London
Design Director
You are a people-person and can maintain a good working environment. We require a compelling storyteller and a brilliant designer. You are willing to lead the development of concepts across strategy, copy and design, inspiring others to think laterally in order to evolve big ideas. You champion cutting edge creativity and inspire teams to exceed current trends. You enjoy interacting, presenting and workshopping with clients and have confidence in developing positive client relationships.
Responsibilities
Take ownership of project outcomes. Ensuring work gets delivered to a high standard, on time, and with a consciousness of commercial obligations.
Build the creative culture within DS by looking for new ways to improve the way we work and develop as a studio.
Develop new business by informing proposals and project plans.
Maintain a high level of design craft and execute the creative vision of projects alongside CDs.
Develop talent. Hire, train, review and manage the ongoing development of our creative team.
Direct the marketing of work and case studies of projects.
Key Qualities
Visionary
Relentlessly optimistic
Passionate about design
Proactive
Constructive
Able to adapt to challenges
Collaborative
Self-motivated
Highly organised
Friendly and welcoming
Experimental
Plugged into culture
Willing to work on anything
Key Skills and Requirements
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.
Leadership
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.
Transformation experience
Able to guide clients through stakeholder engagement and/or cultural change.
Efficiency
Comfortable working as a team and confident taking part in interviews, workshops and interactions with clients.
Flexibility
Able to juggle several tasks with ease, prioritise work-streams, and delegate tasks effectively with strong organisational skill.
Master toolkit
Master of your discipline, with hunger to go beyond, discovering new tools and developing your own.
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 recognised within the industry. Awards are a bonus.
Outstanding facilitator
Confident running interviews, workshops and interactions with senior C-suite clients, enabling creative leaps and break-through political impasses.
Commercially savvy
Able to design and build a vision for a project with a view to growing long-term client relationships.
Flexibility
Confident working across any industry, with any person, anywhere in the world.
