Design Director, Brand & Marketing (AI)

TL;DR

Design Director, Brand & Marketing (AI): Leading Perplexity's Brand and Marketing design team to ensure quality, consistency, and creative ambition across all brand touchpoints with an accent on operations, stakeholdership, and creative strategy alignment. Focus on building production workflows, defining long-term brand narrative, and managing cross-functional GTM launches.

Location: New York City or San Francisco

Compensation: $195K – $310K

Company

Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine company focused on innovative information retrieval.

What you will do

• Lead and manage the Brand design team of approximately 8 people across brand, motion, web, and enterprise marketing.
• Define long-term brand strategy, including the vision, narrative, and guidelines to align with business objectives.
• Partner with the Creative Director to maintain visual quality and brand coherence across all touchpoints.
• Execute the operating model for brand involvement in launches, campaigns, and GTM moments.
• Build and optimize production workflows to balance speed with craft quality.
• Manage cross-functional partnerships with Comms, Product Marketing, and Events, as well as external vendors.

Requirements

• Experience leading a brand or marketing design team of 5+ people at a consumer tech company.
• Strong people management instincts and experience developing design talent.
• Operational strength in building intake processes and managing team capacity.
• Design fluency and creative taste necessary to lead high-level creative work.
• Experience partnering with GTM, communications, and marketing teams on major launches.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive US benefits program including equity, health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement, fitness, commuter, and dependent care accounts.
• Tailored benefit programs available for full-time employees based outside the US.