Manager, Visual Design

About Tekion:

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.

Job Description

We're building AI Native platform for automotive retail. We need someone to lead visual design and make sure everything we put out actually moves business metrics, not just looks good. You'll run a team of graphic and motion designers, set quality standards, and make design decisions that tie directly to what marketing and sales need to hit their numbers. Every asset needs a clear business reason for existing. You'll work with marketing and sales to turn their goals into visuals that get people to act - book demos, sign contracts, adopt features. You own how our brand shows up for customers. That means making calls on visual direction, saying no to work that doesn't matter, and building processes so the team can deliver quality work consistently without you being the bottleneck. We're not looking for someone who just executes requests. We need someone who can look at a business problem, figure out what design can actually solve, and build work that proves design drives results. If you can't connect your design work to revenue or adoption metrics, this isn't the role.

Key Responsibilities

• You'll own everything visual that goes out - digital ads, social posts, videos, event materials, sales decks. All of it needs to work together and hit the same quality bar.
• Build and maintain a design system that keeps our brand consistent across every channel and region. No one-off designs that break the system. Document it so the team can move fast without reinventing the wheel every time.
• Develop your designers through regular feedback and critique sessions. Help them see what works and why, not just execute your direction. Create clear paths for their growth so they're solving bigger problems.
• Set up workflows that let the team produce assets efficiently without sacrificing quality. Manage timelines and resources so projects ship on time. Build quality checkpoints so problems get caught early, not after work is done.
• Work with campaign managers, copywriters, product marketing, product management and engineering to deliver campaigns that actually work together. Design doesn't happen in a vacuum - you need to understand what they're trying to accomplish and make sure the visuals support those goals.
• Connect design work to real metrics. Show how a campaign visual improved conversion rates, how a redesigned deck helped close deals, how event materials drove booth traffic. If you can't tie design back to business outcomes, we're just making pretty pictures. 

What you bring

• Your portfolio needs to show you've designed and shipped marketing assets at scale - campaigns, social content, videos, sales materials, event graphics. We need to see range and the ability to maintain quality across high volume work.
• You have 8+ years doing visual design work, with at least 4 years managing designers or running complex projects.
• You've built teams, set standards, and delivered work that moved business metrics. You can point to specific outcomes your design work created. Mastery of Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite, comfort with motion and video editing tools. 
• You understand how brand systems actually work in practice - not just making a style guide, but building systems teams can use without constant art direction. You know production workflows, asset management, and how to set up processes that scale.
• You can explain design decisions to executives without jargon. You present work in terms of business impact, not just aesthetics. Cross-functional partners trust your judgment because you understand their goals and show how design supports them.
• You think strategically about design. You can make things beautiful and make sure that beauty serves a business purpose. You track whether your work actually changed conversion rates, closed deals, or increased adoption. Design for design's sake doesn't interest you - design that drives results does

Perks and Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Generous stock options
• Medical Insurance coverage
• Work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley’s most dominant and successful Companies

Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence, the intersectionality of two or more protected categories, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 

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