# Brand Design Director

**Company:** [Abridge](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/abridge)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Brand Design
**Salary:** $251k – $313k/yr
**Experience:** 9+ years
**Skills:** Typography, Composition, Layout, Visual Design, Design Systems, Interaction Design, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Brand Strategy, Ai Design Tools
**Posted:** 2026-05-12

> Leads brand design system evolution for healthcare AI company, defining visual identity across digital/print touchpoints. Collaborates with product designers, requiring 9+ years experience in design systems and exceptional craft in typography, composition, and strategic storytelling.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Define and evolve our brand to position us as a leader in healthcare AI. Establish principles and direction that guide the brand at scale.
- Inspire and elevate the design team through thoughtful critique, ambitious vision, and clarity of perspective. Drive alignment across stakeholders and confidently articulate the “why” behind creative decisions.
- Translate complex strategy into compelling campaigns, brand moments, and experiences. Build narratives that feel cohesive across touchpoints and emotionally resonant across audiences.
- Evolve and expand our brand system to support future growth. Create flexible frameworks, templates and libraries, that empower others while maintaining cohesion.
- Partner cross-functionally to concept and launch new initiatives from the ground up. Bring both strategic direction and hands-on craft to early-stage work.
- Model world-class fundamentals across **typography**, **layout**, **composition**, and **color**. Flex the brand across digital, print and experiential work, maintaining a level of polish and cohesion throughout.

## Requirements

- **9+ years** of experience in visual, product brand and crafting design systems at scale. Work that reflects not just visual polish, but the ability to build, evolve, and diversify brand systems over time.
- Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to articulate how brand decisions impact product experience and user trust.
- Ability to clearly articulate creative rationale, lead brainstorms, and build alignment across marketing, product, content, and leadership teams.
- A portfolio that demonstrates a mastery of your craft. Deep expertise in visual design fundamentals: **typography**, **composition**, **hierarchy**, and **interaction design**, with meticulous attention to detail.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment and the ability to tackle multiple projects simultaneously, moving between strategic thinking and visual execution with ease.
- A general passion for design and actively exploring how **AI** and emerging technologies are reshaping design workflows, systems, and creative possibilities.

## Compensation

- Competitive compensation and equity grants for full time employees.

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