Brand Design Lead, Glossier

• We are looking for someone who thinks beyond traditional graphic design and is excited about where design is going next
• They should be constantly looking at culture, technology, physical spaces, emerging tools, culture, fine art, and new ways for people to experience brands
• They are curious by nature, highly collaborative, comfortable solving problems, and excited to experiment while maintaining an exceptional level of craft
• 5+ years of design experience, preferably within beauty, fashion, lifestyle, culture, or creative studio
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional brand design and conceptual thinking across multiple mediums, with strong examples of both digital and physical work
• Experience developing visual identities and design systems across 360° campaigns including print, digital, mailers, merchandise, retail, and experiential or environmental design
• A sophisticated understanding of typography, composition, color, image, hierarchy, materials, and visual storytelling
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, with a strong understanding of both digital and print production workflows
• Experience collaborating with fabricators, printers, vendors, producers, developers, or other external partners to translate design intent into physical execution
• Strong conceptual and problem-solving skills with the ability to take an ambiguous brief, ask the right questions, and turn it into a compelling creative solution
• Highly detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment
• A collaborative working style and the ability to partner closely with designers, art directors, copywriters, marketers, producers, product teams, retail teams, and external creative partners

Desirable

• We are looking for a multidisciplinary Senior Brand Designer to join the Glossier Creative team and help bring the next chapter of the brand to life across digital, print, product, retail, and experiential design
• Reporting to the Director of Campaign & Design, this role will be a close creative partner across Glossier’s 360° campaigns and brand moments, helping develop big ideas and carrying them through to thoughtful, highly crafted execution across every touchpoint
• This person is equally excited by building a campaign world from the ground up and obsessing over the details that make that world feel complete
• They have a sharp understanding of visual language, typography, image-making, materials, composition, and systems, and know how to translate an idea seamlessly from a screen to a billboard, piece of merchandise, retail environment, or unexpected IRL experience
• Partner closely with the Director of Campaign & Design to concept and execute Glossier’s 360° campaigns, product launches, collaborations, and key brand moments across digital, print, OOH, retail, experiential, product, and merchandise
• Translate campaign concepts into cohesive visual identities and scalable design systems that can live across channels while maintaining a clear, recognizable point of view
• Work closely with Art Direction, Copy, Brand Marketing, Product Marketing, Retail, Production, and other cross-functional partners to solve creative challenges and bring ideas to life
• Design physical brand expressions that push how Glossier shows up in the physical world, including our retail flagships, activations, events, signage, merchandise, mailers + seeding, and other 3D brand touchpoints
• Bring a strong understanding of typography, composition, color, image-making, materials, and production to every project, with an exceptional eye for detail
• Work fluidly between conceptual and executional thinking, and own projects through final production, including preparing mechanicals and production-ready files
• Build thoughtful and organized working systems across Figma and Adobe Creative Suite that allow ideas and campaigns to scale efficiently across the broader Creative team
• Continually research new materials, technologies, creative tools, workflows, and modes of expression that can expand what design at Glossier looks and feels like