Brand Design Lead

Nooks

$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in Brand Design, Creative, or Visual Design in B2B SaaS or agency setting
  • Proven outstanding portfolio showing skill in campaigns, brand systems, web, and experiential marketing
  • Strong grasp of typography, layout, visual systems, and brand identity
  • Experience in both digital and physical design environments
  • Ability to art direct creatives like agencies and freelancers
  • Curious about AI and its application in creative processes
  • Exceptional taste and creative judgment with a focus on long-term brand impact

Responsibilities

  • Shape the visual identity of Nooks across all customer interactions
  • Evolve brand standards and design systems for consistency and adaptability
  • Design creative for key launches, campaigns, and marketing initiatives
  • Partner with Growth Marketing to enhance creative for paid campaigns and social media
  • Lead visual design for the Nooks website and major digital projects
  • Create impactful experiences for in-person events and activations
  • Build a network of creatives and optimize design processes with AI

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Access to professional development resources
  • Collaborative and inclusive work culture
  • Opportunities for career advancement
  • Health and wellness programs
  • Creative freedom and an emphasis on innovation
Full Job Description
About the Role:

We're looking for a Brand Design Lead to elevate the creative quality of everything we put into the world.

You'll own the visual expression of the Nooks brand across every marketing touchpoint, partnering closely with Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, Communications & Content, and Field & Executive Marketing to bring ideas to life through thoughtful, beautifully crafted design.

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role. You'll design many of our highest-impact creative assets yourself while building a scalable creative studio through agencies, freelancers, AI, and trusted creative partners. You'll establish the creative systems, standards, and operating model that enable a small team to deliver work that feels world-class.

We're looking for someone with exceptional taste, strong creative instincts, and relentless attention to detail who believes great design is a force multiplier for every marketing investment.

What You'll Do:
  • Shape the visual expression of the Nooks brand
    • Evolve and strengthen the Nooks visual identity across every customer touchpoint
    • Establish creative standards, design systems, and templates that create consistency while allowing the brand to evolve
    • Ensure every piece of creative reinforces the quality, personality, and ambition of the Nooks brand
  • Bring our biggest ideas to life
    • Design creative for our most important launches, campaigns, original research, executive thought leadership, customer stories, and marketing initiatives
    • Partner with Growth Marketing to develop compelling, high-performing creative for paid campaigns, social advertising, and demand generation programs that capture attention and drive action
    • Translate marketing strategy into visually compelling stories that resonate across every channel and stage of the buyer journey
    • Help raise the creative bar across every marketing function
  • Design exceptional digital experiences
    • Lead visual design for the Nooks website and major digital experiences
    • Partner with Growth Marketing to continuously improve website performance through thoughtful design and user experience
    • Create digital experiences that are both beautiful and effective
  • Create unforgettable in-person experiences
    • Design the creative identity for executive programs, customer experiences, conferences, field marketing programs, and experiential activations
    • Develop booths, signage, presentations, printed materials, environmental graphics, and supporting creative assets that elevate the Nooks brand
    • Ensure every in-person experience feels polished, premium, and unmistakably Nooks
  • Build a scalable creative studio
    • Build a trusted network of agencies, freelancers, illustrators, motion designers, photographers, and other creative partners
    • Art direct external partners to ensure consistently exceptional work
    • Leverage AI to accelerate creative workflows while maintaining a high standard of craft
    • Develop creative processes that help the marketing organization move quickly without sacrificing quality

What You Bring:
  • 7+ years of experience in Brand Design, Creative, or Visual Design at a high-growth B2B SaaS company or creative agency
  • Exceptional taste and creative judgment: you know the difference between work that simply looks good and work that creates lasting brand impact
  • Outstanding portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft across campaigns, advertising, brand systems, web, editorial, presentations, and experiential marketing
  • Experience designing across both digital and physical environments
  • Strong understanding of typography, layout, visual systems, storytelling, and brand identity
  • Experience art directing agencies, freelancers, photographers, illustrators, or other creative partners
  • Ability to balance craft with speed in a fast-moving environment
  • Curiosity about AI and excitement for using it to improve creative workflows without compromising quality
  • Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across every function within Marketing


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