Senior Lead, Design

Teachable • Full-time • Hybrid in New York City, New York, United States • $120,000 - $135,000 / year • 1d ago

Fast Facts

Join Teachable as a Senior Lead, Design where you'll enhance marketing creative quality and mentor a growing design team within a collaborative Brand & Content group.

Responsibilities: Lead creative direction and art direction for campaigns, mentor designers, manage project timelines, and ensure brand consistency across all channels.

Skills: Strong hands-on art direction, project management, confident presentation to stakeholders, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications: 5+ years of design experience, some team management experience, and familiarity with SaaS/tech environments preferred.

Location: New York City - Hybrid, requires in-office presence 1-2 times a month.

Compensation: $120000 - $135000 / Annually

About your team

Our Brand & Content team is a group of social media experts, newsletter writers, designers, and copywriters—all working together to build a world-class brand creators love. We focus on growing Teachable’s reach, connecting with new and existing audiences, and using content, design, and in-person experiences to drive awareness, generate leads, and deepen engagement.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Lead, Design with hands-on art direction experience to elevate the quality, consistency, and speed of our marketing creative while scaling a growing design team.

This is a player/coach role: you’ll provide clear creative leadership and mentorship while remaining deeply involved in execution when it matters most. You’ll partner closely with marketing, product, and growth leaders to translate business goals into compelling creative work — and ensure that work scales with quality and clarity.

This role is preferably hybrid to our NYC office 1-2x a month.

What you’ll do

Creative & Brand Leadership

Translate business goals and marketing strategies into strong, cohesive creative concepts
Define and communicate clear creative direction across campaigns and initiatives
Present creative work and rationale to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
Act as a trusted creative partner, helping stakeholders make confident, informed decisions

Art Direction & Craft Excellence

Art direct campaigns, shoots, and major brand initiatives across channels
Review and refine design work to ensure a consistently high bar for craft
Set and uphold standards for typography, layout, motion, imagery, and overall visual quality
Roll up your sleeves to design or directly execute when stakes are high or timelines are tight

Design Systems & Scale

Own and evolve the design system and visual standards for marketing
Ensure brand consistency across teams, channels, and touchpoints
Build repeatable processes for critique, feedback, and delivery that balance quality with speed
Partner with external agencies and vendors to extend creative output without sacrificing standards

Team & Cross-Functional Leadership

Mentor and develop designers at different levels, fostering growth, confidence, and autonomy
Provide clear, actionable creative feedback that raises the quality of work
Collaborate closely with marketing, product, and growth teams to align priorities and timelines
Advocate for design in planning, prioritization, and resourcing discussions

Who you are:

A senior design leader with strong hands-on art direction experience (5+ years working as a designer)
Managed and mentored at least 1 designer
Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end project management for creative initiatives, from intake and scoping through execution and delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met.
Comfortable balancing strategy, execution, and people leadership
Confident presenting creative work to senior stakeholders
Passionate about craft, clarity, and building systems that enable great work
Experienced collaborating cross-functionally in fast-moving environments

Nice to have:

Experience at saas/tech companies
Design for ed-tech, LMS and/or creator economy companies

Additional details:

This role is open to candidates who are able to work in our NYC office 1-2x a month.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
For this role, the base salary range is $120,000 - $135,000. A salary offer will be determined by a number of factors including experience, skill level, education, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay and compensation programs regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay.