What You'll Do
- Define and evolve Spotify's global visual merchandising vision, setting the creative direction for artwork, visual systems, and brand expression across the Spotify experience.
- Lead the continued evolution of our creative workflows, identifying how AI can elevate creativity, quality, speed, and scalability while maintaining exceptional craft.
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Design Platform, and R&D leaders to ensure merchandising and product innovation evolve together.
- Champion a visual strategy that keeps Spotify culturally relevant across more than 180 markets while balancing global consistency with local expression.
- Establish creative principles, standards, and scalable systems that empower teams to deliver world-class visual experiences at scale.
- Build strong partnerships with internal creative teams, external agencies, illustrators, photographers, and freelance talent to expand Spotify's creative capabilities.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team of Senior Visual Designers by creating an environment built on trust, inclusion, curiosity, feedback, and creative excellence.
- Own the team's operating budget and prioritize investments that deliver meaningful creative and business impact.
- Use audience insights, experimentation, and performance data to continuously improve the effectiveness of Spotify's visual merchandising strategy.
- Represent Visual Merchandising as a trusted creative partner across Spotify, influencing senior stakeholders through thoughtful creative leadership.
Who You Are
- You have 10+ years of experience leading creative work across design, art direction, branding, editorial, advertising, or visual storytelling for a consumer-facing brand.
- You have experience building, leading, and developing exceptional creative teams while creating an inclusive environment where people can do their best work.
- You understand how emerging technologies—including generative AI—are transforming creative strategy, production, and design systems, and you're excited by the opportunities they create.
- You bring exceptional visual craft together with strategic thinking, balancing creativity, business goals, and customer needs.
- You have experience collaborating across product, design, engineering, marketing, and executive leadership teams to deliver ambitious creative outcomes.
- You are comfortable using data, experimentation, and audience insights to inform creative decisions without compromising creative quality.
- You have experience working across global markets and understand how to build creative work that respects cultural nuance while maintaining a strong global brand.
- You care deeply about mentoring others, raising the creative bar, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
- You're naturally curious about design, music, culture, technology, and storytelling, and you're motivated by creating work that reaches millions of people every day.
Where You Are
- This role is based in London or Stockholm
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.