MetaLab

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Job Description: • Define and evolve Metalab's product and brand design vision. • Coach senior design leaders and project teams. • Model creative excellence in your own work. • Own design quality across the department, offering constructive feedback. • Guide strategic direction across brand and product design engagements. • Oversee, create and refine brand systems that work seamlessly into product experiences. • Push creative boundaries by integrating motion, 3D, and interaction design. • Lead cross-disciplinary reviews. • Collaborate with design leadership to influence design department direction. • Represent Metalab in the design community through thought leadership and speaking opportunities. 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. • A visionary design leader who inspires creative excellence, communicates with clarity, and earns client trust—balancing creative risk-taking with strategic rigor. • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and large-scale product-led brand engagements. • Fluency in modern design tools and emerging AI tooling. • The ability to translate complex ideas into coherent, scalable brand and product design systems. • Experience presenting to and influencing executive stakeholders. • Experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and executive teams. • Strong facilitation and communication skills. • Deep knowledge of design trends and the evolving role of brand, product and experience design. Benefits: • Equal opportunity employer • Inclusive and diverse environment