Design Manager

Katalon
Summary
Join Katalon's Marketing team as a Design Manager to lead and mentor a team of graphic designers. Champion the brand across visual and marketing initiatives, ensuring consistent, high-quality execution. Prioritize projects, allocate resources, and manage timelines for on-time delivery. Provide art direction, feedback, and creative inspiration to elevate team work. Contribute to creative strategy and brainstorming for campaigns and launches. Collaborate with the marketing team to deliver visual content and actively contribute to key design projects, creating web pages, whitepapers, reports, and digital ads. Design intuitive landing pages and campaign microsites. Balance leadership duties with individual design work as needed. This role offers remote flexibility, strong leadership support, and the opportunity to shape the future of a global, fast-growing software brand.
Requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and ability to present creative work to stakeholders with confidence and clarity
- Flexibility to work across global timezones with customers and teammates
- 7+ years of experience in graphic design and art direction (with at least 2+ years in a people management role)
- Strong portfolio demonstrating deep understanding of visual storytelling, layout, typography, and brand expression
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and other core design tools
- Highly organized and comfortable managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, distributed team environment
Responsibilities
- Champion Katalonβs brand across all visual and marketing initiatives β ensuring consistent, high-quality execution
- Manage and mentor a small team of graphic designers β supporting their development and wellbeing
- Prioritize projects, allocate team resources, and manage timelines to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery
- Provide clear art direction, constructive feedback, and creative inspiration to guide your team and elevate their work
- Contribute to creative strategy and brainstorming for integrated campaigns, brand initiatives, and launches
- Collaborate with the marketing team to deliver polished, on-brand visual content and actively contribute to key design projects β creating web pages, whitepapers, reports, digital ads, and other core marketing assets
- Design intuitive, conversion-optimized landing pages and campaign microsites in collaboration with web developers and marketers
- Balance leadership duties with high-quality individual design work as needed to meet business goals or elevate team output
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a SaaS or tech company
- Familiarity with motion design, video editing, or 3D design
- Passion for building and documenting design systems or creative operations workflows
Benefits
- Enjoy remote flexibility and strong leadership support
- Shape the future of a global, fast-growing software brand
- Work with a talented, mission-driven team who values creativity, autonomy, and experimentation
- Lead meaningful design projects that impact thousands of users and shape how the world sees Katalon
- Total Remuneration: Satisfying your financial goals through competitive compensation and periodic performance bonuses
- Well-being & Work-life Balance: Staying healthy through comprehensive health plans, flexible work arrangements, and generous paid leaves
- Statutory Compliance: Labor compliance with local regulations that ensure employee security
- Work Facilities & Accommodation: Top-notch equipment, supportive allowances, and A-class facilities
- Diversity, Equity, Engagement, & Inclusion: Becoming part of a global team that celebrates differences, equal opportunity, and meaningful employee recognition
- Growth & Rewards: Thriving professionally through employee enablement, a culture of trust, and rewarding performance