Dandy

Senior Manager, Visual Design

Dandy

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $140,250 - $170,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Serve as the art director and visual authority for Dandy’s graphic design team – setting and holding the visual standard across all channels and touchpoints.
  • Lead, manage, and develop a team of designers, elevating craft, conceptual thinking, and execution across the team.
  • Establish and evolve scalable design systems, campaign frameworks, and governance processes that ensure consistency and efficiency across global markets.
  • Oversee creative execution across all marketing channels and high impact initiatives to ensure best-in-class output.
  • Own design team resourcing and capacity planning, balancing internal workloads while strategically leveraging agencies, freelancers, and contractors as needed.
  • Partner cross-functionally across GTM teams to translate business objectives into high-impact creative.
  • Lead structured design reviews and provide clear, actionable feedback that strengthens both the work and the team.
  • Stay at the forefront of emerging design tools and technologies — including AI-powered creative workflows — identifying opportunities to improve speed, quality, scalability, and innovation across the team.
  • Drive continuous elevation of Dandy’s visual identity through innovation, trend awareness, and a deep commitment to design excellence.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in visual design, including significant experience at the Art Director or Senior Manager level design roles.
  • Proven experience leading and developing multiple designers (more than two direct reports), with a track record of raising the creative bar across a team.
  • A standout portfolio demonstrating integrated, multi-channel campaigns, strong art direction, and experience building scalable brand systems.
  • Deep expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma, with fluency across digital, print, performance, events, and campaign design.
  • Experience working in an agency or managing multiple brands, with a strong understanding of how to scale creative across diverse touchpoints.
  • Demonstrated ownership of design resourcing and capacity planning, including managing agencies, freelancers, and external partners.
  • Experience working digital asset management systems and helping maintain governance to drive consistent asset utilization with the design team and cross-functional teams.
  • Strong cross-functional collaborator with experience partnering with senior and executive stakeholders.
  • Exceptional creative judgment, with the ability to interpret briefs, navigate ambiguity, and deliver strategically aligned design solutions.
  • High ownership, accountability, and operational rigor, with the ability to balance leadership oversight and selective hands-on contribution.
Benefits
  • healthcare
  • dental
  • mental health support
  • parental planning resources
  • retirement savings options
  • generous paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
team leadershipcreative judgmentcross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkingfeedback provisioncapacity planninginnovationtrend awarenessaccountabilityoperational rigor