Brand Design Lead, Descript
$140-180k
Collaborative audio and video editor
Open for applications
Collaborative audio and video editor
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$140-180k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make video a staple of every communicator's toolkit, alongside docs and slides.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 10+ years as a Brand Designer, ideally in a start up and/or SaaS setting. Proficiency in marketing technology platforms, operations, and tools, including website CMS and social media formats
- A hunger for going deep: Desire to learn technical products—and their users—inside and out
- Organizational and communication skills: Proven methods for staying organized, collaborating across functions, and communicating with stakeholders at all levels of a company
- Thoroughness and pragmatism: A keen eye for detail and craftsmanship without compromising on deadlines; knowing when to find a workable solution, versus the perfect one
- Multitasking ability: Comfort working on multiple projects simultaneously, with the ability to drive and prioritize as needed
- Ownership and initiative: Willingness to take ownership and make progress in the face of ambiguity and dynamism
What the job involves
- As a Brand Design Lead at Descript, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing our brand identity. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will define and execute strategies across prospect- and customer-facing surfaces.
- You will manage agency and vendor relationships that expand our reach and our creative thinking. Your work will help us deepen affinity with our current customer community, and reach new audiences
- Continuously up-level our brand’s visual language: Enact best practices for expressing a distinctive brand sensibility and bringing our product to life
- Blend strategy and craft: Tackle unbounded design problems; develop standards and guiding principles that make design decision-making fast and consistent
- Make a whole lot of stuff: Shape Descript's narrative, support growth efforts, and enhance product launches, all by by producing designs and assets for web, social media, email, events, and more
- Enable scale: Serve as a design partner for external agencies who scale our growth and sales programs
- Build relationships: Within the Marketing team and beyond, collaborate thoughtfully, anticipate and address sources of misalignment proactively; mentor other creative marketers
Our take
Descript offers podcasters, YouTubers and other content creators a series of modern tools for editing and transcribing audio and video files. It stands out from more traditional editing platforms by using modern tools like natural language processing and AI generated transcriptions.
One of its most newsworthy features is its transcription to audio editing software. Users can edit the AI generated transcription in text format, which is then reflected in the audio itself, and in the speaker's “natural" voice. Founded by Groupon founder and former CEO Andrew Mason in 2017, the company has experienced fast growth, and has already been used across the industry by outlets like the BBC, NPR, VICE, The Washington Post and The New York Times.
The company’s early success and future potential have been underlined in the form of substantial funding. The podcasting industry alone (which encompasses both video and audio) accounted for $22 billion. Descript, which continues to add intelligent and quality-shifting features, is well-positioned to capture this lucrative and growing market.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2022
$50m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Generous healthcare package
- Unlimited vacation time
- Catered lunches
- Whether you love WFH or can’t wait to get back to being in person, we're interested in offering an environment that works for you
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Andrew Mason
(CEO)Studied at Northwestern University before founding Groupon in 2008. Was a Part-time Partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of Detour.com.
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