Director of Design (AI)

Location: United States; remote-first. Office spaces are available in San Jose, California, and Draper, Utah.

Estimated annual salary: $157,600–$231,700 USD, depending on geographic zone, experience, expertise, and location.

Company

hirify.global develops financial automation tools that help businesses manage spending, payments, and operational processes.

What you will do

• Lead and grow multidisciplinary in-house design teams across brand, campaign, motion, and graphic design.
• Set the creative vision for hirify.global across campaigns, web, product marketing, events, signage, and merchandise.
• Rebuild creative workflows around AI tools, including concepting, production, versioning, intake, briefing, and review.
• Build a recurring video production capability with appropriate staffing, contractors, agencies, pipelines, and review processes.
• Own the brand design system, including standards, templates, governance, prioritization, capacity, budget, and agency relationships.
• Partner with Brand, Web, Product Design, Marketing, and senior leadership while hiring and developing designers.

Requirements

• 10+ years of design experience, including at least four years leading a multidisciplinary in-house creative team.
• Experience managing Creative Directors or other people managers and presenting design decisions to C-level partners.
• Portfolio demonstrating personal work and work delivered by teams under the candidate’s direction, including brand and campaign projects.
• Experience building and governing brand design systems in fast-moving companies.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI tools into creative workflows while maintaining quality.
• Experience with video and motion production, agency and contractor management, budgets, Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, After Effects, and Premiere.

Nice to have

• Experience leading design through a brand transformation.
• Experience shaping the visual expression of AI features in financial or other trust-sensitive products.
• Experience partnering with web and growth teams on redesigns and conversion testing.
• Fintech or other regulated-industry experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work environment with opportunities for in-person collaboration.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans with employee coverage options.
• HSA and FSA accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, and an employee assistance program.
• Paid holidays, wellness days, and flexible time off.
• Employee stock purchase program, wellness initiatives, recognition programs, and referral programs.
• Visa sponsorship is not available; applicants must already be authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Hiring process

• The hiring process is designed to provide a transparent and inclusive evaluation.
• Unapproved external assistance, including generative AI, is prohibited during live interviews or assessments.