Lead Visual Designer, Brand Creative Studio

Cypress HCM; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cypress HCM's Brand Creative Studio seeks a Lead Visual Designer for production design. You will own high‑volume production across executive presentations, campaigns, and brand toolkits, translating design systems into scalable outputs.

A hands‑on leader, you will partner with cross‑functional teams to maintain craft and speed. The role requires 8–12 years of visual/design experience in a creative setting, and a strong ability to lead across formats while collaborating with internal and external

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of visual or production design in a creative agency, studio, or in‑house brand team
• Proven track record leading high‑volume, brand‑led production design across channels/formats
• Strong background building, managing, and evolving design systems/templates
• Experience leading presentation design for senior leadership, sales, events, and marketing materials
• Translate complex information into clear, well‑structured visual communication
• Strong IC mindset with focus on direct execution and visual craft
• Exceptional collaboration across cross‑functional teams and external agencies
• Fluency in modern design tools/workflows (Figma, Adobe Suite, Google Slides); motion a plus
• Enthusiasm for AI tools to enhance workflows and identify inefficiencies
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem‑solving skills
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast‑paced environment
• Hands‑on leader who bridges strategy and design contribution

Responsibilities

• Own and drive production design across complex, high‑volume workstreams, focusing on executive presentations and sales assets
• Bridge elevated craft with production efficiency and scalable concepts
• Translate brand systems and toolkits into scalable production frameworks
• Serve as hands‑on design lead, while elevating the broader production design team
• Establish best practices and craft quality benchmarks across the team
• Act as trusted creative partner to Corporate Comms, Brand, venues, and Ads Marketing
• Lead presentation design for high‑visibility needs where clarity and brand expression matter
• Ensure work is fit‑for‑purpose across audiences and channels while aligning with brand standards
• Uphold high standards across all production outputs, including executive materials
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, templates, and systems
• Stay current on production design, operations, and tooling best practices

Skills

Years of experience

Production design

Design systems

Presentation design

Visual communication

Hands-on contributor

Collaborative

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Google Slides

AI workflow

Communication

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Google Slides

Job description

Lead Visual Designer, Brand Creative Studio

The Team

The Brand Creative Studio (BCS) is our in‑house team of Strategists, Creatives, Designers, Producers, and Program Managers. We are the creative collective behind our most high‑profile brand initiatives, developing work that builds passionate fandoms and shapes how the world connects with our brand. Our mission is to strengthen the brand and drive business value by creating culturally relevant marketing that is as entertaining as our shows, films, games, and experiences. Our studio serves as a centralized partner for a wide range of business‑critical areas, spanning Global Brand and Brand Partnerships, Ads, Consumer Products, and live experiences.

As we continue to expand into new business units, formats, and physical experiences, the volume and complexity of design output across the company continues to grow. To support this scale, BCS is evolving its operating model to include a dedicated production design team focused on speed, systems, and consistency, without compromising craft.

The Role

We are seeking a Contractor, Manager, Production Design to join the Brand Creative Studio. This is a senior individual contributor role within the production design team, responsible for driving high‑quality, systems‑led creative execution across multiple business functions, including Corporate Communications, experiential venues, Ads Marketing, Performance Marketing, and the Brand.

This role reflects a creative agency and design studio model of visual design meets production design tooling and workflow expertise, where the focus is on translating brand strategy and design systems into high quality presentation design. You will operate as a hands‑on design expert, owning complex workstreams end‑to‑end, elevating the quality and consistency of production output.

You will partner closely with the Senior Manager, Production Design and cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure work is executed with clarity, craft, and operational rigor. This is a strictly individual contributor role focused primarily on direct design execution and production workstreams.

A strong portfolio demonstrating visual design and systems thinking, high‑volume execution, and brand‑led production, with a focus on presentation design work is required.

Responsibilities

Visual Design Craft & Hands‑On Production Design

• Own and drive production design across complex, high‑volume workstreams, with a focus on presentations for executive stakeholders. Some additional work may include lower‑funnel marketing assets, campaign toolkits, and sales materials
• Bridge elevated visual craft with production efficiency. Develop daring, high‑impact visual concepts from open‑ended briefs, while maintaining brand design system consistency and technical scalability across platforms
• Translate brand design systems, toolkits, and creative direction into scalable production frameworks that support speed, consistency, and quality across teams and partners
• Serve as a hands‑on design lead, producing work directly, while also elevating the output of the broader production design team
• Help establish best practices and craft quality benchmarks that raise the bar for design output across the team

Cross‑Functional Creative Support

• Act as a trusted creative partner to teams across Corporate Comms, Brand, experiential venues, and Ads Marketing, supporting a wide range of outputs from performance marketing and physical environments to executive communications
• Lead presentation design for high‑visibility needs where clarity, consistency, and brand expression are critical
• Ensure work is fit‑for‑purpose across audiences and channels, while maintaining alignment with brand standards
• Uphold high standards of design quality across all production outputs, including executive‑facing and external presentation materials
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve workflows, systems, and templates to increase efficiency and consistency while raising the creative bar
• Stay current on best practices in production design, creative operations, and design tooling

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience in visual design, and/or production design within a creative agency, design studio, or scaled in‑house brand team
• Proven track record of leading high‑volume, brand‑led production design across multiple channels and formats
• Strong background in building, managing, and evolving design systems, templates, and modular frameworks
• Experience leading a broad range of design outputs, including presentation design for senior leadership, sales, physical events, and digital and print marketing materials
• Ability to translate complex information into clear, well‑structured visual communication across formats
• Strong individual contributor mindset with focus on direct execution and visual craft
• Exceptional collaboration skills, with experience partnering with cross‑functional teams and external agencies
• Fluency in modern design tools and workflows (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Slides; motion experience a plus)
• Enthusiasm for leveraging AI tools and automation to enhance workflows, while identifying inefficiencies in the production process (project work examples a plus)
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem‑solving skills
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• A hands‑on leader who can move fluidly between strategic thinking, systems‑level problem solving, and direct design contribution