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Set the standard for where it belongs across concepting, production, and review, and protect quality as these tools become part of how work gets made.\n\nOn the first day, we'll expect you to have\n8+ years of professional experience, with a portfolio of ambitious brand systems work and problem-solving at scale.\n\nA track record of leading complex, multidisciplinary projects and directing other creatives toward a shared vision.\n\nDeep expertise in the core elements of identity, including typography, color, layout, grid, hierarchy, iconography, and imagery. You bring a clear aesthetic point of view and an uncompromising eye for detail and quality.\n\nApplied experience building and evolving design systems for brands, with a technical understanding of how they're implemented at scale. You know how type, color, and layout behave across print, web, product, and motion, and you can turn brand decisions into tokens, specs, and assets that teams and engineers can use.\n\nStrong stakeholder and agency management skills. You build alignment, balance competing priorities, give clear creative direction, and earn the trust of leadership.\n\nFluency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and Keynote, and hands-on experience with AI tools for generation, workflow building, and automation.\n\nA considered point of view on AI's role in brand and creative work. You've used it in real projects, you can judge generated work critically, and you can guide a team on where it helps without lowering the bar.\n\nA collaborative mindset: you seek out feedback, mentor others, and believe the best work comes from productive debate.\n\nQualifications\nAt Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.\nPlease visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.\nThis role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.\nBenefits & Perks\nAtlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.\nAbout Atlassian\nAt Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. 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