Published: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:50:31 GMT
Position: Vice President of Design & Creative at Podium
Company Overview:
At Podium, our goal is to equip every local business with a comprehensive platform and AI-powered employees that effectively convert leads into paying customers. Our AI lead conversion and communication platform is used by millions of workers every day to help them generate more leads and increase their revenue. Our focus on supporting local businesses has been recognized by industry leaders, including Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups, Forbes’ Cloud 100, the Inc. 5000, and Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies.
We believe in fostering a culture that values hiring and developing exceptional talent. Our operating principles guide our daily behavior and decision-making, ensuring that we hire individuals who will thrive at Podium. If you align with our operating principles and are passionate about our mission, we welcome you to join our team.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a Vice President of Design & Creative to lead and drive the vision, strategy, and execution of our design and creative initiatives at Podium. As the VP of Design & Creative, you will oversee the product design and user experience function, working closely with engineering and product teams to create impactful and intuitive user experiences. Additionally, you will be responsible for ensuring brand and creative consistency across all customer touchpoints.
Reporting to the Chief Product and Marketing Officer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, marketing, and sales, to develop compelling design strategies, identify user pain points, and scale Podium’s design practice.
Key Responsibilities:
– Lead, manage, and mentor high-performing product design and marketing creative teams, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, urgency, and continuous improvement.
– Define and drive the vision for user-centric product design and experience at Podium, ensuring that design decisions are rooted in solving user pain points and enhancing product functionality.
– Partner with product and engineering teams to deliver exceptional user experiences that drive impact for Podium users.
– Oversee the creation of end-to-end user experiences that drive results, with a focus on product design while also leading the creative team to ensure consistency across user touchpoints.
– Collaborate with marketing to develop a high-impact creative roadmap, continually refining the strategy based on performance results, customer insights, and business needs.
– Work closely with senior leadership to shape the product vision and ensure alignment with Podium’s strategic goals, driving company-wide design definition, specification, and collaboration with cross-functional partners.
– Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team of designers, design leaders, and creative professionals focused on delivering a cohesive and successful Podium experience for different user segments.
– Implement processes and tools to scale design workflows, streamline processes, improve efficiency, and maintain high-quality delivery as the team and product offerings expand.
Qualifications:
– Extensive experience (8+ years) leading and managing product design and creative teams, including design leaders.
– Proven experience collaborating with diverse and distributed teams in a dynamic and rapid-growth environment.
– Excellent communication, problem-solving, and brainstorming skills, with the ability to thrive in ambiguous situations.
– Passion for building scalable solutions and services, with experience working with sophisticated design systems across multiple products.
– Strategic thinker with the ability to balance creativity with data-driven decision-making.
– Demonstrated experience working on a cross-functional leadership team, collaborating closely with engineering, product, and data teams to plan and implement team roadmaps.
– Customer-centric mindset.
Benefits:
– Open and transparent culture.
– Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage.
– Paid maternity and paternity leave.
– Fertility benefits.
– Generous vacation time, plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends.
– Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits.
– 401k Plan with competitive company matching.
– Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel.
– Onsite gym at our HQ in Utah with professional coaches and classes.
– Onsite child care center at our HQ in Utah, subsidized for employees.
– Additional benefits for fully remote employees.
Podium is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or veteran status. Apply link
