
Lead Designer, Brand
Exact Sciences
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Madison • California • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $124,000 - $211,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead the brand design process from concept to execution, setting the creative and strategic vision across a portfolio of brands and products.
- Develop inspiring, relevant, and scalable brand identities that strengthen digital products and broader business initiatives.
- Act as a trusted partner to internal stakeholders, guiding teams through a rigorous yet agile branding process and educating them on brand best practices.
- Work closely with Product Designers, Product Managers, Marketing, and cross-functional partners to ensure brand identity aligns seamlessly with product experiences.
- Advocate for brand thinking across the organization, increasing brand literacy and consistency across teams.
- Deliver polished, well-documented brand systems that serve as enduring sources of truth for internal stakeholders.
- Push creative boundaries by exploring motion, 3D, and interactive elements to elevate brand experiences.
- Present, influence, and defend creative work to stakeholders, ensuring alignment and clarity at every stage of the process.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Business, Life Sciences, or related field of study; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 4+ years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.
- 8+ years of experience working as a UX Designer, with at least 5 years of experience in a senior or lead capacity.
- Extensive experience in applying techniques and methods of modern user experience design, discovery, and delivery – along with expertise with design/user experience platforms and tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Miro, Jira).
- Experience with content management systems (Sitecore a plus) and user testing tools.
- Experience in simplifying and communicating complex ideas to broad audiences.
- Experience in managing a design process from strategy to delivery of final product.
- Experience in collaborating with and influencing product, engineering, design, and operational teams.
- Experience in creating designs that optimize for varied ecosystems that leverage known persona or archetypal work, SEO, and measurement objectives.
- Advanced understanding of accessible, inclusive, and equitable design.
- Experience with the principles of Agile/Scrum/Kanban.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with a proactive and logical approach to workload and ability to work both independently and within a team.
- Ability to effectively plan, organize, and prioritize work.
- Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.
- Strong working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Creative Suite applications, and associated design tools.
- Demonstrated strong understanding of the current web and mobile technology landscape.
- Advanced understanding of human centered design and design thinking methodologies.
- Experience creating accessible, inclusive, and equitable design.
- Knowledge of best-in-class design systems (Material, Carbon, Fluent, etc) and their pros and cons.
- Experience in evolving/adapting design systems or building them from scratch.
- Extensive experience problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills with the ability to evolve UX strategy based on research, data, and industry trends.
- Strong analysis skills; including, but not limited to, process and user flow definition.
- Extensive experience in translating complex user, business, operational, and technical requirements into clear, accurate, compelling user experience deliverables.
- Experience in relationship building, motivation, and curiosity to bring together different personalities for creative thinking and collaborative solutioning.
- Extensive experience engaging with strategists, product managers, engineers, researchers, SMEs, and company leaders in a constructive and collaborative relationship where you can both learn and influence.
- Experience recruiting, coordinating, developing, and managing a team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to agilely adapt to the respective audience (team member to senior leadership).
- Strong organizational and time management skills with a proactive and logical approach to workload and ability to work both independently and within a team.
- Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.
- Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Benefits
- paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time)
- paid leave for parents and caregivers
- retirement savings plan
- wellness support
- health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
UX designuser experience designaccessible designinclusive designdesign thinkingHTMLCSSJavaScriptAgiledesign systems
Soft Skills
organizational skillstime managementcommunication skillscollaborationproblem-solvinginfluencerelationship buildingcreativityproactive approachanalytical skills