Head of Brand Design

We’re looking for a strategic craft-obsessed and highly collaborative Head of Brand Design to lead and scale Hex’s brand as we build a generational company in the data and analytics space. Design matters deeply at Hex. We’ve built a strong brand foundation over the past few years. It’s cohesive respected and has range. But we’re not iconic yet. The opportunity is to take what exists and push it into something truly distinctive.

This role sits at the intersection of brand product and go-to-market. You’ll own and define the long-term brand vision at Hex across all touch points. You will be an integral voice in an innovative and forward-looking design culture where creative excellence is valued at the highest levels of leadership.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll set the direction and raise the bar while empowering a growing team to ship work they are proud of.

Learn more about Design at Hex.

• Own and evolve Hex’s visual identity and brand system
• Translate company strategy and product positioning into a distinctive brand that resonates with technical data-driven teams.
• Ensure consistency and clarity across all channels: web product marketing campaigns events social and sales materials
• Work closely with the Product Design organization to ensure Hex feels cohesive across product and brand experiences

• You’ll lead and grow a small but high-impact Brand Design team responsible for web product launches campaigns events and creative storytelling
• Recruit manage and grow a high-performing brand design team
• Foster a culture of craft speed and thoughtful critique

• Partner with Marketing Product Marketing Growth Sales and Product to ensure cohesive storytelling
• Elevate product launches and major campaigns through strong creative direction
• Support executive communications and high-visibility initiatives
• Champion high craft and strong storytelling across the company
• Hex’s brand and product experiences are closely connected. Brand design partners deeply with Product Design and Engineering to ensure the experience feels cohesive everywhere users encounter Hex.

• 10+ years in brand design with significant experience in B2B or SaaS
• 4+ years leading and scaling creative or brand teams
• Experience building or evolving brand systems at high-growth companies (Series B–D preferred)
• A portfolio that demonstrates strategic thinking identity systems digital excellence and high craft standards

• Deep expertise in visual identity systems typography layout and digital design
• Strong creative direction and feedback skills
• Ability to balance long-term brand vision with short-term business needs
• Comfort influencing senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners
• Strong understanding of how brand supports product-led growth and technical audiences

• Care deeply about craft detail and thoughtful systems
• Can move fluidly between strategy and execution
• Want to build a generational brand that resonates with technical data-driven teams

Within 12 months:

• Hex has a clearly articulated and scalable brand system
• The Brand Design team operates with clarity efficiency and high morale
• Major campaigns and launches feel cohesive and differentiated.
• Internal teams view Brand as a strategic partner not just a service function
• Hex’s market presence feels sharper more confident and more recognizable
• Hex has a defined and scalable approach to video and motion with strong creative standards and a clear model for how the function operates

This role will be hybrid (at least 2 days per week in office) based out of our SF office or NYC office or Remote (US only)

In addition to our unique culture Hex proudly offers a competitive total rewards package including but not limited to market-benched salary & equity comprehensive health benefits and flexible paid time off.

The salary range for this role is: $180000 - $225000

The salary range shown may be a reflection of additional factors such as geographical location and skill ranges/levels we’re open to. Placement in the salary range will be decided upon completion of the interview process taking into account factors like leaving room for growth internal fairness & parity your demonstrated skills and the depth of your experience. Our Recruiting team will be able to provide more details during the interview process.

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What We Do

Hex is changing the way people work with data. Our platform makes analytics workflows more powerful collaborative and shareable. Hex solves key pain points with today's data and analytics tooling and is loved by thousands of users all over the world for the beautiful UI new superpowers and boundless flexibility. We are a tight-knit crew of engineers designers and data aficionados. Our roadmap is full of big ideas and little details and we would love your help bringing them to life. Hex has raised over $100m from great VCs and angels giving us many years of runway and the ability to pay competitive salaries offer great benefits and provide meaningful equity.

Why Work With Us

We’re a team of builders. We spend our days designing and developing beautiful products growing and supporting our user base and helping each other succeed and learn. To do that we've developed a culture focused on quality craft and speed -- with very few meetings bias toward action and taking care of each other through feedback and support.

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