MetaLab

Executive Design Director – Brand, Product & Experience

MetaLab

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Define and evolve Metalab's product and brand design vision.
  • Coach senior design leaders and project teams.
  • Model creative excellence in your own work.
  • Own design quality across the department, offering constructive feedback.
  • Guide strategic direction across brand and product design engagements.
  • Oversee, create and refine brand systems that work seamlessly into product experiences.
  • Push creative boundaries by integrating motion, 3D, and interaction design.
  • Lead cross-disciplinary reviews.
  • Collaborate with design leadership to influence design department direction.
  • Represent Metalab in the design community through thought leadership and speaking opportunities.

Requirements

  • At least 12 years of experience in brand and product design, creative direction, or digital design leadership in a digital-first environment with at least 2 years leading design teams at a senior director or executive level.
  • Must be able to maintain at least a 4-hour overlap with Pacific Time (PST) business hours.
  • A visionary design leader who inspires creative excellence, communicates with clarity, and earns client trust—balancing creative risk-taking with strategic rigor.
  • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and large-scale product-led brand engagements.
  • Fluency in modern design tools and emerging AI tooling.
  • The ability to translate complex ideas into coherent, scalable brand and product design systems.
  • Experience presenting to and influencing executive stakeholders.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and executive teams.
  • Strong facilitation and communication skills.
  • Deep knowledge of design trends and the evolving role of brand, product and experience design.
Benefits
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Inclusive and diverse environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
creative excellencecommunicationclient truststrategic rigorleadershipfacilitationinfluencecollaborationvisionary thinkingclarity