Design Director
New York
At DesignStudio, Design Directors are crucial to teams, client relationships and design outcomes. As a Design Director, you will lead multi-disciplinary teams across multiple projects to deliver incredible work throughout all stages of the creative process.
You know how to work with people and how maintain a good working environment.
You are a compelling storyteller and a brilliant designer. You are flexible and willing to direct the development of concepts across strategy, copy and design, inspiring others to think laterally in order to evolve big ideas. You encourage cutting edge creativity and inspire teams to go beyond current trends.
You enjoy interacting, presenting and workshopping with clients. You’re confident and able to develop positive client relationships.
Key Qualities
- Visionary.
- Relentlessly optimistic.
- Passionate about design.
- Proactive.
- Constructive.
- Able to adapt to challenges.
- Collaborative.
- Self-motivated
- Highly organized.
- Friendly and welcoming.
- Experimental.
- Plugged into culture.
- Willing to work on anything.
Responsibilities
Take ownership of project outcomes
ensuring work gets delivered to a high standard, on time, and with a consciousness of commercial obligations.
Maintain a high level of design craft
and execute the creative vision of projects alongside CDs.
Build the creative culture within DS
by looking for new ways to improve the way we work and develop as a studio.
Develop talent
Hire, train, review and manage the ongoing development of our creative team.
Develop new business
informing proposals and project plans.
Direct the marketing of work
and case studies of projects.
Key skills and requirements
Proven experience
Experience delivering effective creative work. Experience in directing design teams to deliver brand projects for international clients. Most likely you'll have at least 8+ years of industry experience.
Inspiring portfolio
Full of high quality work that demonstrates conceptual, crafted and unique work. Your portfolio should inspire and show versatility, experimentation, system-thinking and energy, and your work should include significant brand and digital projects that have been recognized within the industry. Awards are a bonus.
Experienced leader
You’re a natural collaborator and a proven leader. You are at ease leading multidisciplinary teams, and can bring energy and enthusiasm to all stages of the creative process.
Outstanding facilitator
Confident running interviews, workshops and interactions with senior C-suite clients, enabling creative leaps and break-through political impasses.
Transformation experience
Able to guide clients through stakeholder engagement and/or cultural change.
Commercial savvy
Able to design and build a vision for a project with a view to growing long-term client relationships.
Efficiency
Able to juggle several tasks with ease, prioritize work-streams, and delegate tasks effectively with strong organizational skill.
Flexibility
Confident working across any industry, with any person, anywhere in the world.
Master toolkit
Master of your discipline, with hunger to go beyond, discovering new tools and developing your own.
How you'll split your time
As Design Director
80% project responsibilities | 20% culture, team and studio growth.
Design Director
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