Design Manager

Omnicom Global Solutions; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Omnicom Global Solutions in India seeks an experienced Creative Project Manager to lead end-to-end design projects, coordinate timelines, and ensure quality delivery across multiple accounts.

The role requires 12+ years of people management in creative environments, proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, and a collaborative, client-focused mindset. You will mentor designers, drive agile practices, and maintain rigorous documentation and SLA adherence.

Qualifications

• 12+ years experience in people management and working with creative/ design studios/ Ad agencies/ production houses.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and solid graphic design skills.
• Determine project scope including effective brief talking, negotiating deadlines, and creating and communicating timelines, define scope estimates for complex projects.
• Should be experienced in various creative asset types.
• Experience in managing multidisciplinary creative teams that handle high-volume requests.
• Good verbal and written communication.
• Confident and enthusiastic team player, flexible can-do attitude and adaptable.
• Excellent customer service approach: Provide the best solutions, effective communication and build strong rapport with the team and client.
• High standards of integrity, professionalism, and ethics.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise projects.
• Participation in team huddles, team wide initiatives, activities. Influence clients with the strong customer service.
• Excellent project management and People Management skills.
• Provide guidance to team members on how to improve their work.
• Providing clients with regular progress updates on projects to keep them informed of progress.
• Reviewing and approving design concepts created by designers to ensure that they meet the clients needs.

Responsibilities

• Manages the successful completion of the creative project and meets the deadlines
• Establish and communicate schedules to deliver projects on time
• Help the teams to be self-organized and apply agile values and principles
• Participate in the development of creative work that is worth building case studies
• Incorporate recommended changes and review designs for errors before the final design and production
• Work collaboratively with colleagues an agency stake holder on a variety of design projects providing ideas, support and expertise when needed
• End-to-end management of designated accounts through a thorough understanding of the clients business, and by participation in creative development of communication.
• Manage phases of multiple projects at one time by working closely with the Creative Services Director on priorities
• Ensure systematic documentation & storage of client related data
• Keep current with design software and computer technologies to satisfy the job.
• Manages several designers and evaluates individual design deliverables alongside team performance, delivering critical feedback when necessary.
• Assist in the development and training of the design team
• Ability to establish department goals and objectives that support the strategic plan.
• Ensure client service, consistent quality output, and meet the agreed Service Level Agreement and best practice guidelines

Skills

People management

Project management

Graphic design

Communication

Agile methodologies

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Manages the successful completion of the creative project and meets the deadlines
• Establish and communicate schedules to deliver projects on time
• Help the teams to be self-organized and apply agile values and principles
• Participate in the development of creative work that is worth building case studies
• Incorporate recommended changes and review designs for errors before the final design and production
• Work collaboratively with colleagues an agency stake holder on a variety of design projects providing ideas, support and expertise when needed
• End-to-end management of designated accounts through a thorough understanding of the clients business, and by participation in creative development of communication.
• Manage phases of multiple projects at one time by working closely with the Creative Services Director on priorities
• Ensure systematic documentation & storage of client related data
• Keep current with design software and computer technologies to satisfy the job.
• Manages several designers and evaluates individual design deliverables alongside team performance, delivering critical feedback when necessary.
• Assist in the development and training of the design team
• Ability to establish department goals and objectives that support the strategic plan.
• Ensure client service, consistent quality output, and meet the agreed Service Level Agreement and best practice guidelines

Preferred candidate profile

• 12+ years experience in people management and working with creative/ design studios/ Ad agencies/ production houses
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and solid graphic design skills
• Determine project scope including effective brief talking, negotiating deadlines, and creating and communicating timelines, define scope estimates for complex projects
• Should be experienced in various creative asset types
• Experience in managing multidisciplinary creative teams that handle high-volume requests
• Good verbal and written communication
• Confident and enthusiastic team player, flexible can-do attitude and adaptable
• Excellent customer service approach: Provide the best solutions, effective communication and bua ild strong rapport with the team and client.
• High standards of integrity, professionalism, and ethics
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise projects
• Participation in team huddles, team wide initiatives, activities. Influence clients with the strong customer service
• Excellent project management and People Management skills
• Provide guidance to team members on how to improve their work
• Providing clients with regular progress updates on projects to keep them informed of progress
• Reviewing and approving design concepts created by designers to ensure that they meet the clients needs