About Workato

Workato delivers enterprise infrastructure for the agentic era redefining iPaaS and helping enterprises unify data applications processes and AI into a single governed platform. A leader in Enterprise MCP and trusted by 50% of the Fortune 500 Workatos cloud-native architecture connects every application data source and process to power real-time orchestration at scale. With enterprise-grade security and continuous innovation at its core Workato provides the trusted foundation for organizations to automate with confidence and operationalize AI across the business. To learn more visit

Why join us

Ultimately Workato believes in fostering a flexible trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company.

But we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. Thats why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives.

If this sounds right up your alley please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!

Also feel free to check out why:

• Business Insider named us an enterprise startup to bet your career on

• Forbes Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world

• Deloitte Tech Fast 500 ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area and 96th in North America

• Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers

Responsibilities

Were looking for a Creative Director to lead a small but mighty team of Digital Designers embedded within Workatos Product Design team.

Your team sits at the intersection of product and brand acting as the creative bridge between Workatos global product organization and its customers. Youll define and steward Workatos creative identity across a wide range of surfaces: from YouTube videos and conference decks to in-product illustrations icons and documentation design. The work is varied the impact is visible and the standard is high.

This is a player-coach role. Youll manage the workload and growth of your team while staying personally hands-on with design work. A big part of what makes this role work is stakeholder management youll field inbound requests from across the company align on priorities with leaders in product and marketing and make sure your teams work lands well with the people its made for. Youre energized by both the people side and the creative side and you understand that the best design managers are still great designers.

If you love working on complex visual problems have a sharp eye for craft and thrive in a fast-moving cross-functional environment youll fit right in.

What Youll Do

• Lead manage and mentor a team of Digital Designers owning their workload prioritization and professional growth.

• Stay hands-on with design work: take on complex creative tasks directly set the quality bar and model the standard for your team.

• Develop and evolve Workatos visual creative identity keeping it synergetic with the Workato brand language and product design system.

• Own the design and delivery of a wide range of content including YouTube videos for Product Hour presentation decks for customer-facing roadmap sessions and conferences and digital marketing campaigns.

• Own the design and delivery of in-product assets including product illustrations icons and Pendo guides.

• Own the design and delivery of assets for Workatos product blog and documentation website illustrations GIFs for blog articles visual assets for product docs pages and the website design for our documentation site.

• Manage stakeholder relationships across product marketing and leadership fielding inbound requests setting expectations aligning on priorities and ensuring your teams work serves the right goals at the right time.

• Collaborate with Product Management and product-led growth teams across Workatos global workforce.

• Participate in design critiques iterate on feedback and contribute to a culture of high craft across the broader Product Design team.

• Keep up with industry standards and continually refine and innovate on Workatos product perception and creative language.

• Own processes and streamline workload distribution for your team.

• Use collaborative tools like Slack Figma Jira and Adobe Creative Cloud to work closely with colleagues across different projects and time zones.

What Were Looking For

• Experience leading a small team of 23 digital designers.

• Experience creating a wide range of creative assets for tech products videos animations icons GIFs illustrations and presentation decks.

• A portfolio that demonstrates your skills across presentation design videography animation illustration and icon design. Experience in the enterprise SaaS space is a strong bonus.

• An extremely high bar for quality you notice the details that most people miss and you hold your team to the same standard.

• Strong stakeholder management skills youre comfortable navigating competing priorities communicating clearly with leaders across product and marketing and advocating for your teams work with confidence and clarity.

• Strong communication skills verbal interpersonal and written. You can give clear feedback set expectations proactively and represent your teams work to a wide range of audiences.

• Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator After Effects Figma and Google Slides.

• Comfort working at pace in a fast-moving environment with competing priorities.

• Portfolio requirements: Were looking for a portfolio that demonstrates your skills in illustration icon design presentation decks and UI design along with examples of animation and videography.

Why Join the Workato Product Design Team

Youll be joining a tight-knit high-impact team of UX designers researchers and digital designers who are deeply embedded in shaping the future of Workato. We collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to define the vision for key product areas not just executing on specs but helping drive what gets built and why.

We care deeply about craft and take pride in the details of execution whether its refining micro-interactions improving accessibility or making complex workflows feel intuitive. We move fast stay curious and hold a high bar for quality all while supporting one another in a collaborative low-ego environment.

If youre excited by the challenge of leading a creative team that ships work youre proud of youll feel right at home here.

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