Remote Design Manager for Ecommerce Brand Creative

Artful Home; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Flexible spending account

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Employee discount

Referral program

Job summary

Artful Home, a leading ecommerce brand for original art and design, seeks a Design Manager to lead our design team and set the creative direction across site, email, and paid social.

As Design Manager, you’ll guide three designers while staying hands-on, serving as the brand's creative filter so every customer touchpoint looks and feels unmistakably Artful Home. You’ll direct AI-generated imagery and partner with Product on site UX/UI improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of graphic design experience, ideally in ecommerce, retail, or DTC.
• Experience managing, mentoring, or leading a team of designers.
• A 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.
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 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

Visual consistency

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design

Tools

AI imagery QA

Job description

Artful Home, a leading ecommerce brand for original art and design, seeks a Design Manager to lead our design team and set the creative direction across site, email, and paid social.

As Design Manager, you’ll guide three designers while staying hands-on, serving as the brand's creative filter so every customer touchpoint looks and feels unmistakably Artful Home. You’ll direct AI-generated imagery and partner with Product on site UX/UI improvements.