Uber · 3 months ago
Design Director, Brand Design
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$186K/yr - $207K/yr
10+ years expUber is seeking a Design Director for Brand Design who excels at creating cohesive and impactful visual solutions across multiple parts of the Uber brand. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and leading the design process from concept to execution while managing and mentoring designers and agencies.
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Responsibilities
Collaborate and ideate with multidisciplinary teams including leadership, senior stakeholders, copywriters, communication designers, illustrators, motion & animation designers, environments designers, brand strategists, marketing managers, and creative directors to build and maintain visual brand excellence for a wide range of needs
Understand and help define design briefs and requirements before completing
Manage, direct, and grow designers and agencies to meet business needs
Brainstorm and iterate with the creative team and brand leadership to help elevate and evolve design at Uber
Develop creative solutions for product, digital, and print communications where ideas can work globally, scale locally, and adapt for a variety of surfaces and use cases
Develop resources, guidelines, and templates that empower the global marketing and product teams to use illustration in impactful and resonant ways
Leads multiple project/program/platform team(s)
Questions the status quo. Identifies new strategic opportunities
Constantly raises the bar on work quality
Solves challenges that contribute to company goals, enables operational efficiencies
Qualification
Required
10+ years working as a Design lead on a brand team, in a creative agency or comparable in-house agency, or creative organization
Bachelor or Masters Degree in design or equivalent
Preferred
Maintain a portfolio of beautiful, compelling design work
Experience working on a range of projects including scalable and extensible design systems, guidelines, responsive web pages or emails, out of home or advertisements
Solid experience in all aspects of graphic design, with brand design and visual system design systems are crucial
Expertise in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite applications
Ability to design according to business and technical requirements and comfort with ambiguity and changes in direction
Experience working with or influencing brand strategy or business objectives
Bring definition to projects by focusing on broader objectives rather than fixed deliverables
Experience leading and mentoring designers and managing collaborations with external agency partners
Experience outward communication of design changes, agency briefings, and brand onboarding of teams
Experience working well with creatives as well as cross functional stakeholders, receiving feedback, and adapting work
Fosters strong working relationships with cross functional partners
A desire to work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with a cross functional partners
Thrive in collaborative environments while maintaining a clear and confident point of view
Detail oriented and organized
Strong communication skills, an ability to understand your audience, and can present your work in compelling ways
Expertise in branding, style guides, experiential, and digital marketing (Email, in-app, SMS/PUSH, paid social and display channels) best practices or proficiency using various marketing technologies
Familiarity with user experience principles
Experience scaling ideas for global deliverables
Familiarity with Google Docs and Slides
Proficiency in quickly iterating in design for customer testing
Experience with physical activations and/or environmental graphic design
Leverages AI and generative AI solutions throughout personal and design work flows
Benefits
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program
May be offered an equity award & other types of comp
You will also be eligible for various benefits.
Company
Uber
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$35.56BKey Investors
William AckmanPayPalToyota Motor
2025-09-08Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
2025-05-13Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2025-01-01Post Ipo Equity· $2.3B
Leadership Team
Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO
Prashanth Mahendra -Rajah
Chief Financial Officer
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