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ON BOARD EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING
On Board Experiential (OBE) is an award-winning, full-service, experience-led agency that creates meaningful brand experiences worldwide. We work out of our homes and physical offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and NYC, or wherever our adventures take us! Our clients include Nike, Meta, JPMorgan Chase, The Infatuation, Stripe, and OpenAI, to name a few. We know, "Cool, cool, but what’s it like to work at OBE?" We thought you'd never ask. Event Marketer has recognized OBE as one of the best places to work in events and well, we couldn't agree more.
The most important part of our business is our people. They are hardworking, brave and make magic happen on the regular. But under each majestic exterior is a human deserving of a healthy work-life balance. That’s why we believe in recovery days, happy hours, friendly but competitive fitness challenges and company offsites.
We conduct open meetings to facilitate discussions that heal, inspire, and bring us closer. We encourage each other to bring our whole selves to work. We want to hear about your lived experiences and unique perspectives. We don't just want you to be unapologetically you: it's part of the job description.
We are considering candidates for any of our office locations: New York, San Francisco (Mill Valley), and Los Angeles.
SUMMARY OF POSITION
The Vice President, Design is a senior creative leader responsible for elevating OBE’s design excellence, shepherding all design disciplines, and overseeing the development and delivery of world-class experiential, spatial, and integrated design work. Reporting directly to the Chief Creative Officer, the Vice President, Design leads a multidisciplinary team of designers, including 3D/environmental specialists, graphic and UX/UI designers, and visual storytellers to craft immersive, culturally relevant brand experiences that compete at the level of top design agencies.
As both a visionary and operational leader, this individual ensures the design function is both innovative and strategically grounded. They bring deep expertise in environmental + 3D design, creative technology and interactive experience integration, and design execution (including fabrication, technical requirements, compliance best practices, etc.). They also have a proven ability to lead large, high-performing creative teams, and an extensive network of freelance and specialist talent nationwide. The Vice President, Design strengthens our design brand, inspires creative ambition across the organization, and ensures every project reflects extraordinary craft, clarity, and cultural insight.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Design Leadership & Strategic Direction
- Lead the overall vision, quality, and execution of OBE’s Design function, overseeing outputs across integrated design disciplines (spatial/environmental, graphic, interactive, digital, etc.)
- Ignite imagination and push design limits by delivering and inspiring best-in-class experiential design.
- Champion innovation, pushing design boundaries while maintaining brand integrity and strategic alignment.
- Set and implement short- and long-term design goals aligned with agency growth and CCO’s creative strategy.
- Proactively track and apply design trends + thinking to maintain a cutting-edge, future-focused creative offering for OBE.
- Oversee conceptual and visual direction for high-profile projects, ensuring all design work meets the highest standards of craft and creativity.
- Lead select client projects, gaining client trust, selling in industry-defining design, and translating client objectives into strategic design solutions that elevate brand impact.
Team Management & Department Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and/or manage a design team of 10+ designers—fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, curiosity, and growth.
- Articulate clear career paths and provide development plans plus ongoing feedback to strengthen team capability, growth, and morale.
- Work with CCO and Creative Leadership to drive and develop department programming, including content for Creative Department Meetings and/or Design-specific trainings.
- Contribute to hiring strategy and talent acquisition, helping attract top-tier design talent to OBE.
- Expand, maintain, and grow OBE’s bench of freelance and specialty designers; work with Creative Operations to activate this network quickly as needed for project demands.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
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