Executive Design Director (Brand, Product & Experience)

TL;DR

Executive Design Director (Brand, Product & Experience): Shaping the future of creative at the intersection of brand, experience, and product, defining craft excellence, and leading with strategic vision. Focus on coaching leaders, stewarding craft approach, and guiding clients and internal teams through high-impact brand and product design engagements while contributing hands-on at a world-class level.

Location: Candidates comfortable working on an EST schedule are encouraged to apply.

Company

hirify.global helps companies ready to change the world create products that improve lives, reshape markets, and shift culture.

What you will do

• Define and evolve hirify.global's product and brand design vision to ensure alignment across teams and client work.
• Coach senior design leaders and project teams, providing clear, actionable feedback and long-term career guidance.
• Guide strategic direction across brand and product design engagements, ensuring client and business outcomes are met at every stage.
• Oversee, create, and refine brand systems that work seamlessly into product experiences and vice versa.
• Lead cross-disciplinary reviews, elevating critique culture and building team fluency in storytelling, systems thinking, and craft.
• Partner with clients at a strategic level, helping founders and executives articulate, evolve, and scale their brands for digital-first environments.

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 (up to 12:00 PM PST).
• A visionary design leader who inspires creative excellence, communicates with clarity, and earns client trust, balancing creative risk-taking with strategic rigor to ensure every design direction is both aspirational and grounded in business value.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and large-scale product-led brand engagements from strategy through execution, with a portfolio that demonstrates mastery in visual identity, brand systems, and storytelling across digital touchpoints.
• Fluency in modern design tools and emerging AI tooling and a deep understanding of how product-led brands extend through motion, interaction, and content.
• Experience presenting to and influencing executive stakeholders, with the ability to build buy-in through strong narratives, strategic storytelling, and meaningful business context.

Nice to have

• A passion for mentoring others and shaping the future of design culture at hirify.global.

Culture & Benefits

• Fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for employees from all walks of life.
• Hiring based on talent and global perspective.