Creative & Design Senior Manager - San Francisco

Location: San Francisco, California

Plaud is building the world's most trusted AI work companion for professionals to elevate productivity and performance through note-taking solutions, loved by over 1,000,000 users worldwide since 2023. With a mission to amplify human intelligence, Plaud is building the next-generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize what you say, hear, see, and think.

Plaud Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, San Francisco-based company pushing the boundary of human–AI intelligence through a hardware–software combination. With ISO 27001, ISO 27701, GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, and EN 18031 compliance, Plaud is committed to the highest standards of data security and privacy protection.

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Plaud is building the next generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize intelligence from what people say, hear, see, and think.

• Plaud is a bootstrapped, skyrocketing, profitable company with a $250M revenue run rate achieved in just three years.

• Define the next-gen paradigm for human-AI interaction.

• Gain exposure to cutting-edge AI for Pro tools and play a direct role in our global expansion.

• Work with passionate teammates who value innovation, collaboration, and customer success.

• Grow your career in a culture that champions continuous learning and fast career development.

• Market-competitive compensation, global exposure, and a vibrant, creativity-fueled work atmosphere.

• Brand guidelines: Develop and optimize Plaud's visual identity system that balances aesthetics with performance.

• Creatives delivery: Create high-impact marketing assets across campaign key visuals, website, email, social media, events, and digital media channels. Direct photoshoots, video productions, and animation projects that elevate our brand storytelling.

• Visual Narratives: Create compelling visual narratives that explain complex product features in accessible ways. Stay current on design trends and technologies to continuously innovate our visual approach.

• Cross-department collaboration: Partner with product, marketing, and sales teams to develop campaigns that drive branding, awareness, and conversion.

• Cross-region team management: Manage and coordinate the creative and design teams globally, ensuring efficient collaboration across teams and alignment with company goals for on-time project delivery.

• Project management and coordination: Responsible for the overall planning, progress tracking, resource allocation, and risk management of design projects, ensuring they are executed smoothly and delivered on time.

• Design process management: Establish and optimize workflows and standards for cross-region teams, ensuring smooth design operations, improving efficiency, and enhancing output quality. Establish guidelines and templates that maintain brand consistency while enabling scale.

• Vendor management: Responsible for evaluating vendor proposals, managing vendor contracts, and ensuring that services and products meet company standards and budget requirements.

• Experience in the AI, SaaS, tech, or electronics industry.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Design, Marketing, Management, or a related field.

• Experience in brand creative projects, especially in website creatives, brand design, digital design, video creatives, and global design project management.

• Excellent project management skills, capable of handling multiple projects, coordinating resources, and ensuring on-time and efficient delivery.

• Familiar with design process management and workflow standardization to improve team collaboration and efficiency.

• Cross-department and cross-region collaboration experience, capable of working with various departments to ensure the smooth execution of design projects.

• Strong communication skills, able to work effectively with cross-department teams, cross-region teams, and agencies.

• Proficient design skills to provide support and creative guidance.

• Ability to leverage AI to empower creative production.

• Good at using AI tools to improve work efficiency.

• Familiar with vendor management and contract negotiation with strong cost management and risk control capabilities.

• Experience as a Creative Director or Senior Project Manager, with the ability to lead and coordinate cross-region teams.

Disclaimer: Plaud is and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.