Lead Conceptual / Visual Designer

Beyond

  • San Francisco, CA
  • 30+ days ago
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    Skills

    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Business Skillsunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Data Scienceunmatched
    • Data Visualizationunmatched
    • Desktop PCunmatched
    • Digital Circuit Designunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Embedded Systemsunmatched
    • Emerging Technologyunmatched
    • Game Designunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Localizationunmatched
    • Marketingunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Mobile Devicesunmatched
    • Multimodal Interactionunmatched
    • Multiplatform/Cross-Platformunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Prototypingunmatched
    • Rapid Prototypingunmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • Storytellingunmatched
    • Thought Leadershipunmatched
    • Typographyunmatched
    • User Experience Design (UXD)unmatched
    • User Interface Designunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
    • Wearablesunmatched
    • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)unmatched

    Description

    This is not a typical visual design role. We’re seeking a curious and ambitious Lead Conceptual Designer who can help us push boundaries and set new standards for what exceptional design means in the AI era. You will deliver game-changing design for the likes of Google, Snap, BBC, as well as innovative start-ups and challenger brands, whilst helping us lead the industry in AI-native design. 

    You’ll be shaping a range of customer surfaces—from marketing platforms and products to next-generation, multimodal, and agentic experiences—translating complex business challenges into simple, human-first solutions. From concept to delivery, you’ll combine design thinking, craft, collaboration, and commercial impact to create work that is visionary, award-winning, and outcome-driven.

    Above all, you’re an awesome human who loves being surrounded by — and collaborating with — smart, talented folks in a fun, fast-paced environment. If that sounds like you, reach out and show us what you’ve got.As a Lead Designer at Beyond, you will

    • Lead creative direction and design beautiful, adaptive and intelligent experiences - translating complex business problems and goals into bold, differentiated ideas
    • Create world-class client-facing deliverables with a focus on UI design, AI-driven interaction patterns, responsive frameworks, prototypes, and visual design systems that span digital products, AI interfaces and agentic services, across devices such as desktops, mobile devices, wearables, and embedded surfaces
    • Inspire stakeholders through compelling storytelling and thought leadership
    • Craft high-quality concepts, visuals, UI, and prototypes across digital products, AI interfaces and agentic services.
    • Create compelling presentations, present your work, and communicate thought and reasoning behind it to all audiences
    • Collaborate fluidly with UX designers, strategists, engineers, data scientists, and copywriters.
    • Mentor other designers and foster a culture of creativity, inclusivity, and continuous AI upskilling.

    Requirements

    • Creative Visionary – Track record of award-winning conceptual design, from vision through delivery.
    • Commercially Sharp – Understands that customers buy outcomes, not outputs, and can design to drive business value.
    • AI-Curious – Curiosity in AI creative tools, workflows, and optimisation
    • AI-Native Mindset – Confident designing for intelligent, adaptive, and context-aware systems. Comfortable with LLMs, model orchestration, and multimodal interaction patterns.
    • Design Thinker – Applies structured, user-centred thinking to solve business and human challenges.
    • Hands-On Designer – Mastery of Figma, prototyping, and visual design systems. Motion design is a strong plus.
    • Storyteller – Inspires through visual storytelling, with strong client-facing presentation skills.
    • Collaborator – Works fluidly across disciplines, building trust at C-suite level and energising cross-functional teams.
    • Taste & Craft – Exceptional eye for typography, layout, color, and hierarchy across platforms.

    Skills & Competencies

    • Deep experience in digital/interactive design (8+ years, agency or in-house).
    • Strong understanding of AI concepts, including conversational surfaces, multimodal interfaces, agentic systems, and responsible AI.
    • Proven ability to translate business challenges into human-first, commercially valuable design.
    • Ability to direct your vision to members of the design team: verbally, and in documentation/digitally
    • Experience leading pitches and inspiring clients with visionary yet credible design solutions.
    • Portfolio that showcases
      • Conceptual and creative thinking - concepting, rapid prototyping, human-first problem solving 
      • Design exploration for AI and Emerging Tech - LLMs, multimodal interfaces, agentic workflows and responsible AI exploration
      • Motion design capabilities
      • Data visualisation, layout design visual hierarchy, use of colour and typography across platforms (online, screen, mobile etc)
      • Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and localisation best practices.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Francisco, CA

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