Executive Design Director – Brand, Product & Experience

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🕒 February 24

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💃 Brand Manager

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MetaLab

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2006

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Marketing • Design

MetaLab is a company specializing in interface design, helping innovative startups and reputable brands design, build, and ship noteworthy products since 2006. They partner with companies like Uber, Upwork, and Calvin Klein to transform digital experiences through services such as product design, engineering, UX research, and brand strategy. MetaLab creates deeply personal healthcare offerings, digital identity platforms, and collaborative presentation software, showcasing their versatility and expertise in product development and brand enhancement.

📋 Description

• Define and evolve Metalab's product and brand design vision. • Coach senior design leaders and project teams. • Model creative excellence in your own work. • Own design quality across the department, offering constructive feedback. • Guide strategic direction across brand and product design engagements. • Oversee, create and refine brand systems that work seamlessly into product experiences. • Push creative boundaries by integrating motion, 3D, and interaction design. • Lead cross-disciplinary reviews. • Collaborate with design leadership to influence design department direction. • Represent Metalab in the design community through thought leadership and speaking opportunities.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 12 years of experience in brand and product design, creative direction, or digital design leadership in a digital-first environment with at least 2 years leading design teams at a senior director or executive level. • Must be able to maintain at least a 4-hour overlap with Pacific Time (PST) business hours. • A visionary design leader who inspires creative excellence, communicates with clarity, and earns client trust—balancing creative risk-taking with strategic rigor. • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and large-scale product-led brand engagements. • Fluency in modern design tools and emerging AI tooling. • The ability to translate complex ideas into coherent, scalable brand and product design systems. • Experience presenting to and influencing executive stakeholders. • Experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and executive teams. • Strong facilitation and communication skills. • Deep knowledge of design trends and the evolving role of brand, product and experience design.

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer • Inclusive and diverse environment