Brand Creative Director — AI-Enabled Visual Systems

Brailsford and Dunlavey; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Professional development support

Paid time off

Job summary

Brailsford & Dunlavey in Chicago, IL seeks a Creative Director to own and advance the firm’s visual expression across external and internal channels. This hands-on role partners with marketing to implement the new brand identity and guide major brand initiatives while producing high-priority work across formats and channels.

You will translate complex information into clear visual communications, develop brand systems, and lead multimedia content, AI-enabled workflows, and scalable templates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in brand design, graphic design, or creative direction with hands-on design.
• Exceptional command of design fundamentals and information design.
• Experience translating complex ideas into visual communications.
• Experience managing creative work from concept through production.

Responsibilities

• Own and advance the visual expression of the B&D brand across channels.
• Partner with marketing to bring the new brand identity to life across the organization.
• Set creative direction for brand, marketing, communications, and business development initiatives.
• Articulate design rationale and align stakeholders to elevate creative quality.
• Concept, design, and produce high-priority work across digital, print, presentations, proposals, and events.
• Develop sophisticated PowerPoint presentations using advanced features and multimedia.
• Elevate proposals and business development materials to communicate ideas clearly.
• Transform complex ideas, data, and information into clear visuals.
• Develop, produce, and edit multimedia content; direct external specialists as needed.
• Strategically incorporate AI and emerging technologies into workflows.
• Manage projects from concept through delivery within budgets and deadlines.
• Establish and maintain brand standards, guidelines, and scalable design systems.
• Create tools and training for brand consistency across employees.
• Develop and manage a flexible ecosystem of brand assets.
• Build a responsive creative operating model for intake, prioritization, and quality control.
• Balance bespoke investments with repeatable systems and templates.
• Collaborate with Brand & Communications, Practice Group Marketing, and Business Development Enablement.
• Brief and direct freelance designers and other specialists as needed.
• Support migration of assets into the B&D brand system.

Skills

Creative direction

Brand design

Presentation design

Data visualization

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Brailsford & Dunlavey in Chicago, IL seeks a Creative Director to own and advance the firm’s visual expression across external and internal channels. This hands-on role partners with marketing to implement the new brand identity and guide major brand initiatives while producing high-priority work across formats and channels.

You will translate complex information into clear visual communications, develop brand systems, and lead multimedia content, AI-enabled workflows, and scalable templates.