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Uber is hiring: Design Director, Brand Design in San Francisco
Uber is hiring: Design Director, Brand Design in San FranciscoMediabistro • San Francisco, CA, United States
Uber is hiring : Design Director, Brand Design in San Francisco

Uber is hiring : Design Director, Brand Design in San Francisco

Mediabistro • San Francisco, CA, United States
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About The Role

We are seeking a Design Director for Brand Design who excels at working within and expanding extensible design systems to create cohesive and impactful visual solutions across multiple parts of the Uber brand, across different mediums and platforms. This role requires a collaborative individual who can partner seamlessly with cross‑functional teams, including marketing, product, and other key stakeholders, bringing creative problem‑solving skills and a sharp design sensibility to every project. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator with a clear and compelling point of view, while remaining flexible and open to collaboration. If you’re passionate about delivering designs and scalable brand solutions that are both visually stunning and strategically effective, we’d love to hear from you.

What The Candidate Will Do

  • Collaborate and ideate with multidisciplinary teams including leadership, senior stakeholders, copywriters, communication designers, illustrators, motion & animation designers, environments designers, brand strategists, marketing managers, and creative directors to build and maintain visual brand excellence for a wide range of needs.
  • Understand and help define design briefs and requirements before completing.
  • Manage, direct, and grow designers and agencies to meet business needs.
  • Brainstorm and iterate with the creative team and brand leadership to help elevate and evolve design at Uber.
  • Develop creative solutions for product, digital, and print communications where ideas can work globally, scale locally, and adapt for a variety of surfaces and use cases.
  • Develop resources, guidelines, and templates that empower the global marketing and product teams to use illustration in impactful and resonant ways.
  • Lead multiple project / program / platform team(s).
  • Question the status quo. Identify new strategic opportunities.
  • Constantly raise the bar on work quality.
  • Solve challenges that contribute to company goals, enable operational efficiencies.

Basic Qualifications

  • 10+ years working as a Design lead on a brand team, in a creative agency or comparable in‑house agency, or creative organization.
  • Bachelor or Masters Degree in design or equivalent.

    • Preferred Qualifications

  • Maintain a portfolio of beautiful, compelling design work.
  • Experience working on a range of projects including scalable and extensible design systems, guidelines, responsive web pages or emails, out of home or advertisements.
  • Solid experience in all aspects of graphic design, with brand design and visual system design systems are crucial.
  • Expertise in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite applications.
  • Ability to design according to business and technical requirements and comfort with ambiguity and changes in direction.
  • Experience working with or influencing brand strategy or business objectives.
  • Bring definition to projects by focusing on broader objectives rather than fixed deliverables.
  • Experience leading and mentoring designers and managing collaborations with external agency partners.
  • Experience outward communication of design changes, agency briefings, and brand onboarding of teams.
  • Experience working well with creatives as well as cross‑functional stakeholders, receiving feedback, and adapting work.
  • Fosters strong working relationships with cross‑functional partners.
  • A desire to work in a fast‑paced environment, collaborating with a cross‑functional partners.
  • Thrive in collaborative environments while maintaining a clear and confident point of view.
  • Detail oriented and organized.
  • Strong communication skills, an ability to understand your audience, and can present your work in compelling ways.
  • Expertise in branding, style guides, experiential, and digital marketing (Email, in‑app, SMS / PUSH, paid social and display channels) best practices or proficiency using various marketing technologies.
  • Familiarity with user experience principles.
  • Experience scaling ideas for global deliverables.
  • Familiarity with Google Docs and Slides.
  • Proficiency in quickly iterating in design for customer testing.
  • Experience with physical activations and / or environmental graphic design.
  • Leverages AI and generative AI solutions throughout personal and design work flows.

    • Compensation

    For San Francisco, CA‑based roles : The base salary range for this role is USD$186,000 per year – USD$207,000 per year. You will be eligible to participate in Uber’s bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of compensation. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https : / / www.uber.com / careers / benefits .

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