The opportunity
Datadog is entering a new chapter in how our product looks, feels and operates. We're building a small, high-leverage Design Lab team to define that evolution, and we're looking for a Senior Staff Visual Designer to author it.
What you'll do
Define and evolve Datadog’s visual language across product surfaces.
Lead exploratory and concept work, creating a range of distinct visual: directions for the next generation of the product.
Synthesize product context, research, references, and stakeholder input into: clear visual principles and a coherent point of view.
Establish the quality bar for typography, color, composition, iconography,: imagery, motion, and visual expression across the platform.
Create high-fidelity product exemplars and prototypes that make an emerging direction tangible.
Partner deeply with Brand, Product Design, Motion, and Design Systems to test: and refine the direction across different surfaces.
What they're looking for
- You have 12+ years of experience in visual, brand, graphic and/or product design.
- You have strong taste and are comfortable defending a point of view on judgment alone.
- You can develop several different directions, synthesize the strongest ideas,: and explain why one should move forward.
- Your craft is top-shelf and know how to create the thing in your head.
- You understand how typography, color, composition, imagery, iconography, and: motion work together to create a coherent visual language.
- You can move a room, executives included, with a story and a compelling artifact.
- You're comfortable operating in ambiguity and defining direction where none exists.
- Your portfolio demonstrates exceptional visual craft and authorship, not just applied systems work.
