mentorship
• Own digital design across site, email, and paid social, balancing hands-on work with final creative review
• Deliver weekly site promo assets and lead the monthly homepage refresh and seasonal updates, including banners, pop-ups, gift guides, and holiday launches
• Direct AI image art, sourcing, cropping, and QA'ing about 30 images per month for brand and background consistency
• Design paid social creative and lifecycle emails (welcome, re-engagement, and evergreen flows), partnering with Marketing, Retention, and freelance resources
• Partner with Product on UX/UI site improvements, delivering on-brand work on schedule against the product roadmap

Skills

Graphic design

Team leadership

Portfolio

Cross-functional work

Project management

AI imagery direction

UX/UI collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field

Job description

Artful Home is seeking a Design Manager to lead a team of three designers and set the creative direction across site, email, and paid social. You’ll stay hands-on while guiding brand visuals and ensuring consistency across all customer touchpoints.

You will partner with Product on UX/UI improvements, direct AI-generated imagery, and mentor designers to maintain high-quality output. The role requires coordinating promo calendars and delivering on-brand assets for weekly and seasonal campaigns.