Role: Head of Brand Design

Company: JetBrains

Location: Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Cyprus, Serbia, Armenia, or the UK (no relocation)

Job Type: Full-time

About JetBrains

JetBrains is an iconic company. As they say it themselves: "it's a Way of Life."

JetBrains builds intelligent tools for software developers and teams. It all started when engineers created IDEs for their own use, acting as engineers, product managers, and testers simultaneously. This short feedback loop has proven highly effective.

They are now famous for a range of products like TeamCity, YouTrack, and others. They also invented the Kotlin programming language, which Google chose as the preferred language for Android app developers.

In some numbers:

• 15M developers consistently use and trust JetBrains' tools
• 287K business customers
• 2,800+ employees worldwide

And with all of that, the company is 100% private and hugely profitable!

The Role

As the Head of Brand Design, you will lead JetBrains' Brand Design organization across Graphic, Web, Video Production, and Computational Art teams (~35 people). You will report to the VP of Marketing and be responsible for making the design function run as efficiently as it is creative.

This is a hands-on leadership role where operational excellence comes first. You'll shape how JetBrains looks, feels, and communicates across all touchpoints — from websites and advertising to event experiences and social media. You'll also work closely with a DesignOps Manager to build scalable processes and workflows.

What You'll Be Responsible For

• Operational Leadership (primary focus):
  • Owning the performance and efficiency of the design organization — balancing speed, quality, and creativity.
  • Quickly auditing the team's capabilities, identifying strengths, gaps, and bottlenecks — and building a clear, actionable plan to address them.
  • Leading prioritization and resource allocation across all design sub-teams, in collaboration with the DesignOps Manager.
  • Establishing workflows, SLAs, and processes that enable the team to deliver high-quality work at speed.
  • Improving the intake process — working with internal partners to raise the quality of design briefs and set clear expectations on deliverables and timelines.
  • Monitoring workload, capacity, and team health to ensure sustainable delivery.
• People Leadership:
  • Leading and developing a team of ~35 designers and team leads across four disciplines.
  • Setting clear expectations, growth paths, and accountability structures.
  • Assessing talent honestly and building specific development plans for team members at all levels.
  • Fostering a culture of trust, professionalism, and creative excellence.
• Creative & Strategic Direction:
  • Collaborating with Central and Product Marketing teams to define and implement JetBrains' visual and creative direction across all channels.
  • Ensuring all design outputs strengthen brand equity and express JetBrains' mission and values.
  • Overseeing the creation of multi-format assets: websites, videos, advertising materials, event experiences, social media, and more.
  • Championing design thinking and creative excellence across the organization.