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# Design Director at HUSH

- **Company:** HUSH
- **Location:** Brooklyn, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2019-10-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/hush/212ab9da-fd60-4ccb-9fd7-49a55209b443

## Job description

Role: Design Director Level: Senior Supervisor: Creative Partner / Creative Director

Who we are: We are a team of Proactive, Respectful, Communicative, Candid and Curious leaders seeking new team members who share our values. We are world-class experience designers, technologists, strategic thinkers and creators assembled to develop global design projects for adventurous, industry-changing companies and leading organizations.

Who you are: You help the team deliver the highest level of creativity. You lead by making, challenging them, engaging in critique and dialogue, curating the best ideas, and co-creating work. You support them with a strategic mind that can wrangle complex challenges. You’ve got a track record of performance, a personal drive to do it right, and better. You have a demonstrated and enduring interest in creativity, technology and design.

Role Overview: As a Design Director (DD) you work on an average of 3+ jobs in various stages of development and/or pitch (depending on the size and scale of the projects.) You are communicative, engaging in regular conversations, critiques, workshops and ideation sessions with the internal team. You have professionalism and ease in your external communications with clients and partners. You have also sharpened your leadership skills after years of working with complex teams and personalities. Naturally, your portfolio of work rocks and shows a particular design expertise, as well as some diversity across mediums and interests.

Focus: 80% on billable projects; 20% internal, R&D, inspiration, process, mentorship

Evaluation: Semi-annual meetings to review progress across core responsibilities, professional and personal goals.

Team Leadership:

- Establish and uphold the design intent over the lifetime of a project
- Contribute to and optimize the work of staff and freelance designers of various levels
- Collaborate and co-create design ideas with production and technology teams
- Onboard and educate new talent to the HUSH design ecosystem
- Assess project scope and opportunities; help build teams to meet project needs
- Support and direct partner/vendor relationships critical to a project’s success

Concept and Design:

- Work collaboratively with Creative Directors and Strategists to align on project vision
- Collect and distill research into valuable references, moods and visual territories
- Sketch, design and visualize initial ideas to help concept with other team members
- Build initial decks and frameworks for presentations to which the team will contribute
- Schedule and run creative stand ups, workshops, critiques and inspiration sessions
- Work with production and technology teams to determine concept viability
- Ensure the highest level of execution across all aspects of design, from concept to later-phase design detailing, and delivery

Client Facing:

- Support projects teams and company leadership by presenting ideas clearly
- Coach other team members to improve their client presentation skills
- Listen to feedback, ask smart questions, and develop a rapport and a voice
- Problem solve solutions to (sometimes) difficult feedback

Requirements:

- 8+ years design experience in high-paced design agency or brand
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience in design or related studies
- Proven leadership and management skills
- Proven organizational, presentation and communication skills
- T-shaped knowledge across a broad suite of design applications, with a speciality skill

HUSH is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically support diversity in the workforce.

## About HUSH

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: HUSH is a design firm that blends content, space, and technology to give physical spaces a powerful voice and amplify an organization’s boldest ideas.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Partnership)
- **Headquarters**: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2006
- **Founders**: David Schwarz (Founding Partner), Erik Karasyk (Founding Partner)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Design (experiential design, environmental branding, digital experiences)
- **Target customers**: B2B – ambitious organizations across industries (e.g., Nike, healthcare innovators, fusion energy companies) seeking to shape how people work, invest, and learn through their physical spaces.
- **Mission/purpose**: “Making spaces speak volumes” – empowering spaces to express and reinforce an organization’s most ambitious ideas.

## Products & Services
HUSH offers a comprehensive suite of design and technology services, typically delivered as integrated projects:
- **Animation & Film**: Motion graphics and short-form storytelling.
- **Application Development**: Custom software and interactive tools.
- **Audience Research & Content Strategy**: Data-driven insights to guide content.
- **Data Visualization & Digital Design**: Translating data into compelling visuals.
- **Environmental Design & Exhibition Design**: Shaping physical spaces and exhibits.
- **Experience Analytics & Master Planning**: Measuring and planning user journeys.
- **Generative Content & Interface Design**: AI-assisted and UI design.
- **Placemaking & Retail Design**: Creating destination and retail environments.
- **Wayfinding & Information Architecture**: Navigation systems and signage.
- **Installation Design & Creative Software**: Physical/digital installations and proprietary tools.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue ~$12M (as of 2026; SignalHire reports $5M–$25M range)
- **Total Funding**: $350K (per SignalHire)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Clients include Nike and other “boldest organizations” across industries. No public investor list.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 7.1% YoY (+6 people) to ~21 employees (LinkedIn company data). However, SignalHire estimates 25–100 employees and LeadIQ reports ~89 employees across 6 continents – conflicting reports. Active job postings (4 open roles as of July 2026). LinkedIn followers grew 22.5% yearly.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated approach**: Combines strategy, content, space, and technology under one roof, delivering end-to-end experiential design.
- **Proven track record**: Nearly 20 years of work with ambitious, high-profile clients (Nike, healthcare, energy).
- **Creative culture**: Emphasis on being proactive, respectful, communicative, candid, and curious – differentiating from commoditized design agencies.
- **Talent magnet**: Attracts talent from top design firms (Pentagram, The Mill, Gretel, Local Projects) and sends alumni to Gensler, Framestore, etc.

## Strategic Focus
- **Growth direction**: Continuing to serve “audacious vision and tenacious drive” clients across geographies and cultures. Expanding into new technologies (e.g., augmented-reality projects like HUSH/Listen).
- **Current priorities**: Blending physical and digital experiences, leveraging data and generative content, and strengthening its reputation as a strategic partner for space-driven brand storytelling.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor (12 reviews) with culture score 3.9, work-life 3.5, compensation 4.0, career 3.8. Described as a collaborative, curious environment.
- **Work policy**: Mostly on-site roles based in Brooklyn, NY (HQ). Some contract and hybrid positions listed. Internships are on-site.
- **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work on high-impact projects for top brands; exposure to cutting-edge design technology (AR, generative content); small, agile team with direct access to leadership.
- **Engineering/design culture**: Design-driven with a mix of specialists (8), directors (3), and interns (3). Departments include Design (6), General Management (6), Operations (3), Product (2), Consulting (1), Technical (1).

## Sources
1. [Lever.co – HUSH careers page](https://jobs.lever.co/hush)
2. [heyhush.com – About page](https://www.heyhush.com/about)
3. [LinkedIn – HUSH company page](https://linkedin.com/company/hush-studios-inc)
4. [SignalHire – HUSH company profile](https://www.signalhire.com/companies/hush)
5. [LeadIQ – HUSH company overview](https://leadiq.com/c/hush/5a1da10a2300005a0092406f)

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