We are hiring an experienced design director to lead our design solutions, design strategy, and design team.
The right candidate will have a solid background in design, a strong digital design portfolio, excellent communications abilities, and 7+ years of experience leading other designers and teams.
You will play a direct role in improving the quality of our work, improving our communications surrounding our design services, and providing ongoing coaching to team membersYou are a discipline leader with a love and passion for professional development and strategic thinking.
We are a digital agency, and most of our revenue comes from recurring client contractsWe need to drive solutions that make clients see our work as a crucial part of their growth, so client value and success will be a large part of the role.
Benefits
401(k) benefit
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Work from home & paid time off
Summer fridays
Core responsibilities
Own the visual design for our client work (websites, branding, marketing creative, design strategy, and interactive design)
Lead our design teamLead critiques, design process management, coaching, strategy sessions, workshops, constructive reviews, and client presentations
Lead our design process and design managementDistribution of work, conducting work reviews, providing ongoing feedback to other designers, owning the design to development handoff, and ongoing improvements to our design process
Learn and improve your skills with conversion optimization and the concepts of inbound marketing in order to better collaborate with our marketing teamUnderstand how design fuels growth for companiesAbility to speak to data and metrics used to make smart design decisions
Management of our design team and design solutionsYou will play a direct role in improving the quality of our work, improving our communications surrounding our design services, and providing ongoing coaching to team membersYou are a discipline leader with a love and passion for professional development and strategic thinking
Lead client workshops related to design strategy, user experience, branding strategy, buyer`s journey, and agile / growth driven design
Act as a team leader with director-level responsibilities in a small digital agencyWillingness to learn, grow, and challenge yourself
Qualifications include
Strong portfolio in graphic design with specialized experience in interactive/web design projects
Experience with leading design teams and design process management
Experience with leading strategy workshops related to designWorkshops could include design thinking sessions, agile methodology workshops, creative strategy consultations, branding, or strategic positioning/business strategy as it relates to design.
Ability to lead effective presentations and pitchesAbility to provide logic and reasoning to clients as well as defend our solutions and strategic direction.
Ability to provide coaching and professional development to other design professionals seeking to improve their design skills, communications, and strategy workshop skillls.
An excellent communicator
A natural leader with empathetic superpowers
Must be located remote within the us only, and be able to work 9am - 6pm est
Must be comfortable working in a remote environment
Our ideal candidate would be self-driven, passionate about learning, and friendly.
The candidate should be well versed in design and design strategyAdditionally, you must have experience with employee management and coaching, and have experience developing talent in a dynamic environment.
Learning & personal development for this role:
We are seeking an individual that embodies our passion for ongoing learningWe are open to candidates that may need to gain new skills for this role and will take 5-6 hubspot and google certifications within the first year to help with skill developmentWe also expect that this candidate will be open to learning and becoming a champion for ironpaper`s methodologies for marketing, sales, content, and managementAdditionally, this position will require someone that will continuously learn and gain new and diverse skills over time.
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