# Brand Design Lead, Brand Studio

**Company:** [Motive](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/motive)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Brand Design
**Salary:** $163k – $236k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Brand Design, Graphic Design, Creative Direction, Brand Systems, Campaign Design, Figma, Design Systems, Marketing Design, Ai-Assisted Workflows, Visual Identity, Concept Development, Presentation Skills
**Posted:** 2026-08-20

> Leads brand design excellence, creative direction, and scalable design systems while managing and mentoring a globally distributed design team. Requires 7+ years in brand or graphic design, strong identity and campaign experience, deep Figma expertise, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Creative Leadership & Design Excellence
- Lead brand design within Motive’s Brand Studio, setting a high bar for craft, consistency, and brand expression.
- Lead visual creative direction for campaigns, activations, and brand initiatives with Brand Studio and Marketing leadership.
- Provide hands-on design leadership for key moments, helping sell concepts and creative direction to stakeholders and executives.
- Ensure the brand system is consistently and effectively applied across regions, channels, and formats.

### Team Leadership & Global Collaboration
- Manage, mentor, and grow a distributed team of designers across the US, Mexico and Pakistan.
- Establish design standards, feedback rituals, and development paths to elevate team performance and morale.
- Foster collaboration across time zones and act as a trusted creative partner to regional and global marketing teams.

### Process, Systems & Scale
- Evolve Brand Studio processes to support global scale, speed, and quality.
- Build and maintain scalable design systems, toolkits, and documentation.
- Evaluate and develop AI-assisted creative workflows for ideation, exploration, localization, and production.
- Partner with Product Design, Marketing Ops, Content, and other teams to integrate creative workflows with broader marketing systems.

### Stakeholder Partnership & Influence
- Translate marketing and business objectives into compelling visual concepts and creative solutions.
- Present and articulate design rationale, creative strategy, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Balance creative ambition with practical execution, timelines, and resources.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in graphic design, brand design, or creative roles.
- 2+ years of experience leading, mentoring, or managing designers.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating identity design, brand systems, campaign design, and integrated marketing work.
- Experience remaining hands-on while providing creative direction, mentorship, and leadership.
- Experience leading and developing designers across regions or time zones.
- Deep expertise using Figma for collaborative design, system building, and team workflows.
- Experience building or evolving design systems and scalable creative processes.
- Strong conceptual thinking and exceptional attention to craft and detail.
- Ability to sell creative ideas and influence stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including comfort presenting to executive audiences.

## Compensation & Benefits
- ATS salary range: $163,000–$236,000 USD.
- Geographic pay ranges include $171,000–$236,000 USD for San Francisco, California; $163,000–$225,000 USD for certain U.S. metropolitan areas; and $163,000–$225,000 USD for other U.S. locations.
- Benefits may include health, pharmacy, optical and dental care, paid time off, sick time off, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.

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