Senior Product & Brand Designer II (IC5)

Dispel builds secure remote access for critical infrastructure and is seeking a Senior Product & Brand Designer II (IC5) to work across product and brand design. The role involves leading end-to-end design, using AI tools to enhance the design process, and collaborating closely with various stakeholders to ensure high-quality implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end design across the product, including the admin dashboard, native applications, and core platform workflows. Move between problem areas as priorities shift
• Build, do not just mock. Use AI to generate working prototypes, test ideas in real code, and ship explorations that engineers can pick up and run with
• Use AI to compress the discovery cycle: synthesize research, generate variations, pressure-test flows, and validate concepts in hours instead of weeks
• Partner with PMs and engineering leads to navigate technical constraints (networking, identity, secure access) and make informed trade-offs
• Work within the product design system. Apply patterns, surface gaps, and propose refinements through critique and review rather than acting unilaterally
• Drive accessibility improvements in the work you ship, working toward WCAG-aligned patterns and inclusive design
• Contribute to roadmap planning with a design perspective grounded in what users actually need
• Review developed work to make sure implementation matches design. Close gaps with engineering directly, in code where appropriate
• Work across the full brand and web surface, from dispel.com to campaigns to events to internal communications. Move between projects as Marketing and the company need
• Operate AI as core production infrastructure. Run prompt libraries, custom workflows, and your own tooling to scale brand output without dropping the quality bar
• Execute within the brand system led by our Staff Brand & Web Designer. Extend it with taste and precision, propose evolutions through critique and review, never drift unilaterally
• Lead substantial sections of dispel.com end-to-end: information architecture, design, motion, and shipped implementation. Comfortable working in the codebase, not just handing off designs
• Produce pixel-perfect brand assets across channels: campaign visuals, conference materials, signage, tear sheets, whitepapers, presentations, digital ads, and complex event experiences (booth environments, screen choreography, swag, collateral suites)
• Contribute to brand libraries: components, patterns, usage documentation
• Build motion and interactive systems (Rive, micro-interactions, shader work, generative effects) and produce short-form video for campaigns, social, and event recaps. We want builders who treat the web as a canvas, not a template
• Partner with SEO leads on information architecture, content modules, and measurable performance outcomes

Requirements:

• 8+ years of design experience with demonstrated range across both product design and brand/web design. A portfolio that holds up on both axes at a senior level, not strong at one and passable at the other
• AI fluency as table stakes. You already use Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Figma AI, Midjourney, v0, or similar tools daily. You can articulate which tool you reach for, when, and why. You have opinions about prompts and workflows
• A builder mentality. You ship in code when it is the right move. You have shipped websites, prototypes, or product features yourself, end to end. You do not need an engineer to validate a concept
• Track record of working at depth across multiple product surfaces and brand surfaces, not just one corner of either
• Strong ability to work within design systems set by others: applying them with discipline, extending them through proposal and critique, and resisting the urge to fork
• Relentless attention to detail: spacing, alignment, color, hierarchy, production quality
• Working comfort with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React. We expect designers at this level to read and write code, not just inspect it
• Working knowledge of motion design and video editing. Comfortable building interactive assets in Rive or similar, creating micro-animations, and editing short-form video
• Proficiency with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and a modern CMS (Framer, HubSpot, or similar)
• Strong communicator who can align across engineering, product, marketing, and leadership in a remote-first setting
• Bias toward shipping. You would rather get something rough out the door this week and iterate than polish in private for a month
• You have shipped substantial production code (React, Next.js, Tailwind, or similar) on a real product or marketing site
• You have built your own AI tooling: custom GPTs, agents, prompt pipelines, Cursor rules, Figma plugins, Rive workflows, anything that makes you faster
• Working knowledge of shader-based or creative coding tools (Three.js, Paper.js, Unicorn Studio, GLSL, or similar) for generative and interactive visual effects
• Experience with high-security, compliance-sensitive, or infrastructure platforms
• Background modernizing legacy products through systematic design evolution
• Experience producing complex event and experiential design (booth environments, large-format installations)
• Familiarity with OT/ICS environments or industrial contexts
• A side project, indie product, or personal site that shows what you build when nobody is asking