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# Senior Manager, Visual Design at Dandy

- **Company:** [Dandy](https://feeny.ai/companies/dandy)
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $140k–$170k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-23
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/dandy/3f822b92-a39c-4f24-a44c-16903cded70e

## Job description

Dandy is transforming the massive and antiquated dental industry—an industry worth over $400B. Backed by some of the world’s leading venture capital firms, we’re on an ambitious mission to simplify and modernize every function of the dental practice through technology. As we expand our reach globally, Dandy is building the operating system for dental offices around the world—empowering clinicians and their teams with technology, innovation, and world-class support to achieve more for their practices, their people, and their patients. About the Role: We’re looking for a Senior Manager of Visual Design to lead and elevate Dandy’s graphic design team. This role will serve as the creative authority and steward of Dandy’s visual identity, and oversee multiple designers, providing art direction, feedback, and clear quality standards while building design systems that scale. While this role does include hands-on design for high impact projects, its primary focus is leadership, resourcing, team development, and creative oversight. As a leader at Dandy, you will operate with high autonomy, influence cross-functional and executive stakeholders, and shape how our brand shows up across campaigns, events, product marketing, performance channels, and beyond. You will be responsible for upleveling the team’s craft, strengthening creative rigor, and ensuring we consistently deliver high-impact, integrated, and beautifully executed work.

## What You'll Do

- Serve as the art director and visual authority for Dandy’s graphic design team – setting and holding the visual standard across all channels and touchpoints.
- Lead, manage, and develop a team of designers, elevating craft, conceptual thinking, and execution across the team.
- Establish and evolve scalable design systems, campaign frameworks, and governance processes that ensure consistency and efficiency across global markets.
- Oversee creative execution across all marketing channels and high impact initiatives to ensure best-in-class output.
- Own design team resourcing and capacity planning, balancing internal workloads while strategically leveraging agencies, freelancers, and contractors as needed.
- Partner cross-functionally across GTM teams to translate business objectives into high-impact creative.
- Lead structured design reviews and provide clear, actionable feedback that strengthens both the work and the team.
- Stay at the forefront of emerging design tools and technologies — including AI-powered creative workflows — identifying opportunities to improve speed, quality, scalability, and innovation across the team.
- Drive continuous elevation of Dandy’s visual identity through innovation, trend awareness, and a deep commitment to design excellence.

## What We're Looking For

- 8+ years of experience in visual design, including significant experience at the Art Director or Senior Manager level design roles.
- Proven experience leading and developing multiple designers (more than two direct reports), with a track record of raising the creative bar across a team.
- A standout portfolio demonstrating integrated, multi-channel campaigns, strong art direction, and experience building scalable brand systems.
- Deep expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma, with fluency across digital, print, performance, events, and campaign design.
- Experience working in an agency or managing multiple brands, with a strong understanding of how to scale creative across diverse touchpoints.
- Demonstrated ownership of design resourcing and capacity planning, including managing agencies, freelancers, and external partners.
- Experience working digital asset management systems and helping maintain governance to drive consistent asset utilization with the design team and cross-functional teams.
- Strong cross-functional collaborator with experience partnering with senior and executive stakeholders.
- Exceptional creative judgment, with the ability to interpret briefs, navigate ambiguity, and deliver strategically aligned design solutions.
- High ownership, accountability, and operational rigor, with the ability to balance leadership oversight and selective hands-on contribution.

Bonus Points For

- Experience building and managing design systems for global markets.
- Experience with motion design and 3D animation.
- Strong knowledge and familiarity with photo and video production.

For full-time positions, Dandy offers a wide range of best-in-class, comprehensive, and inclusive benefits tailored to each country where we operate. Our local benefits packages typically include healthcare, dental, mental health support, parental planning resources, retirement savings options, and generous paid time off—ensuring our team members are supported no matter where they live and work. Dandy is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture that celebrates authenticity to win as one. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other legally protected characteristics. Dandy also fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We are dedicated to embracing challenges and creating an accessible, inclusive workplace for all individuals. If you require any accommodations for your interview or have any questions beforehand, rest assured that we will do everything we can to meet your needs. Visit [Dandy Careers](https://www.meetdandy.com/careers/) for more! Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you consent to Dandy collecting, storing, and processing your personal information for recruitment purposes in accordance with our [Privacy Policy](https://www.meetdandy.com/privacy-policy/) and GDPR regulations. You have the right to access, rectify, or request the deletion of your data at any time by contacting [Privacy Requests](https://www.meetdandy.com/privacy-requests/).

## About Dandy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Dandy is a fully digital dental lab that provides AI-powered design, in-house manufacturing, and a free intraoral scanner to help dental practices streamline crowns, dentures, implants, aligners, and other restorations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D funding led by Greenoaks and General Catalyst)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Daniel Hanover (Co-Founder); other co-founders not publicly named

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Dental laboratory services / Digital dentistry / Healthcare technology
- **Target customers**: B2B – dental practices, DSOs (Dental Service Organizations), and multi-location practices
- **Mission**: “Transform the antiquated $400 B global dental industry” by integrating scanning, design, and manufacturing into a seamless digital workflow [meetdandy.com](https://www.meetdandy.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Crowns & Bridges** (zirconia, eMax, PFM, metal, gold): Digital scan-to-mill restorations with 5‑day turnaround.
- **Implants**: Digital implant readiness workflow, scan bodies, and custom abutments.
- **Dentures & Partials**: Two‑appointment digital denture workflow with real‑time technician feedback.
- **Clear Aligners & Retainers**: Custom clear aligners, clear retainers, and wire retainers.
- **Splints & Sleep Apnea Devices**: NTI night guards, mandibular advancement devices.
- **Chairside Software**: Proprietary software that guides scanning step‑by‑step and enables real‑time chat/video with technicians.
- **Free Intraoral Scanner**: “World’s smartest intraoral scanner” provided at no cost to Dandy customers.
- **AI-Powered Quality Control & Design Engine (DANTE™)**: Biomimetic AI that detects scan issues in real time and automates restoration design.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Revenue exceeded $100 M within the first two years of launch; over 2 million patients have received a Dandy product [meetdandy.com](https://www.meetdandy.com/)
- **Total Funding**: $4.3 M (Seed round, 2019) with subsequent Series B (led by Greenoaks), Series C (led by General Catalyst, Human Capital, Aug 2022), and Series D (led by Greenoaks and General Catalyst) – exact amounts not disclosed [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dandyofficial)
- **Notable Investors**: Greenoaks, General Catalyst, Human Capital
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 1,132 employees (+62.9 % year-over-year) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dandyofficial)
  - International presence: Operates in 30 countries including Egypt, Canada, Costa Rica, South Africa, and the UK
  - Acquired competitor Neem (dental clear aligner company)
  - 78 active job postings as of mid‑2026

## Competitive Advantages
- **Fully integrated digital workflow**: The only dental lab combining scanning, AI design, and in‑house manufacturing (including proprietary robotics and 3D printing).
- **Free hardware lock‑in**: Providing a free intraoral scanner reduces upfront cost for dentists and creates a sticky ecosystem.
- **AI‑driven quality and speed**: Biomimetic design engine (DANTE) and real‑time scan review reduce remakes and chair time.
- **Rapid scale**: Reached $100 M revenue in two years and continues to grow headcount by >60 % annually.

## Strategic Focus
- **International expansion**: Building out sales and customer success teams in Spain, UK, and other markets.
- **New verticals**: Hiring “Founding Account Executive (New Vertical)” suggests expansion beyond core restoration products.
- **AI & automation**: Continued investment in machine learning for design, robotics for manufacturing, and computer vision for quality control.
- **Enterprise‑scale**: Developing solutions for large DSOs and multi‑location practices (“Built for the practitioner. Engineered for the enterprise”).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & flexibility**: “Flexibility, built in” – Dandy offers remote‑first / hybrid work with tools and trust to work where productive [meetdandy.com](https://www.meetdandy.com/careers/).
- **Compensation**: Performance‑based bonuses and equity opportunities so employees share in company growth.
- **Engineering challenges**: Teams work on cutting‑edge robotics, machine learning, computer vision, and AI – significant opportunity for technical impact.
- **Rapid growth trajectory**: From $0 to $100 M revenue in two years; headcount doubling roughly every 18 months.
- **Values**: “Obsess over customers”, “Make a bias for action”, “Win as one”, “Deliver quality results”.
- **Notable perks**: Free intraoral scanner? (employee perk not specified), but the pace and technical autonomy are highlights.

## Sources
1. [meetdandy.com](https://www.meetdandy.com/)
2. [meetdandy.com/careers](https://www.meetdandy.com/careers/)
3. [linkedin.com/company/dandyofficial](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dandyofficial)
4. [indeed.com/cmp/Dandy](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Dandy)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/dandy](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/dandy)

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