Principal Product Designer-Visual

Intuit - Mountain View, CA

Full-time - Senior

Mountain View, CA

1,001-5,000 employees

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

TurboTax, the leader in tax preparation services, is on a mission to deliver a new era of people-centric tax experiences that inspires confidence in everyone. Our in-house agency, Spring, brings that mission to life through innovative campaigns and initiatives that position TurboTax at the forefront of the industry. We root ourselves in service, lead with transparency, and innovate with purpose in our dedication to fueling financial progress. As a Principal Product Designer-Visual, you will play a crucial role in shaping the visual identity and art direction of TurboTax's brand. You will be responsible for crafting visual systems, innovative digital experiences, motion languages, and brand campaigns that resonate with our diverse audience. Your expertise will help push the boundaries of brand storytelling and elevate the overall customer experience. In this role, you will collaborate closely with internal teams and clients, partnering with copywriters, product designers, strategists, and channel leads to develop big ideas and drive the visual identity across various brand touchpoints. You will be expected to bring a world-class portfolio that demonstrates your high proficiency in delivering strategically grounded thinking across art direction, design, and animation. Your work should showcase your contributions to various brand identities and 360 campaign experiences. You will lead a dynamic creative team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of brand storytelling. As a multi-disciplinary problem-solver with experience in brand or motion studios, you will thrive on creativity and invention, believing in the power of design to change the world for the better. This position requires a strong strategic thinker with an understanding of the project lifecycle, necessary timelines, business challenges, and team communication. You will also need to possess strong presentation skills to build alignment with senior leadership and cross-functional partners. If you're ready for more responsibility, experimentation, and challenges, join us in shaping the future of tax preparation through exceptional art direction, design, and animation.

Responsibilities

• Push creative boundaries and stay plugged into culture to help TurboTax breakthrough creatively.
• Inspire your team through design and establish the bar for design thinking and execution.
• Cultivate, guide, and lead your team with a strong point of view and creative vision.
• Concept, iterate, prototype, and test to deliver strategic, elegant, and simple solutions.
• Build and manage client partnerships from project kickoff to timely delivery.
• Visually and verbally communicate concepts and strategy behind your work.
• Lead a project and internal or external team autonomously with limited process and hierarchy in place.
• Balance multiple project assignments or business challenges with a steady disposition.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience in visual design with a focus on crafting systems and marketing experiences for brands, campaigns, and events either at agencies or in-house.
• A world-class portfolio demonstrating high proficiency in delivering strategically grounded thinking across art direction, design, and animation.
• Proven experience collaborating with internal teams and partnering with clients.
• Deep knowledge and skills in visual design, UI and UX design, and typography.
• Fluency in current industry design and prototyping tools.
• Strong strategic thinking with awareness of the project lifecycle, necessary timelines, business challenges, and team communication.
• Strong presentation skills to build alignment with senior leadership.

Nice-to-haves

• A curious student of emerging technologies that applies and drives innovation in the work you lead and create.
• An understanding of how to art direct and design within visual and motion identity systems while bringing fresh, creative thinking to challenge the status quo creatively.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• 401k benefit for retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities