Design Manager
$181k - $271k • Remote • San Francisco • FullTime
Posted 14d ago
Job Location
San Francisco
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
Harvey is seeking a Design Manager to lead a team of designers and elevate the quality, consistency, and execution of the company's creative work. This player-coach role involves partnering with the Creative Director to translate creative concepts into exceptional design across high-impact projects, managing and mentoring designers, and providing thoughtful creative feedback. The Design Manager will drive design across various creative activations, including events, brand campaigns, partnerships, and product launches, ensuring a high standard of craft while fostering team growth. This position reports to the VP of Creative and offers an opportunity to shape a leading AI brand and build a high-performing design team.
Responsibilities
- Oversee design execution for Harvey's activations, including events, brand campaigns, partnerships, and product launches.
- Translate creative direction into compelling visual work across multiple projects.
- Ensure creative feedback and design quality across the team through reviews and mentorship.
- Manage, coach, and develop the design team, including workload planning and career growth.
- Maintain design consistency and operational excellence for a growing volume of creative work.
- Partner with the Creative Director to bring creative concepts to life through exceptional design.
- Set visual direction for projects from concept to execution, ensuring high craft standards.
- Provide regular feedback and coaching to designers.
- Contribute hands-on design work as needed, balancing management with individual contribution.
- Collaborate with Creative Operations, Copy, Motion, and Marketing for cohesive creative output.
- Drive design for flagship events, campaigns, partnership launches, and product launches.
- Uncover creative ideas that enhance campaign memorability.
- Establish effective design workflows and review processes for speed and quality.
- Foster a culture of craft, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the design team.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in brand or creative design.
- Experience managing or mentoring designers.
- A portfolio showcasing exceptional visual craft and conceptual thinking across campaigns, brand work, events, or product marketing.
- Experience leading design for high-visibility initiatives like launches, activations, or integrated campaigns.
- Strong creative judgment and ability to provide clear, actionable feedback.
- Experience balancing multiple complex projects while maintaining high quality.
- Comfortable shifting between leadership, creative direction, and hands-on execution.
- Experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS, AI, or enterprise technology company (bonus).
- Experience designing for large-scale events or brand activations (bonus).
- Experience helping build or scale a growing creative organization (bonus).
- Familiarity with legal, professional services, or complex enterprise industries (bonus).