Design Manager, Experiential

7 hours, 52 minutes ago
Lead
Design and User Experience
Stripe

Stripe

Stripe is a global technology company that provides financial infrastructure for the internet. They offer a suite of APIs and tools for businesses to accept online and in-person payments, automate financial processes, and embed financial services in th...

Diversified Financial Services
5K-10K
Founded 2009
$8700M raised

Description

  • Lead, manage, and grow a team of brand and experiential designers.
  • Own the creative direction for Stripe’s experiential design output, including event systems, graphics, keynote concepts, and brand activations.
  • Partner with Brand Studio leadership and the Experiential Creative Director to define the strategic creative vision.
  • Champion creative quality across all deliverables from concept through execution.
  • Build and evolve scalable experiential design systems, templates, and creative frameworks.
  • Oversee external agencies, contractors, production studios, and vendor partners.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including corporate events, product marketing, product design, brand design, and executive communications.
  • Recruit, hire, and onboard design talent as the team grows.
  • Develop direct reports through 1:1s, feedback, career development, and performance calibration.
  • Represent the Experiential design function in leadership forums and cross-functional planning processes.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of relevant design experience, including 3+ years managing and growing a team of designers.
  • Proven creative direction experience for high-profile brand experiences and events at a global scale.
  • Strong people leadership skills with experience developing design talent and managing performance challenges.
  • Deep understanding of experiential design, including environmental graphics, stage and scenic design, digital/physical brand integration, wayfinding, and event identity systems.
  • Ability to design and art direct across digital, physical, motion, and communication surfaces using Figma, Keynote, Adobe Creative Cloud, and AI tools.
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to present and defend creative decisions to senior leaders.
  • Track record of balancing creative quality with team health and knowing when to coach, redirect, or contribute directly.
  • Systems-thinking approach with experience building scalable creative frameworks and shared patterns across a global brand.
  • Experience managing agency relationships and large-scale external production partners.
  • Strong ability to influence without authority across marketing, product, and executive stakeholders.
  • Ability to balance creative ambition with operational rigor and deliver work on deadline and on budget.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, including writing creative briefs and presenting to diverse stakeholders.
  • Highly detail-oriented with a drive for perfection in every experience shipped.
  • Passion for Stripe’s mission, a user-first mindset, and comfort working from data and business context.

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