About Equip
Equip is the leading virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment program on a mission to ensure that everyone with an eating disorder can access treatment that works. Created by clinical experts in the field and people with lived experience, Equip builds upon evidence-based treatments to empower individuals to reach lasting recovery. All Equip patients receive a dedicated care team, including a therapist, dietitian, physician, and peer and family mentor. The company operates in all 50 states and is partnered with most major health insurance plans. Learn more about our strong outcomes and treatment approach at www.equip.health.
Founded in 2019, Equip has been a fully virtual company since its inception and is proud of the highly-engaged, passionate, and diverse Equisters that have created Equip’s culture. Recognized by Time as one of the most influential companies of 2023, along with awards from Linkedin and Lattice, we are grateful to Equipsters for building a sustainable treatment program that has served thousands of patients and families.
About the Role
A strategic and hands-on leader, the Manager, Brand Design plays a pivotal role expressing Equip's brand identity through business-driving visual storytelling. This role will be a multi-disciplinary design professional who provides creative leadership across all brand touchpoints and audiences, from website and emails to print and event collateral.
Directly supporting the Head of Creative, this role is responsible for ensuring visual excellence and strategic alignment with business goals. This is a player-coach role in which you will execute top-tier creative while also leading a small team of designers, providing mentorship, guidance, and constructive feedback to help them grow and deliver their best work. This role requires a strong balance of strategic thinking, hands-on design expertise, and empathetic leadership.
Responsibilities
Design Leadership & Execution
Support the Head of Creative in shaping Equip’s visual brand through concepting, storyboarding, photo and video shoot direction.
Take full ownership of large-scale design projects, prioritizing multiple high-visibility assignments across digital and print, including emails, social media, landing pages, paid media, presentations, sales enablement, and more.
Translate complex business needs and marketing strategies into high-impact, elegant design solutions that are aligned with company goals.
Design net new templates and layouts and train others on implementation.
Take full ownership of assigned projects, ensuring timely and high-quality execution with minimal oversight.
Support the development and maintenance of Equip’s visual brand and style systems, including design guidelines for websites, email campaigns, social media, and other key channels.
Cross-functional collaboration:
Collaborate and build relationships across departments to ensure smooth, strategically aligned output and efficient workflows.
Present and explain design concepts clearly, incorporating feedback and balancing multiple viewpoints.
Team Leadership:
Manage, mentor, and lead a small team of designers, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Provide clear guidance and feedback on all design projects to ensure all design work meets a high standard of quality and strategic alignment.
Provide regular coaching to direct reports, supporting their professional development and career growth.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
8+ years of professional marketing design experience, with at least 2+ years in a management role overseeing other designers.
A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional creative and art direction skills across a range of digital and print media, with a focus on brand identity, website design, and design systems.
Proven experience in managing and mentoring a design team, providing clear and actionable feedback.
Deep expertise in brand design, art direction, and digital design, with a solid understanding of how to build and maintain scalable brand systems.
Advanced proficiency in Figma, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, and project management tools like Asana.
Familiarity with best practices for creating accessible and responsive digital experiences.
Time Off:
Core Benefits:
Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with generous employer contributions for both individuals and families.
Company-paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Life and AD&D insurance.
Company-paid partnership with Maven Clinic to provide comprehensive reproductive and family care resources.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a company-paid resource for mental health, legal services, financial support, and more!
401(k) retirement plan.
Physical Demands
Work is performed 100% from home with no requirement to travel. This is a stationary position that requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards as well as to talk or hear by telephone. Sit or stand as needed.
At Equip, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are woven into everything we do. At the heart of Equip’s mission is a relentless dedication to making sure that everyone with an eating disorder has access to care that works regardless of race, gender, sexuality, ability, weight, socio-economic status, and any marginalized identity. We also strive toward our providers and corporate team reflecting that same dedication both in bringing in and retaining talented employees from all backgrounds and identities. We have an Equip DEIB council, Equip For All; also referred to as EFA. EFA at Equip aims to be a space driven by mutual respect, and thoughtful, effective communication strategy - enabling full participation of members who identify as marginalized or under-represented and allies, amplifying diverse voices, creating opportunities for advocacy and contributing to the advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at Equip.
As an equal opportunity employer, we provide equal opportunity in all aspects of employment, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, training and promotion, termination, and any other terms and conditions of employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, familial status, age, disability, weight, and/or any other legally protected classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
Our dedication to equitable access, which is core to our mission, extends to how we build our "village." In line with our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), we are dedicated to an accessible hiring process where all candidates feel a true sense of belonging. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, interview, or perform the essential functions of a role, we invite you to reach out to our People team at accommodations@equip.health.
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