Design Director Wanted: Hands-On Creativity Meets Bold Strategic Vision!
Salary range: $200,000 to $250,000 base per year, plus bonus!
Are You the Missing Piece?
- Are you ready to break free from conventional agency norms and corporate red tape and make a significant impact in the marketing world?
- Are you tired of slapping a new logo on old stuff and excited to transform brands from the inside out and make them impossible to ignore?
- Do you embody a growth spirit and thrive on autonomy, constant learning, and workflows that zig when others zag?
If you said yes to all three of these questions, keep reading!
This digital transformation agency creates provocative cross-channel 360 experiences, working with challenger brands to make an outsized impact. As they grow, they’re looking for a standout creative leader to help shape the future of their team and the exceptional brands they build through storytelling and innovative channel-agnostic thinking.
This is a rare opportunity to drive transformative branding initiatives, mentor rising talent, and help define what’s next for this agency. Oh, and you’ll be a strategic thought leader to the CEO, who’s a total badass.
What's it going to take to score an interview?
- You’re a strategic powerhouse and a total pro when it comes to trust-building with clients: You inspire confidence and push creative boundaries with clients from all backgrounds, guiding them through impactful branding and digital marketing strategies.
- You excel at branding strategy and 360 marketing (duh): You’re highly entrepreneurial, curious, and excited about building new brand identities and transforming established ones. Developing design systems and visual languages is your jam. Plus, you have an understanding of communications planning (social and experiential is also nice to have, but branding comes first).
- You hail from a strong design background (this is a must): You’re someone with a visual arts pedigree who’s moved up the design ranks and paid their dues on the branding/digital agency side.
- You thrive on developing teams of top-notch talent: You elevate the creative work of your agency by mentoring sharp, ambitious pros – both in-house and freelance talent brought on for special projects.
- You consistently deliver design excellence and expertise: You'll come into this role and shape the mission, vision, and voice of these challenger brands while ensuring every deliverable is best-in-class.
- You have a hands-on leadership style + growth mindset: You believe in leading by example and have a strong desire to teach, coach, and mentor while growing both internal teams and the clients you’re leading.
You should take this meeting because ...
This is a job that invites you to flip the marketing world on its head. Be the catalyst that transforms brands and shatters the status quo. If you're a dynamic, multidisciplinary cool human ready to break free from mediocrity and make a real impact, your home is right here. Get in touch with us today!
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