Principal, Visual Design

DEPT®

Principal, Visual Design role at DEPT® creating innovative design solutions for leading brands. Drive projects forward and ensure high standards of visual excellence.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • California, Illinois, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $96,200 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Closely collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of talented people.
Lead and mentor the creative team, fostering a collaborative, optimistic, and proactive culture.
Bring a fresh, insightful point of view that inspires both the internal team and the client, putting the team and client first.
Define and implement successful design strategies, setting high visual and conceptual standards for all company efforts (including websites, branding, UX, and content).
Generate strategic insights and moodboards to facilitate creative innovation.
Drive complex digital projects from kick-off to completion, ensuring the team's deliverables exceed client expectations and stay within budget and deadlines.
Establish project direction, craft guidelines, and assist with production as needed.
Identify key client decision-makers and leverage excellent interpersonal skills to grow and maintain these relationships, collaborating across all internal departments and external stakeholders to achieve desired results.
Actively contribute to the design discipline through mentoring, conversation, and proposing ideas to elevate company operations and improve processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of proven experience in design and interactive work for leading brands, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
Bachelor’s Degree in Design, Visual Arts, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Mastery of Figma (including components, variants, and auto layout) and familiarity with essential collaboration tools (e.g., Hubspot, Google Suite, Slack).
Strong knowledge and experience in visual design, user-centered experience design, interaction design, and brand development. Experience developing and maintaining a robust design system.
Demonstrated ability to provide strategic vision and creative inspiration to large, diverse teams.
Excellent public speaking and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex information to clients and internal stakeholders.
Highly detail-oriented, proactive, comfortable navigating complex organizations, and focused on strategic problem-solving and process efficiency.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
401K plan, plus matching
PTO
Paid Company Holidays
Parental Leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

designinteractive workvisual designuser-centered experience designinteraction designbrand developmentdesign systemFigmastrategic visioncreative inspiration

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationinterpersonal skillspublic speakingpresentation skillsdetail-orientedproactivestrategic problem-solvingprocess efficiency

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in DesignBachelor’s Degree in Visual Artsequivalent professional experience