Design Director

MUST HAVE AGENCY EXPERIENCE

Design Director

As part of the agency’s creative leadership, you’ll shape how brands show up in the digital world—using ideas, craft, and interactive experiences to influence consumer behavior and drive business impact. You’ll partner with leading brands and cross-functional teams to elevate digital communications, marketing, and product experiences.

As a Design Director, you lead with vision and hands-on excellence. You define and evolve the design vision across key accounts, setting the standard for brand expression, art direction, and interaction design while ensuring consistently high-quality output.

You oversee multiple large initiatives or a portfolio of accounts end-to-end, partnering closely with UX, Technology, Strategy, and Client Services to deliver effective, award-worthy digital experiences across devices. You build and mentor high-performing design teams, manage resources, and ensure work ships on time and on budget.

Core Responsibilities

Design Leadership

• Define and steward brand look and feel, visual systems, and interaction patterns
• Set creative standards and ensure work aligns with strategic goals

Execution \& Delivery

• Lead digital design from concept through launch
• Own timelines, budgets, and quality across projects
• Deliver best-in-class interfaces across web, mobile, and tablet

Collaboration \& Operations

• Partner with UX on journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and testing
• Oversee implementation-ready assets and visual QA
• Support scoping, planning, and risk management

Team \& Client Leadership

• Mentor and scale multidisciplinary design teams
• Build strong senior client relationships
• Contribute to account growth and new business efforts

Innovation

• Explore emerging tools, platforms, and AI-driven workflows
• Integrate new technologies to improve efficiency and creative impact

Qualifications

• Senior-level design leadership experience in an agency or creative environment
• Expertise in digital design across web and mobile platforms
• Strong cross-functional leadership and project planning experience
• Proven client management and presentation skills
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and Figma
• Strong understanding of emerging tools, platforms, and industry trends