Head of Design

Dataiku•United States, New York, NY

2d•$168,000 - $220,000•Onsite

About The Position

Dataiku is seeking a Head of Design to shape the brand's presence and user experience for one of the leading enterprise AI companies. This role involves leading a global design team, evolving the brand's visual identity and messaging across all touchpoints, and ensuring design remains a strategic advantage for the business. The Head of Design will collaborate with various marketing teams, product, sales, and executive leadership to bring the brand to life through experiences, campaigns, and digital assets. The position also involves exploring AI's potential to enhance creative workflows and managing external creative partnerships. This is an opportunity to build teams, elevate brands, and contribute to the future of AI in a high-growth organization.

Requirements

10+ years of professional design experience
3–5+ years leading and managing creative teams
Experience managing teams of at least five designers
Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional corporate brand work
Experience leading multidisciplinary design projects
Expertise across digital, web, campaigns, events, presentations, and brand systems
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Experience partnering with senior stakeholders across Marketing and the business
This role requires to be based in the East Coast of the US

Nice To Haves

Experience in B2B enterprise software or technology
Experience supporting high-growth organizations
Experience partnering with Growth Marketing teams
Experience managing agencies and freelance partners
Interest in AI-powered creative tools and workflows
Familiarity with motion design and video production workflows

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and inspire a talented global design team (members in the US and Europe).
Manage and develop a multidisciplinary team of designers.
Foster a culture of collaboration, creativity, curiosity, and continuous learning.
Improve creative workflows and project intake.
Balance priorities across a fast-moving global business.
Support career development and coaching across the team.
Ensure every expression of the Dataiku brand feels thoughtful, cohesive, modern, and unmistakably Dataiku.
Continue to apply and evolve the recently refreshed global brand.
Maintain and expand the design system across marketing and corporate assets.
Ensure consistency across campaigns, digital experiences, events, presentations, web, social media, and customer communications.
Raise the overall quality and craft of everything created.
Collaborate closely with Brand, Communications, Product Marketing, and Growth Marketing to develop creative that supports every stage of the customer journey.
Partner with Events and Brand teams to create memorable brand experiences across industry conferences, sponsorships, pop-up hospitality experiences, executive keynote presentations, Sales Kickoff, internal company events, and customer and partner experiences.
Explore opportunities to expand how customers and employees experience the Dataiku brand beyond traditional marketing, including branded merchandise, company store experiences, event merchandise, and environmental branding.
Provide creative direction across customer stories, customer testimonials, executive thought leadership, product launches, social media video, motion graphics, and event content.
Champion the thoughtful adoption of AI-powered creative tools.
Help designers work more efficiently through modern workflows.
Evaluate emerging creative technologies.
Share best practices across the team.
Foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement/development.
Manage relationships with creative agencies, production partners, and freelancers.
Help determine the right balance between internal execution and external support while ensuring exceptional quality across every project.