VP of Design & Creative

At Podium, our mission is to arm every local business with a complete platform and outcome-driven AI employees that convert leads into real, paying customers. Every day, millions of workers use our AI lead conversion and communication platform to help them get more leads and make more money.

Our work and focus on helping local businesses thrive has been recognized across the industry, including Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups, Forbes’ Cloud 100, the Inc. 5000, and Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies.

At Podium, we believe in fostering a culture that thrives on hiring and developing exceptional talent. Our operating principles serve as a compass, guiding daily behavior and decision-making, and ensure we hire people who will thrive at Podium. If you resonate with our operating principles and are energized by our mission, Podium will be a great place for you!

The Role:

We are looking for a VP, Design & Creative who will be responsible for driving the vision, strategy, and execution of our design & creative initiatives at Podium. You will lead the product design and user experience function at Podium, working closely with engineering and product teams to create intuitive, impactful user experiences. Additionally, you will oversee brand/creative initiatives to ensure cohesion across all customer touchpoints

Reporting into the Chief Product and Marketing Officer, you will partner closely with cross functional teams including engineering, product, marketing and sales to craft compelling design strategies, identify user pain points, and scale Podium’s design practice.

What you will be doing:

• Build, manage, and mentor high-performing Product Design and Marketing Creative teams at Podium, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, urgency, and continuous improvement.
• Shape and drive the vision for user-centric product design and experience at Podium, ensuring that design decisions are rooted in solving user pain points and enhancing product functionality.
• Partner with product and engineering, and other cross-functional partners to deliver exceptional user experiences that drive impact for Podium users.
• Oversee the Product Design team in creating end-to-end user experiences that drive impact and results. While the primary focus will be on the product side, you will also lead the Creative team to ensure consistency across user touchpoints.
• Partner closely with marketing to drive a high impact creative roadmap. Continuously refine strategy based on performance results, customer insights, and business needs. 
• Partner with senior leadership to shape the product vision and ensure alignment with Podium's strategic goals, driving company-wide design definition, specification and collaboration with cross-functional partners.
• Lead, grow, and inspire a high-performing team of designers, design leaders and creative professionals who are focused on the end-to-end Podium experience across our different segments of users, towards cohesion and successful results
• Establish processes and tools to scale processes, streamline design workflows, improve efficiency, and ensure high-quality delivery as the team and product offerings grow.

What you should have:

• Significant experience (8+ years) leading and managing product design and creative teams, including design leaders
• Experience leading and collaborating with diverse, distributed teams in a dynamic, rapid growth environment.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and brainstorming skills – with ability to navigate and thrive in ambiguity
• Passion for building scalable solutions and services, working with (and simplifying) sophisticated design systems that span multiple products.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to balance creativity with data-driven decision-making.
• Proven experience working on a cross-functional leadership team where you deeply collaborated with engineering, product, and data teams to plan and implement team roadmaps.
• Customer-first mindset

Benefits:

• Open and transparent culture 
• Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous vacation time, plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k Plan with competitive company matching
• Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel 
• A stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes offered
• Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center, subsidized for employees
• Additional benefits for fully remote employees

Podium is an equal opportunity employer. Podium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status or veteran status