Creative Design Lead (Marketing Campaigns)

WHO WE ARE

Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, annual revenue now exceeds $100m USD and millions use our browser on on Mac https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-duckduckgo-for-mac/, Windows https://spreadprivacy.com/windows-browser-open-beta/, iOS https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-privacy-browser-ios14/, and Android https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-app-tracking-protection/, our search engine https://duckduckgo.com/, and the DuckDuckGo subscription https://duckduckgo.com/pro. We also offer private, useful, and optional AI, including Duck.ai https://duck.ai/, which lets you chat privately with ChatGPT, Claude, and other AIs, all in one place. Our culture https://duckduckgo.com/how-we-work of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything we do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem. If you're seeking end-to-end ownership of your work, you've come to the right place!

YOUR TEAM AND ROLE

Working on the Design Functional Team, you'll shape marketing creative for DuckDuckGo's growing portfolio spanning Duck.ai, search, browsers, and subscriptions, using tools like Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite, and work on related projects. Recent projects include:

1. Creative campaigns introducing App Tracking Protection to help people block hidden trackers on Android

2. Marketing creative supporting the launch and growth of Duck.ai, our free, private way to chat with multiple AI models

As a Creative Design Lead (Senior Designer II) you'll be a hands-on creative force and idea generator, taking full ownership of design work from concept through execution across multiple concurrent campaigns. You'll drive high-craft, on-brand creative for Duck.ai, Search/Browse, and Subscriptions with minimal oversight, while advising fellow designers on marketing and brand execution. You'll navigate cross-functional stakeholders during scoping and ideation, evolve our brand language with fresh creative concepts, and help build reusable systems that make marketing production more efficient, growing into a go-to advisor for brand and marketing design across the team.

ABOUT YOU

1. Bring 9+ years of hands-on marketing or advertising design experience with 2+ years at a recognisable consumer-facing tech brand (either working in house or agency side)

2. A versatile designer with a portfolio demonstrating range, depth, strong execution, and a distinct creative point of view

3. Highly proficient in design fundamentals, including typography, colour, and composition, with strong working knowledge of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite

4. Exceptional creativity, aesthetic judgment, and design intuition

5. Creative Direction experience - highly experienced in developing original ideas and leading the creative direction, conceptual, strategic execution of marketing campaigns

6. Comfortable driving projects end-to-end with minimal oversight, including scoping, stakeholder alignment, creative direction, and delivery

7. Impact-driven, using qualitative and quantitative insights to inform design decisions

8. Strong at generating ideas, exploring multiple creative directions, and inspiring peers

9. Able to communicate ideas clearly through written project scopes that define the problem, user impact, and proposed path forward

10. Experience advising or mentoring other designers is a plus

COMPENSATION

$200,267 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is transparent across the organization, and all team members within the same professional level and global region receive the same compensation.

Eligibility for company-sponsored health benefits is limited to team members based in the United States. This program does not extend to team members located in other countries, such as Canada or the UK.

Our Team Member Support Guide https://duckduckgo.com/assets/hiring/team_support_guide.pdf explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances.

HIRING PROCESS

Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo, envision your future role here, and find out more about how we hire https://duckduckgo.com/how-we-hire.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request.

PLEASE NOTE THAT

1. You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing

2. Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend.

3. While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week.

4. A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team.

5. By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work.

Disclosure Statement: Use of AI in Hiring Process

As part of our commitment to enhancing our recruitment process, we utilize artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in reviewing and summarizing job applications and test projects, including those tools integrated into our recruitment vendor platforms. We use AI to flag potentially fraudulent applications, analyze and summarize applicants’ experience, interviews, and project performance, and help streamline our selection process.

Key Principles:

1. Data Privacy: All information provided in your application will be handled in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Policy https://duckduckgo.com/static-assets/files/pages/careers/DuckDuckGo-Recruiting-Privacy-Policy-effective-September-30-2025.pdf. We ensure that your personal information is protected and used solely for recruitment purposes.

2. Human Oversight and Accountability: The AI technology is designed to support our hiring team by providing insights and summaries of applications and evaluations of test projects against scoring rubrics. All final evaluations and hiring decisions, however, will be made by our hiring team, who will consider the AI's input alongside other factors.

3. Transparency: We believe in transparency regarding our hiring practices. If you have any questions about how AI is used in our recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to us.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of AI technology in our review process. If you would like to request an alternative selection process, please contact us as at careers@duckduckgo.com. Thank you for your interest in joining DuckDuckGo!