
Lead Brand Design Manager
AXS Group (formerly Arrangers and Starkey Productions)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $73,851 - $142,080 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead, create, develop, and maintain the AXS Brand Guide, iterating frequently to keep it current and refreshed.
- Manage and execute brand design projects from concept through completion with minimal guidance.
- Guide and mentor junior and mid-level designers, offering feedback and support to strengthen team output and professional growth.
- Oversee the consistency of AXS’s visual identity by fully understanding the brand and providing approval or feedback for assets created outside the brand design team.
- Lead the development, delivery, and maintenance of a comprehensive library of content and creative assets.
- Serve as the go-to expert for visual branding, communicating brand standards, ensuring their effective use across teams, and acting as the primary point of contact for brand templates and guidelines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners—including marketing, product, and content teams—to ensure cohesive and consistent brand expression.
- Stay current with design trends, best practices, and emerging technologies, regularly bringing new ideas and improvements to the brand design function.
Requirements
- 4–6 years of professional brand design experience.
- Experience partnering with senior leaders on high-impact projects with minimal oversight.
- Proven ability to build a brand guide from the ground up.
- Strong experience creating brand assets across multiple mediums and platforms.
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) with a portfolio of high-impact, brand-aligned work.
- Advanced Figma skills, including collaborative design, scalable design systems, and mentoring others.
- Excellent typography and strong attention to detail.
- Ability to deliver high-quality creative work under tight deadlines.
- Awareness of design and industry trends and the ability to turn insights into fresh, forward-thinking presentations.
- Self-driven with a strong sense of ownership and ability to lead projects end-to-end.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present work and give constructive feedback.
- Problem-solving mindset and openness to feedback.
- Solid understanding of the importance of brand trust.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- paid holidays
- vacation and sick time
- company paid basic life insurance
- voluntary life insurance
- parental leave
- 401k Plan (with a current employer match of 3%)
- flexible spending and health savings account options
- wellness offerings
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
brand designcreating brand assetsAdobe Creative SuitePhotoshopIllustratorInDesignFigmatypographydesign trendsproject management
Soft Skills
mentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detailself-drivenownershipcollaborationfeedbackcreativitytime management