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HarveyHarveySan Francisco, CA

Design Manager

Lead and mentor a team of designers as a player-coach, translating creative direction into high-quality visual work for brand campaigns, events, partnerships, and product launches. Requires 8+ years in brand/creative design with management experience and a strong portfolio.

182k – 271k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEBrand Design

About the role

What You'll Own

  • Design execution across Harvey's activations vertical, including events, brand campaigns, partnerships, product launches, and other strategic brand initiatives.
  • Translating creative direction into compelling visual work across multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Creative feedback and design quality across the team, helping raise the standard of work through thoughtful reviews and mentorship.
  • Management, coaching, and development of Harvey's design team, including workload planning, career growth, and performance.
  • Design consistency and operational excellence across a growing volume of high-impact creative work.

What You'll Do

  • Partner closely with Harvey's Creative Director to bring creative concepts to life through exceptional design.
  • Set the visual direction for projects from early concepts through final execution, ensuring work meets a high standard of craft.
  • Lead and develop a team of designers through regular feedback, coaching, and creative direction.
  • Stay hands-on with design work when appropriate, balancing management responsibilities with individual contribution.
  • Partner closely with Creative Operations, Copy, Motion, and Marketing to deliver cohesive, high-quality creative work.
  • Drive design across Harvey's flagship events, campaigns, partnership launches, product launches, and other high-visibility initiatives.
  • Push work beyond the brief, helping uncover creative ideas that make campaigns memorable rather than simply well executed.
  • Establish effective design workflows and review processes that help the team move quickly without sacrificing quality.
  • Foster a culture of craft, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the design team.

What You Have

  • 8+ years of experience in brand or creative design, including experience managing or mentoring designers.
  • A portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual craft and strong conceptual thinking across campaigns, brand work, events, or product marketing.
  • Experience leading design for high-visibility initiatives, including launches, activations, or integrated campaigns.
  • Strong creative judgment and the ability to provide clear, actionable feedback that improves both the work and the people creating it.
  • Experience balancing multiple complex projects while maintaining a consistently high bar for quality.
  • Comfort moving between leadership, creative direction, and hands-on execution depending on the needs of the project.

Bonus

  • Experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS, AI, or enterprise technology company.
  • Experience designing for large-scale events or brand activations.
  • Experience helping build or scale a growing creative organization.
  • Familiarity with legal, professional services, or other complex enterprise industries.

Compensation

$180,800-271,200

Skills

brand designcreative directiondesign managementMentorshipvisual craftconceptual thinkingcampaign designevent designportfolio presentation

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