Brand Director

We are open to remote candidates.

At Metalab design is at the heart of everything we do. As the Brand Director you’ll lead with vision craft and strategic insight—shaping how brands come to life across digital and experiential touchpoints. Building on Metalab’s legacy of design excellence you’ll champion the creative direction and strategic development of brand experiences that connect meaningfully with users drive business impact and push the boundaries of what brand can mean in the digital era.

As a director you’ll blend thought leadership with hands-on mentorship. You’ll cultivate an environment where teams are inspired to create their best work ensuring every brand we touch embodies clarity creativity and craft.

What You’ll Do

Lead the Work

• Define the vision for brand design at Metalab—elevating our brand practice to new levels of creative excellence.

• Guide and mentor Brand Designers of all levels through all stages of the brand process—from insight to identity to expression.

• Partner with clients at a strategic level helping founders and executives articulate evolve and scale their brands for digital-first environments.

• Oversee and refine brand systems that translate seamlessly into product experiences marketing ecosystems and motion design.

• Ensure every brand engagement—internal or client-facing—embodies clarity consistency and purpose.

Shape Creative Direction

• Drive the creative process for major brand initiatives setting the tone for identity systems storytelling frameworks and brand guidelines.

• Collaborate with Product Design leadership to ensure cohesive brand-to-product experiences.

• Lead cross-disciplinary reviews elevating critique culture and building team fluency in storytelling systems thinking and craft.

• Push creative boundaries by integrating motion 3D and interaction design to create dynamic immersive brand moments.

Champion Collaboration and Growth

• Partner closely with the Chief Design Officer and Partnerships team in new business pursuits—pitching visionary brand-led design approaches.

• Collaborate with Marketing to ensure Metalab’s own brand maintains the highest standard of craft and cohesion across all expressions.

• Foster team culture rooted in openness mentorship and curiosity ensuring Metalab remains a place where designers grow and thrive.

• Build bridges across disciplines connecting brand product and marketing to create holistic experiences.

Technical & Strategic Competencies

Visionary Brand Leadership You inspire creative excellence lead with clarity and communicate a compelling brand vision that motivates teams and earns client trust. You’re adept at balancing creative risk-taking with strategic rigor—ensuring every brand direction is both aspirational and grounded in business value.

Hands on Design Craft You don’t just direct great design; you do it. As one of the most senior contributors in the work you lead by example with exceptional craft and attention to detail. You’re fluent in modern tools and practices able to concept design and refine at a world-class level. You bring hands-on design energy to pitches reviews and live work ensuring every output reflects the highest creative standards.

Brand Systems Expertise You translate complex ideas into coherent scalable brand systems—visual verbal and experiential. You understand how identity lives across environments from pixels to motion to storytelling and can direct others to execute at this level.

Strategic Storytelling You see brand as narrative—how story identity and experience intersect. You guide teams and clients through this lens helping them articulate what makes their brand meaningful and distinctive.

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration You work fluidly across product design strategy and marketing ensuring brand vision permeates all layers of experience. You bring a systems mindset to brand-building connecting the dots across every touchpoint.

Mentorship & Critique You elevate the design community within Metalab by coaching inspiring and setting standards for exceptional creative work. You foster a culture of constructive critique and shared learning.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in brand design creative direction or design leadership—preferably in a digital-first environment.

• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and large-scale brand engagements from strategy through execution.

• A portfolio that demonstrates mastery in visual identity brand systems and storytelling across digital touchpoints.

• Experience presenting to executive stakeholders with the ability to translate creative thinking into strategic outcomes.

• Proficiency in modern design tools (Figma Illustrator After Effects etc.) and an understanding of how brands extend through motion interaction and content.

• Strong facilitation and communication skills—you guide workshops and strategic sessions with confidence and empathy.

• Deep knowledge of design trends emerging tools and the evolving role of brand in the digital ecosystem.

• A passion for mentoring others and shaping the future of design culture at Metalab.