Director, Brand Design

Scribd, Inc. is on a mission to advance human understanding. Our four products — Scribd®, Slideshare®, Everand™, and Fable — help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight, application, and expertise.

We support a culture where our employees can be real and be bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer. We believe the best work happens when individual flexibility is balanced with meaningful community connection. Scribd Flex empowers employees to choose the workstyle and location that support their best performance, while committing to intentional in-person moments that strengthen collaboration and culture.

Occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd, Inc. employees, regardless of location.

So what are we looking for in new team members? At Scribd, Inc., we hire for “GRIT.” Traditionally defined as the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long-term goals, GRIT reflects the mindset we expect from every employee. For us, it also serves as a practical framework for how we work: setting and achieving Goals, delivering Results within your role, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and strengthening the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

This posting reflects an approved, open position within the organization.

Scribd's Design team is a 23-person group spanning Product Design, Research, and Brand Design—working across Scribd, Everand, Fable, and Slideshare. We have high standards, give real feedback, and always bias toward action. We debate openly, hold high expectations, and keep raising the bar. Everyone owns their work end-to-end. There's high trust, low hand-holding, and a genuine expectation that you'll push the people around you toward sharper thinking and better outcomes.

We celebrate wins, learn from our losses, and laugh through both. Join us!

We're hiring a Director of Brand Design to lead the brand design team across all of Scribd, Inc. This is a new role for us, and it comes at a moment when brand design is becoming increasingly important to how we build and evolve our products. You'll own brand design for Scribd, Slideshare, Everand, Fable, and the Scribd, Inc. corporate brand.

That means maintaining the strong visual identities already established in Everand and Fable, while developing a more intentional brand design approach for our UGC products like  and Slideshare. You'll also shape the Scribd, Inc. brand as the company continues to grow. This role reports to the VP of Design and works closely across Product, Research, Design, and Marketing. You'll lead a small team with room to shape its direction, structure, and future growth.

We're looking for someone who can coach designers, contribute directly to the work, and bring a systems mindset to how brand design scales across a multi‑brand portfolio. If you get excited about building something new, raising standards, and making a brand a strategic force inside a product-driven company, this is the role.

• Manage and mentor a small team of brand designers working across a multi‑brand portfolio.
• Define what "great" looks like for brand design at Scribd, Inc. and hold that bar consistently.
• Provide direct, specific feedback that improves both the work and the people doing it.
• Own career development and performance management. Address gaps early and clearly.
• Contribute directly to design work. This role is hands‑on, not just managerial.

• Develop and maintain scalable brand systems, templates, and guidelines across all five brands.
• Bring consistency and quality to brand expression across product, marketing, and corporate surfaces.
• Partner with Marketing and Product to develop a brand design approach for our UGC products that matches the standard set by Everand and Fable.
• Build processes that enable the team to deliver high‑quality work efficiently and repeatedly.
• Identify opportunities to use AI as an accelerant in the team's design process and production workflows.