Design Manager, Brand Creative Studio

This is a Full Time Job

THE TEAM

The Netflix Brand Creative Studio is an in-house team composed of Strategists, Creatives, Designers, Producers, and Program Managers. Our mission is to create culturally relevant and commercially rewarding campaigns that delight our fans, strengthen our brand, and drive business success. We develop and execute a wide range of creative programs tailored to diverse audiences, goals, formats, styles, and scales. Our focus is on building passionate fandoms and shaping global perceptions and connections with our brand. We continuously explore fresh ways to express our brand values and beliefs, crafting brand marketing that is as entertaining as our content. We collaborate with teams across the company to ensure our brand both adds value to and benefits from our collective efforts.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Manager, Design to join the Netflix Brand Creative Studio (BCS) and contribute to the ongoing development of the Netflix brand. If you are an experienced designer with a track record of creating best-in-class, award-winning global design work, whether at agencies or in-house, we would love to see your portfolio. A strong portfolio is essential for this role.

As a key member of the Netflix Brand Creative Studio, you will help the company embrace a brand belief system that guides decisions and fosters lasting emotional connections with consumers through design. You will bring the global brand strategic framework to life, collaborating with business units across the company to make the Netflix brand tangible in their daily work. You will develop strategic marketing, communication tools, design systems, and campaigns that reinforce our brand promise.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Contribute to the evolution of the brand's look and feel.
• Maintain the Netflix design language, principles, and guidelines that inform design work throughout the company.
• Be a hands-on designer, inspiring others with your design thinking, craft and execution.
• Deliver innovative, crafted design solutions that keep Netflix at the forefront of trends and tools.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional partners, ensuring consistent brand representation across global touchpoints.
• Ensure the Brand Creative Studio is a hub of best-in-class capabilities and collaboration.
• Help manage both internal and external partners in creative design, execution, and production.
• Foster radical collaboration with external partners, ensuring they become an extension of our team through deep trust and mutual respect.
• Uphold the highest standards of quality in all creative outputs.

QUALIFICATIONS
• 8+ years of experience in a related field.
• Experience working with or at global brands, either agency-side or client-side.
• A passion and background in visual design systems.
• Experience in contributing to global design systems and implementing those systems across multiple touchpoints, languages, and countries.
• Mastery of current design tools and programs (e.g., Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop).
• Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to work with other designers and influence outcomes in complex organizations.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present effectively.
• Motion experience is a plus (e.g., After Effects, Cinema4D).
• Strong planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• You're just as passionate about designing an internal presentation for an audience of 100 as you are a large-scale campaign for an audience of 100 million.
• Resourceful, with a strong sense of accountability and results-driven mindset.

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $180,000-$280,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.

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Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.