U.S. Growth Lead

KISKA; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Competitive compensation

Culture built around people

Job summary

KISKA is seeking a growth leader to drive the U.S. market for a multi-disciplinary design firm. You will build relationships with ambitious clients, open opportunities, and represent a firm of makers—designers, engineers, and strategists—working with teams in Europe and Asia.

You will shape KISKA’s U.S. presence, from initial conversations to long-term partnerships, with room to grow as the market evolves.

Qualifications

• Experience selling complex design or development engagements at senior or board level.
• Strong product or experience design background or ability to speak with clients and creatives about it.
• Established network in mobility, consumer electronics, technology, or brand.

Responsibilities

• Drive business development in the U.S. market focusing on premium clients and complex briefs.
• Open doors with ambitious companies, founders, innovation teams, and global brands as a strategic partner.
• Grow and activate a client base across mobility, consumer electronics, brand, product, and UX/UI design.
• Represent KISKA in meetings and events; build opportunities with senior stakeholders.
• Translate market signals into opportunities for our teams and connect client needs with multidisciplinary services.
• Guide client relationships from first chat to briefing, pitch, proposal, and long-term deals.

Skills

Business development

Sales of complex engagements

Leadership

Networking

Strategy & commercial instinct

Senior stakeholder communication

AI-aware design procurement

Job description

Lead KISKA’s growth in the U.S. market.We’re strengthening our focus on the U.S. market, and this is a significant opportunity to help shape how KISKA grows there.

Lead KISKA’s growth in the U.S. market.We’re strengthening our focus on the U.S. market, and this is a significant opportunity to help shape how KISKA grows there. You’ll build relationships with ambitious clients, open new opportunities, and represent a firm of makers – people who design, engineer, and stay with the work until it’s real. Using your established U.S. network, you’ll open the market – working closely with our teams in Europe, as well as directly with KISKA’s top-level management, while building strong relationships locally. For the right person, this role has real room to grow: from building long-term partnerships to helping define what KISKA’s U.S. presence becomes. The end state is not fixed. You’ll help decide it.

In this role you will…

• Drive business development in the U.S. market, focused on premium clients and complex briefs.
• Open doors with ambitious companies, founders, innovation teams, and global brands looking for a strategic partner.
• Grow and activate a strong client base across mobility, consumer electronics and technology, brand, product, and UX/UI design.
• Represent KISKA in-person at meetings, events, or wherever strong opportunities can be built.
• Proactively turn market signals into business opportunities for our teams.
• Connect client needs with our multidisciplinary offer: brand, strategy, design, and engineering.
• Guide relationships from first chat to briefing, pitch, proposal, and long-term deals.

We are looking for…

• A business builder with entrepreneurial spirit and a proven track record in growing markets, accounts, client bases, or studios.
• Evidence of selling complex design or development engagements at senior and board level.
• Someone with a strong product design / experience design background – or the fluency to talk eye-to-eye with clients and creatives on this topic.
• A confident networker with existing connections in mobility, consumer electronics, technology, or brand.
• Leadership experience and the ability to work independently while staying connected with our teams in Europe and Asia.
• A strategic mindset with commercial instinct, curiosity, and courage to challenge assumptions.
• A natural communicator who loves meeting people and can lead senior-level conversations.
• A strong understanding of clients who are ahead on AI — and what that changes in how design work is bought.
• Willingness to travel: regularly within the U.S., periodically to Europe.
• A California-based candidate, ideally located in Los Angeles.

KISKA is an equal opportunity employer. We value talent, curiosity, and individuality regardless of background, identity, or experience. We’re building a culture where creative people can do their best work, together. We offer flexible schedules, competitive compensation, and a culture built around people.