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Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people's lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign's Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

The Sr. Brand Designer, Events will be a core member of Docusign's Brand & Creative team, responsible for bringing our brand to life across Tier-1 external events and key strategic partner moments. You will lead event-focused brand design from concept through execution, creating high-impact, cohesive visual systems and experiences that connect our Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM) story to customers, prospects, and partners across the globe. This role sits at the intersection of experiential design, marketing, and storytelling, owning the visual expression of Docusign at events like Momentum, Regional Momentums and Momentum on Tour, Dreamforce, GKO, Discover, and priority partner programs such as CLOC and Ignite.

This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Group Creative Director, Brand + Marketing.

Responsibility

• Lead end-to-end creative strategy and visual concepting for Tier-1 external events, defining themes, narratives, and audience-specific stories in partnership with PMM, Brand, and Events stakeholders

• Translate event strategies into high-fidelity designs for digital, environmental, experiential, and marketing touchpoints (e.g., signage, wayfinding, stage design, expo/experiential zones, registration experiences, executive summits)

• Own the first round of all key event assets (onsite and pre-event) to ensure consistent brand stewardship, then collaborate with vendors for production and installation

• Partner closely with the Presentation Designer, Events and PMM to shape keynote creative direction, ensuring visual storytelling, animation, and supporting content ladder up to a unified event narrative

• Develop scalable asset toolkits and templates for breakout sessions, executive meetings, and supplementary presentations, enabling internal teams and vendors to move quickly while maintaining brand consistency

• Provide day-to-day creative direction to external agencies and production partners, reviewing and approving iterations, ensuring they meet Docusign's quality bar and adhere to brand guidelines

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Brand & Creative, Events, PMM, Product Design, Sales, and Executive Communications) to ensure that event experiences, demos, and content feel cohesive and on-brand

• Concept and design swag, premium items, and small-scale activations that extend the event narrative and leave a lasting brand impression

• Contribute to and evolve Docusign's experiential design system for events, documenting patterns and best practices that can scale across regions and event tiers

• Manage multiple concurrent event projects, timelines, and stakeholder expectations in a fast-paced environment, consistently balancing quality, speed, and feasibility

Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)

Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

Basic

• Bachelor's degree

• 8+ years of experience as a Brand, Experiential, or Visual Designer, with a strong portfolio of event, environmental, and campaign work for technology or brand-led companies

• Experience crafting event-specific visual narratives and thematic systems that connect complex product stories to real customer outcomes

• Experience with core design tools, including Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Figma, and presentation tools (Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Slides) as well as experience using AI to accelerate and scale your work

• Experience translating abstract strategies and technical concepts into clear, compelling visuals for diverse audiences

• Experience partnering with and art-directing agencies, production vendors, and freelance creatives to deliver integrated event experiences at scale

Preferred

• Comfort working closely with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams; you can synthesize feedback quickly and push the work toward a sharper, more distinctive expression

• High bar for craft, typography, layout, and systems thinking, with attention to the details that make large-scale experiences feel polished and intentional

• Strong project management and communication skills; you can manage multiple timelines, dependencies, and production details without losing sight of the big-picture story

• A curiosity about IAM and enterprise customer needs, and a desire to help define how Docusign shows up at some of the most important events in our category

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

California: $146,400.00 - $235,375.00 base salary

Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts and Minnesota: $140,100.00 - $197,925.00 base salary

Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and New York (including NYC metro area): $140,100.00 - $206,775.00 base salary

This role is also eligible for the following:

• Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
• Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Global benefits provide options for the following:

• Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
• Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
• Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
• Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
• Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
• Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events

Working here

Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what's right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.

We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you'll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.

Accommodation

Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at accommodations@docusign.com.

If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at taops@docusign.com for assistance.

Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice

This position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

It's important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skill, aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected category.

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