Senior Graphic Designer, Lead

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@HYVE Solutions, missions to help customers, business partners, and employees achieve success through shared goals, strategies, resources and technology solutions. Senior Graphic Designer, Lead Location: Fremont Type: Full-time Reports to: Creative Director Hybrid-1 day remote and 4 in-office. ABOUT THE ROLE Hyve Solutions is looking for a Graphic Design Lead to help lead brand design across high-visibility touchpoints, Marketing Collateral, events, web, social, motion/video, and executive communications, while building scalable systems that make the team faster and more consistent. This is a hands-on leadership role for a designer with excellent taste and strong people leadership. You’ll translate complex hyperscale infrastructure stories into clear, enterprise-ready creative, and you’ll define how AI is used responsibly to accelerate concepting and production without compromising quality or brand integrity. WHAT YOU’LL DO Design & Craft - Deliver high-quality, polished design across brand, marketing, communications, and product experiences. - Create and evolve comprehensive design systems that scale across campaigns, digital platforms, product storytelling visuals, and internal communications. - Design across brand, marketing, communications, and product-adjacent touchpoints (launch visuals, diagrams, demos, technical storytelling assets). Conceptual & Systems Thinking - Lead ideation and concept development, translating complex ideas into simple, impactful creative solutions. - Apply systems thinking to ensure visual consistency, scalability, and long-term brand integrity. - Create brand systems, behaviors, and visual languages with a high level of craftsmanship. Collaboration & Leadership - Collaborate with creatives, marketing leads, product managers, product marketers, engineers, producers, and program managers. - Balance stakeholder needs while advocating for design excellence. - Provide clear, constructive feedback and guide creative direction when needed. - Mentor junior designers, and partners. - Act as a project lead, setting direction, running critiques, and ensuring consistency across designers and partners. Execution & Delivery - Own projects end-to-end, from concept through final delivery. - Ensure timely delivery of assets that meet creative and project objectives. - Maintain clean, organized, and shareable files. - Participate in critiques and foster a culture of excellence and feedback. WHAT YOU BRING BFA or BA in Design, Visual Communication, or related field or equivalent professional experience 8+ years of experience in graphic design and art direction. Proven experience building design systems across communications, marketing, and product. Portfolio demonstrating branding (typography, illustration, photography), campaigns, and data visualization. Expertise in branding, photography direction, and motion design. Strong presentation design skills (executive and customer-facing). Experience creating content across static, motion, and interactive formats. Experience using generative AI to accelerate ideation and production, with strong judgment around quality, accuracy, and brand safety (preferred). Strong appreciation for aesthetics, user experience, accessibility, and inclusive design. Adaptable, curious, and comfortable in fast-paced, ambiguous environments. Detail-oriented from concept to final output. Strong communication and presentation skills. Experience working with diverse stakeholders. Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE Consistently delivering high-quality, polished design. Bringing ideas, not just execution. Collaborating openly across teams. Building scalable systems, not one-off solutions. Raising the creative bar through craft, feedback, and leadership. Mentoring and supporting designers Salary Range- $135,000 - $150,000 @ HYVE Solutions , we believe employees are our greatest asset and we empower them to make a difference in our business. Diversity and inclusion make us all better. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.