Global Design Director, Shark Home

About Us

SharkNinjais a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positivelyimpactpeoples lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted global brands Shark and Ninja the company has a proventrack recordof bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowedSharkNinjato enter multiple product categories driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham Massachusetts with more than4100associates the companys products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja were building an AI-native culture. Were not waiting for the future; were creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly adopt new tools and continuously raise whats possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasnt been invented yet youll fit right in.

AboutSharkNinja

AtSharkNinja our purpose is to positivelyimpactpeoples lives in homes around the world. We create 5-star products that solve real problems and bring them to market with the same level of ambition.

Our creative teamoperatesat the intersection of product brand and performance. We are consumer-centric digging for insights and iterating until we find what truly resonates. We are product-led where our innovation is the story. We are idea-driven building platforms and systems not just campaigns. And we are increasingly AI-enabled using new tools to move faster explore more and raise the bar.

This is a team that values speed ownership and craft and expects its leaders to be both strategic thinkers and practicing makers.

The Role

Werelooking for aGlobalDesign Directorfor Shark Hometo define what Shark looks like and where it goes next.

Thisisntjustan execution role. You shape product identities build visual systems from scratch and architect creative platforms that drive demand across the full funnel. You work upstream with product insights and marketing influencing how products are positioned named and brought to life before briefs are written.

You think in systems not assets. Platforms not and taste that scalesacross every touchpoint and performs in the real world.

Youreas comfortable sweating the smallest pixel as you are concepting a campaign platform from scratch and you understand that bothmatterequally. You bring sustained creative rigor to everything you touch: the willingness to go back to an idea pressure-test it refine it and push it further untilitsgenuinely right. That kind of discipline applied consistently across a high volume of work is what it takes to succeed here.

Yourefluent in modern creative tools includingChat Claude andnode-based canvas for image and video creation likeFigmaWeave or a similar platform using them to accelerate exploration and hold a high bar for taste and originality. You lead and grow a design team while staying hands-on in the work setting the standard by doing it yourself.

What Youll Do

• Own Sharksconceptual anddesign direction across packaging DTC Amazon retail video andthumb-stopping social ideas.

• Define product identities from 0 to 1 in partnership with product and insights teams

• Work upstream to shape product positioning and opportunity areas before the brief

• Build scalable visual systems and campaign platforms that travel across channels

• Design for modern attention platform-native performance-aware brand-building

• Lead mentor and grow a team of designers while staying actively in the work

• Use AI tools to push the pace and quality of exploration

• Present and sell creative direction to senior stakeholders

What Were Looking For

• 1015years increative directiondesignor art direction withsignificant timeat a senior or director level

• A portfolio thatdemonstratesstrong conceptual thinking visual systemspackagingandproduct identity work

• Proven ability to define and launch brand and product identities from the ground up

• Experience working upstream with product and insights to shape positioning

• Fluency across brand and performance channels packaging DTC Amazon retail and social

• Strong instincts for motion and social-native design

• High craft standards at every level of the work from system architecture to execution detail

• Deep fluencyAdobe Creative Suite andmodern design workflows

• A working opinionated relationship with AI in the creative process

YoullThrive Here If You

• Think like a builder systems not one-offs

• Care about creating demand not just making things look good

• Are equally at home concepting a campaign platform and perfecting a singlelayout

• Hold yourself to a high standard of creativerigorand expect the same from your team

• Commit to an idea for as long as the work demands revisiting refining and raising it untilitsgenuinely excellent

• Move fast iterate often anddontwait for perfect conditions

• Lead by example every day