Head of Design & Experience

Location: New York, NY; in-person work required four days per week. Domestic and international travel may be required.

Salary: $220,000–$240,000 base salary per year, plus an annual performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a global news platform delivering transparent journalism, reporting, and insights across digital products, editorial formats, and live forums.

What you will do

• Build and lead hirify.global’s first design function across brand, product, editorial, and experiential disciplines.
• Own and evolve the visual identity and govern a unified design system across newsletters, apps, websites, editorial franchises, campaigns, partnerships, events, and physical environments.
• Set creative direction and approve design work across digital products, editorial formats, brand campaigns, staging, motion graphics, signage, wayfinding, and onsite experiences.
• Establish design workflows, decision-making processes, quality standards, templates, guidelines, and governance.
• Partner with Product, Editorial, Events, Marketing, Brand, Sales, Partnerships, Production, and senior leadership.
• Source and manage external agencies, vendors, fabricators, motion designers, AV partners, and experiential specialists.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in design or creative leadership across digital, brand, editorial, or experiential disciplines.
• At least 5 years of management experience developing design talent and leading high-performing creative teams.
• Experience owning sophisticated visual identity systems across complex, multi-platform organizations.
• Strong knowledge of digital publishing, editorial products, UX, typography, information design, newsletters, apps, websites, and reusable product design systems.
• Experience with premium live experiences, conferences, brand environments, scenic design, fabrication, AV, lighting, motion graphics, materials, installation, and onsite execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, communication design, product design, architecture, environmental design, industrial design, or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience in media, premium content, or comparable sectors.
• Advanced degree.
• Experience managing production vendors, fabricators, motion designers, product designers, AV partners, and experiential specialists.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible paid time off for full-time salaried employees.
• Opportunity to establish design as a strategic discipline across the organization.
• Work spans digital products, editorial platforms, live journalism, events, and physical environments.