Senior Director of Design, Studio Team

The Senior Director of UX Design Studio will lead the UX design, research, and writing functions for Eventbrite’s two-sided marketplace. Reporting to the SVP of Design, this role oversees the overall craft and execution of the team, ensuring impactful customer experiences across Creator, Consumer, and Platform product areas.

We are looking for a visionary leader who can champion the importance of craft and cultivate a strong sense of community and culture within the team. This role requires someone who can inspire a team of high-performing creatives while fostering collaboration across product, engineering, and marketing teams to align on a unified vision for success for our customers.

The Type of Skillsets We’re Looking For: 

• Craft and Storytelling Expertise: An ability to recognize and elevate craft, ensuring designs are polished, impactful, and user-centered. Strong storytelling skills are essential, enabling you to craft compelling narratives that connect design work to broader product strategy and business goals.
• Strategic Alignment: Proficient at tying design outcomes to product strategy, ensuring that customer experiences are both meaningful and aligned with organizational priorities.
• Deep Understanding of the Product Development Lifecycle: Expertise in the full lifecycle of product development, including collaboration across product, design, engineering and overseeing and developing best in class processes for UX, research, and writing teams.
• Design Systems: Experienced in leveraging and influencing design systems to deliver cohesive and scalable solutions. While this role does not drive the creation of design systems, you will collaborate effectively with the team responsible for maintaining and evolving them.
• Collaboration and Communication: Skilled in working cross-functionally with product, engineering, and marketing teams, ensuring alignment and seamless execution of shared goals through clear communication.

The Type of Leader We’re Looking For: 

• Inspire Through Vision: Lead with clarity and purpose, encouraging teams to embrace iteration and innovation as tools to create impactful, customer-centered solutions. Align the team around a shared vision for success that fosters a sense of ownership and pride in their work.
• Craft and Quality: Define and uphold a standard of excellence for polished, user-centered design. Champion the design system as a foundational tool to ensure consistency and scalability, while embedding a culture of quality in every aspect of the team’s work.
• Community and Culture: Build a culture of connection and belonging through all-hands meetings, craft showcases, and team celebrations. Foster an environment where creativity thrives, diverse voices are valued, and team members feel empowered to bring their best selves to their work.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Eventbrite, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is listed below. You may also be eligible to participate in Eventbrite’s incentive program(s) (such as equity, annual incentive bonus and commission plans), subject to the applicable rules and restrictions.

Pay Transparency Range (US) $193,600 – $348,480 USD

ABOUT EVENTBRITE

At Eventbrite everyone is invited to be their whole self and we cultivate an environment to make sure that is feasible throughout the entirety of an individual’s time at Eventbrite. We are committed to providing competitive, valuable and meaningful benefits and experiences for our employees to ensure we meet them where they are in life.

Cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where all people are invited and belong is our top priority.

Employees can participate in resource groups and we offer global programming and training throughout the year to support a diverse and inclusive workplace.

BENEFITS

We offer comprehensive benefits and a wellness package above and beyond standard medical benefits to support our Britelings’ lifestyle.

Eventbrite’s global benefit programs are designed to meet you where you are by offering resources and support for your health, well-being, finances, and family. This includes support in a remote environment, wellness allowance, Carrot family planning benefit, Origin Financial Planning service, and other offerings to ease the mind and body like Modern Health and BriteBreaks (generally the first Friday of every month off).

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

At Eventbrite, we are dedicated to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, abilities and experiences to apply, and we make employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, or any other legally protected characteristic.

If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

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