Design Director
Posted 4 days ago by 1752833232
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Design Director role involves leading a team of designers to create impactful marketing materials from concept to delivery. The position requires strategic oversight of creative briefs and the ability to present ideas effectively to senior leadership. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in design management and collaboration with external agencies. This is a remote contract position based in the USA.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act autonomously to manage and guide a team of designers to develop high-bar, impactful marketing creative from brief to delivery
- Coordinate and contribute to strategic creative briefs, defining a top-level creative vision and/or prompts which drive strategic design development, interpret and clarify stakeholder feedback, direct appropriate creative revisions, and oversee delivery of final creative assets
- Succinctly and professionally present to senior leadership, stakeholders, and organizations.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in related creative field (design, advertising, etc.)
- 6+ years minimum professional experience at an in-house team or creative agency
- 6+ years experience managing designers, including brand, motion, and web design
- Extensive experience working with external agencies and design vendors from RFP to delivery
- A strategic design portfolio that clearly demonstrates your design process from ideation to implementation, and ability to lead designers to deliver high-bar creative
- A deep knowledge of visual design principles including layout, typography, color and composition.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Job Title : Design Director
Location : Remote
Duration : Contract
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Act autonomously to manage and guide a team of designers to develop high-bar, impactful marketing creative from brief to delivery
- Coordinate and contribute to strategic creative briefs, defining a top-level creative vision and/or prompts which drive strategic design development, interpret and clarify stakeholder feedback, direct appropriate creative revisions, and oversee delivery of final creative assets
- Succinctly and professionally present to senior leadership, stakeholders, and organizations.
We d love to chat if you have:
- Bachelor s degree in related creative field (design, advertising, etc.)
- 6+ years minimum professional experience at an in-house team or creative agency
- 6+ years experience managing designers, including brand, motion, and web design
- Extensive experience working with external agencies and design vendors from RFP to delivery
- A strategic design portfolio that clearly demonstrates your design process from ideation to implementation, and ability to lead designers to deliver high-bar creative
- A deep knowledge of visual design principles including layout, typography, color and composition.
Notes from Hiring Manager:
- Work shift hours: 9-5pm PT
- Interview process: Multiple (1 one-to-one interview, then 1 interview panel with a few of my team members)
- Team size: Working directly with a team of 5 supporting a broader team of 8 designers.
MUST HAVE:
- Bachelor s degree in related creative field (design, advertising, etc.)
- 6+ years minimum professional experience at an in-house team or creative agency.
- 6+ years of experience managing designers, including brand, motion, and web design.
- Extensive experience working with external agencies and design vendors from RFP to delivery.
Experience in Creative Leadership, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud and Asana