Lead Designer
$119,000–$159,000 year
HybridNew York, United States
Job Summary
Lead the evolution of Datadog's visual identity and establish the quality bar for brand expression across every touchpoint. Build scalable Figma-native brand systems, including component libraries, variables, and documentation, that enable teams to create high-quality work quickly. Partner with Brand, Creative Operations, Product, Marketing, and Sales to deliver cohesive creative experiences, while presenting concepts and rationale to stakeholders through visual storytelling. Define the brand design practice as the company grows, balancing creative exploration with operational excellence and leveraging AI-assisted workflows to scale processes.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in graphic design and brand development
- portfolio rooted in visual identity and brand craft
- Strong visual design foundation, including typography, layout, color, and hierarchy
- Deep, hands-on Figma expertise: component architecture, style and variable systems, and documentation that other designers will use
- Built a large-scale brand system or Figma library from scratch
- Experience mentoring or enabling other designers to work confidently within a system you've built
- strong taste
- comfortable defending a point of view to stakeholders at all levels
- know how to translate brand strategy into scalable, well-governed design systems
- Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities and ambiguity
- leverage AI tools daily in the way you work
- hybrid workplace
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