Brand Design Lead

Descript
San Francisco, United States
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 140,000 - 185,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Creative direction","Craftsmanship","Strategic thinking"]

Evolve and extend the Descript brand across campaigns, web experiences, and events—shaping big-picture concepts, building scalable brand systems, and designing with exceptional craft. Lead concept-to-delivery for launches, create toolkits so partners can produce on-brand assets, and use AI tools to scale without sacrificing quality. Direct internal and external creative partners and mentor designers while partnering with product, marketing, and sales.

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Brand Design Lead

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Job Summary

Evolve and extend the Descript brand across campaigns, web experiences, and events—shaping big-picture concepts, building scalable brand systems, and designing with exceptional craft. Lead concept-to-delivery for launches, create toolkits so partners can produce on-brand assets, and use AI tools to scale without sacrificing quality. Direct internal and external creative partners and mentor designers while partnering with product, marketing, and sales.
Location: San Francisco, United States
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Evolve and extend the Descript brand across campaigns, web, and events.
  • •Lead concept and design for launches and campaigns from brief through delivery.
  • •Build scalable brand systems, toolkits, and design standards that enable others to create on-brand assets.
  • •Use AI tools and processes to deliver scale without compromising quality.
  • •Direct internal and external creative partners and mentor designers around you.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 140,000 - 185,000 annually
Perks:Health Insurance401kMeal AllowancePaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years in brand design (in-house or agency).
  • •Portfolio demonstrating strategic brand thinking and execution across web, social, and paid channels.
  • •Strong command of typography, color, and composition, including evidence of scaling brand systems beyond personal output.
  • •Experience directing outside creative partners.
  • •Fluency with AI tools to produce and scale work with a clear understanding of when not to use them.
Experience:6+ years
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCreative directionCraftsmanshipStrategic thinking

Company Brief

Descript
Descript provides an all-in-one audio and video editing platform that combines transcription, multitrack editing, screen recording, and AI-powered tools for creators and teams to produce podcasts, videos, and marketing content more quickly and collaboratively.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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