Head of Creative Design

Job description

WHY HARVEY At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come. This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched. Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you. At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started. ROLE OVERVIEW Harvey is building the defining AI platform for professional services, and the caliber of our design has to match the ambition of the product. We're looking for a Head of Creative Design to lead a team of designers and help elevate the quality, consistency, and execution of Harvey's creative work. This is a player-coach role. You'll partner closely with Harvey's Creative Director to bring creative concepts to life, translating creative direction into exceptional design across Harvey's highest-impact work. You'll manage and mentor designers, provide thoughtful creative feedback, and remain hands-on with key projects when needed. You'll help drive design across Harvey's creative activations—including events, brand campaigns, partnerships, and product launches—ensuring every touchpoint reflects a high standard of craft while helping the team grow and scale alongside the business. This role reports directly to Scott Smith, VP of Creative, and sits within the Harvey Brand & Creative team. It's an opportunity to help shape one of the fastest-growing AI brands in the world while building and leading a high-performing design team. WHAT YOU'LL OWN - Design execution across Harvey's activations vertical, including events, brand campaigns, partnerships, product launches, and other strategic brand initiatives. - Translating creative direction into compelling visual work across multiple projects simultaneously. - Creative feedback and design quality across the team, helping raise the standard of work through thoughtful reviews and mentorship. - Management, coaching, and development of Harvey's design team, including workload planning, career growth, and performance. - Design consistency and operational excellence across a growing volume of high-impact creative work. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Partner closely with Harvey's VP of Creative and peer Creative Director to bring creative concepts to life through exceptional design. - Set the visual direction for projects from early concepts through final execution, ensuring work meets a high standard of craft. - Lead and develop a team of designers through regular feedback, coaching, and creative direction. - Stay hands-on with design work when appropriate, balancing management responsibilities with individual contribution. - Partner closely with Creative Operations, Copy, Motion, and Marketing to deliver cohesive, high-quality creative work. - Drive design across Harvey's flagship events, campaigns, partnership launches, product launches, and other high-visibility initiatives. - Push work beyond the brief, helping uncover creative ideas that make campaigns memorable rather than simply well executed. - Establish effective design workflows and review processes that help the team move quickly without sacrificing quality. - Foster a culture of craft, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the design team. WHAT YOU HAVE - 10+ years of experience in brand or creative design, with largest experience managing or mentoring designers. - A portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual craft and strong conceptual thinking across campaigns, brand work, events, or product marketing. - Experience leading design for high-visibility initiatives, including launches, activations, or integrated campaigns. - Strong creative judgment and the ability to provide clear, actionable feedback that improves both the work and the people creating it. - Experience balancing multiple complex projects while maintaining a consistently high bar for quality. - Comfort moving between leadership, creative direction, and hands-on execution depending on the needs of the project. BONUS - Experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS, AI, or enterprise technology company. - Experience designing for large-scale events or brand activations. - Experience helping build or scale a growing creative organization. - Familiarity with legal, professional services, or other complex enterprise industries. WHY THIS ROLE The work Harvey's Brand & Creative team produces reaches many of the world's leading law firms, corporations, and professional services organizations. The campaigns, launches, and experiences we create are some of the most visible expressions of our brand. As Head of Creative Design, you'll play a critical role in shaping how that work comes to life—leading talented designers, raising the quality of every deliverable, and helping build a creative organization capable of supporting one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world. COMPENSATION $233,000-295,000 USD DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION, AN APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE MAY APPLY TO YOU. YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICES [HERE https://www.notion.so/harveyai/Harvey-Candidate-Privacy-Policies-319ac3fcdd7a803bb807d5094f249922]. #LI-LH1 Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai