Senior Brand Designer

St. Paul, MN, 4 days per week, onsite
Department: Brand Design / Creative Strategy
Level: Senior / Leadership
Pay Range: $57-$67/hr

About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Brand Designer who blends creative excellence with strategic vision. You’ll shape the design direction for a leading consumer brand—building a cohesive global design language that delivers meaningful, human-centered experiences across every touchpoint.
In this role, you’ll establish the design strategy, lead a talented cross-disciplinary team, and collaborate with leaders across brand, product, and marketing to elevate how design drives innovation and business growth.
If you believe design is a catalyst for progress, creativity, and connection—and you’re ready to champion that vision at scale—this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and mentor a cross-disciplinary design team within a global consumer-brand environment.
• Build and manage a focused design practice and network that uses user-centered insights to deliver powerful brand experiences, products, and services.
• Partner with divisional and executive leadership to establish mid- and long-term design strategy aligned with business goals.
• Champion design thinking across business units, inspiring creative collaboration and elevating design as a strategic advantage.
• Oversee execution of design excellence—from research and brand identity to product design, UX, and design operations.
• Steward iconic brand experiences across touchpoints, ensuring cohesive storytelling and creative expression worldwide.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Design, Design Research, or Design Management from an accredited institution.
• 7+ years of experience designing across diverse brand touchpoints, industries, or geographies in a corporate, agency, or institutional setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Design, Business Strategy, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of multi-disciplinary design management experience.
• Proven record of building and nurturing iconic consumer brands on a global scale.
• 7–12 years of experience guiding products from conception through launch and post-launch evaluation.
• Inspirational communicator, storyteller, and creative thought leader within the design community.
• Visionary thinker with a growth mindset, constantly exploring new ways design can drive business results.
• Strong presentation and collaboration skills with cross-functional creative, brand, and marketing teams.

What Makes This Role Exciting

• Influence the creative direction of a major consumer brand at a global level.
• Collaborate with an exceptional team of designers, strategists, and innovators.
• Work in an environment that values curiosity, experimentation, and human-centered design.
• See your ideas come to life in products, experiences, and stories that reach millions.