Creative Design Lead (Marketing Campaigns)

About the role

Working on the Design Functional Team, you'll shape marketing creative for DuckDuckGo's growing portfolio spanning Duck.ai, Search, Browsers, and Subscriptions, using tools like Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite, and working on related projects.

Responsibilities

• Drive high-craft, on-brand creative for Duck.ai, Search/Browse, and Subscriptions with minimal oversight
• Navigate cross-functional stakeholders during scoping and ideation
• Evolve our brand language with fresh creative concepts
• Help build reusable systems that make marketing production more efficient
• Grow into a go-to advisor for brand and marketing design across the team

Requirements

• 9+ years of hands-on marketing or advertising design experience
• 2+ years at a recognizable consumer-facing tech brand (working in-house or agency side)
• Diverse portfolio demonstrating range, depth, strong execution, and a distinct creative point of view
• Proficient in design fundamentals, including typography, color, and composition
• Strong working knowledge of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
• Exceptional creativity, aesthetic judgment, and design intuition
• Creative Direction experience - highly experienced in developing original ideas and leading the creative direction, conceptual, strategic execution of marketing campaigns
• Comfortable driving projects end-to-end with minimal oversight, including scoping, stakeholder alignment, creative direction, and delivery
• Able to communicate ideas clearly through written project scopes that define the problem, user impact, and proposed path forward
• Experience advising or mentoring other designers is a plus

Qualifications

• Compensation: $200,267 USD annually and stock options
• Company-sponsored health benefits eligibility is limited to team members based in the United States
• Flexible work arrangement with no core hours, averaging 40 hours per week
• Background check required as a condition of joining the team

Skills

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Attention to detail
• Project management experience

Benefits

• Compensation is transparent across the organization, and all team members within the same professional level and global region receive the same compensation
• Company-sponsored health benefits are available to team members based in the United States
• Paid parental leave
• Office setup and co-working allowances

Schedule

• Average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week
• Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days)

Pay

• $200,267 USD annually

Benefits

• Company-sponsored health benefits are available to team members based in the United States

Hiring Process

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws. We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request. Please note that You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend.

Disclosure Statement: Use of AI in Hiring Process

As part of our commitment to enhancing our recruitment process, we utilize artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in reviewing and summarizing job applications and test projects, including those tools integrated into our recruitment vendor platforms. We use AI to flag potentially fraudulent applications, analyze and summarize applicants’ experience, interviews, and project performance, and help streamline our selection process. Key Principles Data Privacy: All information provided in your application will be handled in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Policy. We ensure that your personal information is protected and used solely for recruitment purposes. Human Oversight and Accountability: The AI technology is designed to support our hiring team by providing insights and summaries of applications and evaluations of test projects against scoring rubrics. All final evaluations and hiring decisions, however, will be made by our hiring team, who will consider the AI's input alongside other factors. Transparency: We believe in transparency regarding our hiring practices. If you have any questions about how AI is used in our recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to us. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of AI technology in our review process. If you would like to request an alternative selection process, please contact us as at careers@duckduckgo.com.